We acknowledge and respect that the Toronto Island remains on the traditional lands of the Mississauga of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and Wendat — past, present and future.
Students from the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto designed and built for the Ward's Island Association (WIA), following the loss of their clubhouse, to fire, in March 2024. Collaborating with members of the WIA, the studio constructed various in situ pieces for the association's Gala Weekend celebration, August 2024.
This intensive three-week Design Build Studio took place in the Daniels building and on Toronto Island Park. The fifteen archipelagos that make up the park include both natural and constructed artifacts.
Profiles of elm + ash wood slabs supplied by Tyler Ganton, We Care Tree Care
Using aspen plywood, as well as wood from trees felled on the Island, the final deliverable aimed to contribute to an outdoor gathering space near the ruins of the former clubhouse. The architecture studio not only provided practical, hands-on building experience for the students but gave to the Ward's Island Association community.
Tony Farebrother, co-chair of the Toronto Island Community Association (TICA), led a tour of Ward's Island, July 9 2024.
Victoria Bell, Senior Associate at DTAH, presented the City of Toronto and firm's recently released Toronto Island Master Plan, at Daniels, July 11 2024.