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Waterfront ReConnect design competition winners
9 March 2022
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
The Bentway Announces Winners Of Waterfront Reconnect National Design Competition: Boom Town & Pixel Story
Waterfront ReConnect design competition winners news
Temporary design installations to transform intersections under the Gardiner Expressway as The Bentway continues to demonstrate new possibilities for Toronto?s shared infrastructure.
Double Dribble by Esmaa Mohamoud, 2021:

photo : Julian Romano
Toronto ? March, 2022. The Bentway, in partnership with the City of Toronto, Waterfront BIA, and Toronto Downtown West BIA, has announced the winners of the national Waterfront ReConnect design competition ? an initiative that will realize temporary installations, proposed by some of Canada?s most innovative design professionals, to improve accessibility and civic engagement under the Gardiner Expressway, along Lake Shore Blvd at both York Street and Simcoe Street. Map of westward expansion of Bentway:

The winning designs are: Boom Town at York Street by 5468796 Architecture + Office In Search Of (Winnipeg/Toronto); and Pixel Story at Simcoe Street by O2 Planning + Design + Mulvey & Banani Lighting + ENTUITIVE (Calgary/Toronto). The selected designs will be installed in fall 2022 and will remain in place until that section of the Gardiner Expressway undergoes nec...