The windswept beaches of Toronto will come alive once more this winter as the third annual Winter Stations Design Competition transforms lifeguard stations into playful art installations.
Five winning designs were selected out of hundreds of submissions by the design jury of the Winter Stations Competition. They include designs from international and local artists, designers, architects and landscape architects that all celebrate Toronto?s winter waterfront landscape and aim to draw people outside to interact with the cold, icy environment. They will be joined by three student installations from the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo and Humber College.
“Winter Stations 2017 delivered, once again, gutsy and lyrical transformations of ordinary lifeguard stands,” says Lisa Rochon, Winter Stations Design Jury Chair. “Visitors will be able to touch and feel their way along the beach, experiencing luminous shelter from the wind, warming waters for their feet, and designs that celebrate the Canadian nation of immigrants.” The theme for Winter Stations? third year is Catalyst. The jury looked for installations that open up the waterfront landscape and reinvent the space for visitors. Artists and designers were also asked to consider their entries as a catalyst for change ? with thought put into how materials may be re-purposed or reused in future iterations. 
?The idea of reuse is particularly relevant as we have found many of the Winter Station...