Carleton Studio – Rail Deck Park site visit. Photo credit: DIALOG.
DIALOG has announced the launch of ?Carleton Studio,? an architectural studio for 15 graduate students from Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism at the design firm?s Toronto studio. The program comprises a six-week term to gain on-the-ground industry experience and access to professional networks before completing school.
The firm has assigned the Rail Deck Park project as the Carleton Studio?s core initiative, a timely and significant project where the students will be able to learn first-hand how to highlight and prioritize a city building agenda. Students, alongside DIALOG architects, engineers and urban planners, will develop concepts for Rail Deck Park, a project currently being investigated by the City of Toronto for implementation in the downtown core. The City has invested $2-million to form a task force to explore the feasibility of the Rail Deck Park. Separately, DIALOG will be fully funding the Carleton Studio to support the initiative. ?Toronto is at a watershed moment where the liveability of downtown is of paramount importance. We are embracing density because it is the sustainable approach in developing cities; dense cities significantly reduce our per capita environmental footprint,? says Antonio Gomez-Palacio, principal, DIALOG. ?The old city of Toronto was not designed to accommodate a large population in such close quarters, so we have some catch...