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WilkinsonEyre, with Zeidler Architecture and Two Row Architect, sustainable development and engineering firm Arup and landscape architects PLANT, have been selected to design the new the Keating Bridge Channel Pedestrian Bridge in Toronto with their winning design concept, Equinox Bridge.
The Equinox Bridge was selected through a design competition commissioned in partnership between Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto, in collaboration with Host Nation and Treaty Holder, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
The competition design concept aims to foster a connection between people and the water, achieved through lowered vantage points along the deck length. It is also a celebration of the connection between Indigenous communities and nature. The bridge will provide an elevated path of travel across the water, and aims to be a destination, offering a meeting place to rest and connect with nature.
The fully accessible bridge features a curved S-shaped deck seamlessly connected to the northern bank. Its geometry is made up of two mirrored C-shapes above the centreline of the bridge alignment, which offers a natural cycle calming.
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Additionally, the bridge?s orientation aligns with the summer solstice sunset and winter solstice sunrise, both of which can be viewed from seating areas at the two ?noses? of the S-shaped deck.  This alignment also frames the equinox sunrise with the arch of the bridge.
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