Platform
For
Resilient Urbanism

CENTRE FOR
LANDCAPE RESEARCH

RESILIENT TO: EXHIBITION

Doors Open Toronto - Heritage Hallway, 1 Spadina
May 25, 2019 to August 1, 2019


The launch of the Resilience Strategy event included a parallel exhibit the with Doors Open Toronto (starting May 24th) and ran through August at One Spadina’s “Heritage Hall.  As part of the Rockefeller 100 Resilient Cities Network, the exhibition and launch of the Resilience Strategy is intended to be a celebration of Toronto's resilience as communicated by residents of the city, and the initiation of the work of implementing the Strategy.

The exhibition reflects the strategy’s 3 focus Areas within which all of its “Actions” are arranged:  Resilient People and Neighbourhoods; Resilient Design and Infrastructure; and Leading a Resilient City. A particular focus will be given to resilient design and urbanism work from students and faculty from across the Daniels Faculty and the University of Toronto’s School of Cities network. Continued engagement with the exhibition included a guided tour with Jane Welsh, Project Manager, Environmental Planning Strategic Initiatives, Policy & Analysis City Planning for over 20 City of Toronto staff.

Curator: Fadi Masoud

Lead Design Coordinator:
Emilia Hurd

Design/Research/Fabrication:
Anton Skorishchenko, Hillary Dewildt, Peter Dowhaniuk, Niko Dellic, John Nguyen, Ambika Pharma, Isaac Seah, Andrew Taylor, Hilary Todhunter.

Faculty Contributors:
Justine Holzman, David Hulchanski, Ted Kesik, Liat Margolis, Alissa North, Michael Piper, Elise Shelley, Jane Wolff.

Sponsors:
John H. Daniels Faculty (UofT), City of Toronto, Faculty of Forestry (UofT), School of Cities, AutoDesk, Jay Pooley Design Practice.

Special Thanks:
Elliott Cappell (Chief Resilience Officer), Dean Richard Sommer, Dean Robert Wright, Matti Siemiatycki, Laura Miller, Shauna Brail, Didier Pomerleau, Nene Brode, Matthew Spremulli, Bohden Tymchuk, Amy Buitenhuis, Ryan Burns, Yuri Lomakin, Lara Muldoon, Dale Duncan, Rebecca Ramsey.