Local designer Jyhling Lee has created a stainless steel sculpture informed by an origami bowl for an "iconic"  street in Downtown Toronto.
Reflector is a mirrored sculpture approximately 5 metres by 3 metres tall that sits on a corner of Queen Street West in Downtown Toronto, a major thoroughfare through the city and one of the "most iconic" streets, according to the team.
Designer Jyhling Lee has created a sculpture for downtown Toronto
The sculpture consists of a series of angled planes clad in mirrored stainless steel that form a half circle and meet the ground at several spiked points.
Its shape was informed by origami folds, which Jyhling Lee has referenced in past works, such as her sculpture Origami Goose.
The sculpture sits on a corner of Queen Street West "My initial folded paper origami studies were of bowl-like forms which could offer an experiential space within and around its form, as well as being self-supporting," Lee told Dezeen.
"What began as a more enclosed bowl was opened up ? towards Queen Street West ? to create an invitation for the public to enter the sculptural space to interact with its interior, as well as its exterior."
It was designed to reflect its lively site
Lee also chose the mirrored steel surface to accommodate a "human attraction" to the reflective surfaces.
"There is a refined beauty, awe, and precision to working with this material and a human attraction to mirrors and reflections...