Please join us for a presentation on Limberlost Place, a project under construction for Toronto’s George Brown College, poised to be one of the first assembly occupancy, tall, exposed mass timber, net-zero carbon emissions buildings in the world. Project lead Carol Phillips will discuss the research and innovation that went into winning the international design competition, and the significant challenges associated with navigating the regulatory and approvals processes thereafter. Carol will discuss the project’s structural design testing and code approvals, funded by both the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Canada, in addition to the ambitious sustainability targets set forth by Waterfront Toronto and the City’s Planning and Development Dept. Already the recipient of 8 awards for innovation and design excellence, Limberlost Place is set to open new doors for mass timber construction in Canada.
Carol Phillips is a Partner at Moriyama Teshima Architects (MTA) and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Her portfolio includes MTA’s most ambitious, low-carbon, mass timber, LEED Platinum, and net-zero targeted projects, including Limberlost Place (a joint venture with Acton Ostry Architects) for George Brown College, and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Multi-Tenant Commercial Building.
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David Engwicht, an internationally acclaimed author of Reclaiming our Cities and Towns, Street Reclaiming and Mental Speed Bumps is a consultant and lecturer in community empowerment, creativity and planning.
This two-part lecture and workshop series unpacked the multiple dimensions of place making from urban design to urban psychology, from traffic issues to social and cultural engagement, from economic development to merchant myths. A major focus was on identifying innovative, low-cost initiatives that will set off a positive chain reaction.
Topics included the following: Why everyone is a place maker; why urban psychology is the core of place making; innovative community engagement; planning for good chaos; role of experience in economic vitality; the seven myths merchants believe.
David Engwicht has pioneered social programs such as the Walking School Bus, Red Sneaker Week, Neighbourhood Pace Car, and Lounging on High. His books have been used as a text in university courses and his latest book, Mental Speed Bumps: the smarter way to tame traffic explains low-cost ways to calm traffic. David is not just a thinker. He is also a practitioner, having just completed two years full time as the Place Maker for the City of Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.
