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OAA Announces Landscape Design Competition for its Headquarters



OAA headquarters. Photo by Michael Teneglia
The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has announced the launch of a landscape design competition for its headquarters.
The competition is a key project to put the themes and priorities of the OAA?s five-year Strategic Plan into action such as climate action and equity, diversity, inclusion, and reconciliation.
The landscape design competition will also explore how buildings and their site contexts can be designed and adapted sustainably, while also considering the land of users and Indigenous communities on which the building is situated.
Along with acknowledging the Don River ravine context, participants will be asked to create a welcoming arrival experience, enhance the building, and recognize the role of sustainability and water use in the health of the environment. The Association also has a goal of furthering its Renew + Refresh initiative, which made the Toronto building a model of net-zero design.
The winning project of the anonymous competition will be awarded the contract to redesign the landscaping at the OAA property, located at at 111 Moatfield Drive.
The OAA?s primary mandate is to serve and protect the public interest and seeks to take a leadership role in celebrating sensitive, responsible, and innovative design while emphasizing the role the architecture profession and design professionals have in building for resiliency and inclusivity.
The competition will be overseen by Ontario architect Joe Lobko, and ...
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