The winning designs for the seventh annual Winter Stations have been revealed alongside new partnerships with The Distillery District and Beach BIA.
With plans for the annual winter art show impacted by provincial lockdowns, these partnerships, along with sponsorships from the Ontario Association of Architects, Minto Communities, MicroPro Sienna, Context Development, RioCan, Urban Capital, Demirov Group, Parallax, Westdale Properties, Bousfields, kg&a, Sali Tabacchi Branding & Design and Meevo Digital will ensure the stations will be exhibited in 2021 once lockdown restrictions are lifted. For now, there is no exhibit timetable as Winter Stations is working with local officials on when to proceed.
Founded by RAW Design, Ferris + Associates, and Curio, Winter Stations was conceived as a way of using design to inspire Torontonians to visit the beach in the winter. This year, four designs were selected by the jury, from a record-breaking amount of 400+ submissions from around the world. Winning installations responded to the theme of refuge, which invited designers to reflect on the ongoing pandemic and consider what refuge means to each of us: a shelter, a place of comfort and security, a sanctuary. The design brief also asked designers to anticipate a more socially distant exhibition than year?s passed.
The winning submissions are joined annually by a higher education partner, and in 2021, one student installation from Sheridan College will be displayed alongside th...