Conrad, Novak Djogo & Daniel Joshua Vanderhorst (Canada). Photography: Winter Stations
Life Line, WeatherstonBruer Associates- James Bruer, Nick Roland, Jacqueline Hampshire
(Canada). Photography: Winter Stations
Ripple Hut, Toronto Metropolitan University Department of Architectural Science – Cesar Rodriguez Perfetti, Jake Kroft, Breno Gualter, Dean Roumanis, Lead by Associate professor Vincent Hui
(Canada). Photography: Winter Stations
3 Surfaces Pavilion, S-AR: Cesar Guerrero, Ana Cecilia Garza, Orlando Garcia (Mexico). Photography: Winter Stations
We [AR], University of Guelph, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development – Saina Amin, Craig Klomp, Lauren Mac Isaac, Catherine Yan (Design team), Mahmoud Afshari, Kaveh Eshraghian, Roozbeh Moayyedian (Tech team), Lead by Assistant Professor Afshin Ashari (Canada). Photography: Winter Stations
Toronto’s annual winter stations competition is back, bringing experimental shelters to Lake Ontario’s shorefront, including one inspired by the city’s informal mascot…
This year’s crop of eight pop-up pavilions riff on the theme, ‘radiance’, and will be at Woodbine Beach until 3 April. They include Conrad – a giant raccoon-shaped shelter by Novak Djogo & Daniel Joshua Vanderhorst.
‘Trash pandas’, as the city’s raucous racoons are affectionately known, have become synonymous with the city and its sense of industry and adaptability. The shelter is a lighthearted ‘monument’ to a dead racoon that caught Torontonians’ attention back in 2015 and led to a surge of support for the local wildlife centre. It also cuts some keen angles, with a fabricated wooden frame covered in translucent siding.
‘Delighthouse’ by UK designers Nick Green & Greig Pirrie is part lighthouse, part helter-skelter, and has been given a vibrant paint job that cuts through the winter gloom. ‘Rays of colour fold around a timber tower standing proudly in the distance,’ says the studio, while the tower itself is inspired by the lighthouses that dot coastal Canada.
Local architect Scott Shields designed ‘House’, a timber wendy house that pays homage to the city’s distinct neighbourhoods. The structure’s siding is cut with lettering and backed by kaleidoscopic glass, playing with the idea of emitting and transmitting light.
The art pavilions will until 3 April, after which they’ll be relocated to 1381 Lakeshore Rd. E in Mississauga. Peek at the gallery for the full set of 2023 pavilions.
