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Enjoy a screening of The Garden of Secrets documentary and subsequent panel conversation. Be inspired by how nature-based design strikes the perfect balance between innovation and environmental respect, contributing to the betterment of humanity and a greener future.
The Garden of Secrets: The Future of Sustainable Design
Jan
19
How can architects best respond to the climate crisis? Through directly addressing the frightening realities of climate change, this Toronto Society of Architects forum seeks to identify concrete actions architects can employ immediately to curb the negative effects of the building industry on our planet.
TSA Urban Affairs Forum: Addressing the Climate Crisis
Jan
21
Thrush Holmes steps away from the flat canvas and explores the 3D form in this exciting exhibition presented by New Auction. A large stepped pyramid, or ziggurat, will be created with the addition of a stepped neon installation above mirroring the footprint of the form. Part art, part experience.
New Auction Presents Thrush Holmes: This is Some Louvre Shit
Jan
17
‘Future Retrospectives’ is a group exhibition featuring the work of eleven local and international artists and designers, unified by a shared methodology: using the past as a lens through which we imagine the future. It asks, “what will the future look like, and how did we get there?”
Future Retrospectives
Jan
17
The Ideas Forum features fast-paced and fun presentations (20 slides shown for 20 seconds each) by artists and designers exploring the themes and questions surrounding the exhibition ‘Future Retrospectives’ with a focus on materiality.
Ideas Forum: Materializing the Future
Jan
22
Discover four exciting installations in the Yonge + St. Clair neighbourhood that explore ideas of connectedness. Hear from installation creators artist Lauren Pirie, art and design collective Interspatial, artists and designers Chris Foster and Layne Hinton, and global architecture firm Gensler.
DesignTO Tours: Connection Points
Jan
19
Beginning at the Don Mills Centre, Giannone Petricone Associates (GPA) has been working to define a new model for suburban intensification. GPA’s talk and tour will be followed by a panel discussion on questions of ex-urban models, opportunities, and the shifting parameters for retail-driven, mixed-use development.
DesignTO Tours: Giannone Petricone Associates, Ideas for the Intensification of the Suburban Mall
Jan
18
Founders of the Berlin-based design and architecture collective They Feed Off Buildings speak about using architectural debris to pay homage to demolished buildings and their histories. Maryam Siddiqi, Lifestyle Editor of The Globe and Mail, will interview them following their talk.
DesignTO Talks: They Feed Off Buildings
Jan
24
Join DesignTO for an exclusive tour of MCM’s workshop where they integrate state-of-the-art equipment with skilled craftsmanship to fabricate custom environments. Architects Diamond Schmitt, KPMB, iN STUDIO, Partisans, and Bartlett & Associates speak about the process and collaboration between designer and fabricator to realize one-of-a-kind projects.
DesignTO Tours: MCM Fabrication Workshop
Jan
21
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