landscape / en Artists, architects reimagine a Թϱ quad for Art Museum exhibition /news/artists-architects-reimagine-u-t-quad-art-museum-exhibition <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Artists, architects reimagine a Թϱ quad for Art Museum exhibition</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/models-main-1140-x-760.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=MymfEJrQ 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/models-main-1140-x-760.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=DMXHOB06 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/models-main-1140-x-760.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=5urylhtU 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/models-main-1140-x-760.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=MymfEJrQ" alt="Picture of design installation"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Romi Levine</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2017-09-27T14:32:15-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 14:32" class="datetime">Wed, 09/27/2017 - 14:32</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Design installation Wa-Wa can be seen on the Sir Daniel Wilson quad at Թϱ's downtown Toronto campus (photo by Romi Levine)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/john-h-daniels-faculty-architecture" hreflang="en">John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/landscape" hreflang="en">landscape</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/design" hreflang="en">Design</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/art-museum" hreflang="en">Art Museum</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/cities" hreflang="en">Cities</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Most University of Toronto students, faculty and staff have passed through Sir Daniel Wilson quad when cutting across&nbsp;the downtown Toronto campus – but they’ve never seen it quite like this.</p> <p>Sprinkled around the leafy green space next to University College are 130 curved convex mirrors forming a giant circle on the ground. Each orb provides a unique perspective – forcing viewers to look up by looking down.</p> <p>This mysterious installation, called <em>Wa-Wa</em>, was created by the architecture studio UUfie – founded by architect-designers Eiri Ota and <strong>Irene Gardpoit</strong>, Թϱ alumna of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design’s architecture program.</p> <p><em>Wa-Wa</em> is part of Թϱ Art Museum’s <a href="http://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/making-models/"><em>Making Models</em></a> exhibition, which invited architect and artist collectives to create mini-models of an installation that can transform the quad under the theme “meet me there.”</p> <p>While only <em>Wa-Wa</em> was displayed at full-scale in the quad – selected by a jury of experts from art critics to architects – the other eight models are displayed at the Art Museum’s Art Centre.</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__6178 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/MakingModels_LateralOffice_PhotobyDominicChan---750-X-500.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 500px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> <em>A view of design practice Lateral Office's model Rings/Rooms. The practice was co-founded by Թϱ Associate Professor <strong>Mason White</strong> (photo by Dominic Chan)</em></p> <p>Viewers are encouraged to think about the quad – a space on campus they likely walk through every day but rarely pay close attention to – in a different light, says <strong>Yan Wu</strong>, curator-in-residence at the Art Museum.</p> <p>“You will see something you didn't see before in this space – that's the best part of it,” she says.</p> <p>The entries are diverse in form and content – from physical structures to dance performances.</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__6179 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/Installation-view-of-Making-Models-2017---Credit_Toni-Hafkenscheid-750-X-500..jpg" style="width: 744px; height: 500px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> <em>Models on display at the exhibition. Spatial Sonic Network is seen on the back wall (photo by Toni Hafkenscheid)</em></p> <p>One of the most striking – and interactive – models was created by <strong>Brady Peters</strong> and <strong>Mitchell Akiyama</strong> – assistant professors at Daniels who both study the intersection of sound and design.</p> <p>Called <em>Spatial Sonic Network</em>, the installation plays with the idea of sound mirrors – structures that can focus sound waves to create specific acoustic effects.</p> <p>The model is made up of two structures on either side of the room. If someone talks into one, a person sitting facing the other structure will hear them as clearly as if they were speaking into a microphone.</p> <p>“If we think about architecture and sound, any kind of architecture modifies the sounds we create,” Peters says.</p> <p><em>Spatial Sonic Network</em> is meant to create intrigue and interactivity to encourage people to linger.</p> <p>“It’s a combination of surprise and further investigation once you actually knew it was going on to enliven the square and make it more of a destination,” says Peters.</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://giphy.com/embed/l378aQ8T31aupJ4Dm" width="480"></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/l378aQ8T31aupJ4Dm">via GIPHY</a></p> <p>To design these complex analog structures, the duo needed some digital assistance. With the help of five architecture students - <strong>Sean Lamb</strong>, a master’s student, and undergrads<strong> Ous Abou Ras</strong>,<strong> Holly Wiersma</strong>,<strong> James Park</strong>,<strong> and Gianina Ramos</strong> – Peters and Akiyama wrote a computer program to create an algorithm (represented in the animation above) in order to find the exact points in the quad where the structures should be located so people could communicate with each other at a distance.</p> <p>Wu says <em>Spatial Sonic</em> <em>Network</em> is a great example of how One Spadina – the new home of the Daniels faculty – can be used to foster collaboration and take advantage of cutting edge resources.</p> <p>“It's good to see the art technologies available, especially at the new building,” she says.</p> <p>As part of the exhibition, check out the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/artmuseumuoft/">Art Museum’s Instagram account</a> on Sept. 30 from 2-4 p.m.&nbsp;for a virtual architecture tour of Թϱ by <em>Globe and Mail</em> architecture critic Alex Bozikovic. You can also vote for your favourite model at the exhibition and online until Oct. 7.</p> <p>View <em>Wa-Wa</em> in the Sir Daniel Wilson quad until Nov. 25, and the exhibit at the Art Centre until Oct. 6.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:32:15 +0000 Romi Levine 117337 at The New York Times celebrates One Spadina at Թϱ /news/new-york-times-celebrates-one-spadina-u-t <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The New York Times celebrates One Spadina at Թϱ</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2017-09-11-one-spadina-resize_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=edY-9Hs0 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2017-09-11-one-spadina-resize_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=njyugumd 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2017-09-11-one-spadina-resize_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=OjmD0Z7u 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2017-09-11-one-spadina-resize_0.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=edY-9Hs0" alt="photo of One Spadina"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>ullahnor</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2017-09-11T14:19:44-04:00" title="Monday, September 11, 2017 - 14:19" class="datetime">Mon, 09/11/2017 - 14:19</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design is the third building for an architecture school by architect Nader Tehrani (photo by John Horner) </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/daniels-faculty-architecture" hreflang="en">Daniels Faculty of Architecture</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/landscape" hreflang="en">landscape</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/design" hreflang="en">Design</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/one-spadina" hreflang="en">One Spadina</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-subheadline field--type-string-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Subheadline</div> <div class="field__item">Showcasing the new home of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>The New York Times</em> features Թϱ's One Spadina in an article&nbsp;about a generation of architects making their mark on the world.</p> <p>The article spotlights Nader Tehrani, who along with&nbsp;Katie Faulkner – both&nbsp;principals at the Boston-based firm NADAAA – designed&nbsp;the new home of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, which&nbsp;has being receiving&nbsp;<a href="/news/u-t-s-one-spadina-crescent-merging-past-future">critical accolades</a>.</p> <p>One Spadina&nbsp;is&nbsp;Tehrani's third building for an architecture school.</p> <p><em>The New York Times</em> writes that for Daniels, Tehrani “floats an origami-like roof over a 110-foot-wide column-free room to create floodlit studio and social spaces below. A new circulation spine attempts to better link the building, which is set on a traffic roundabout, into the city.”</p> <h3><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/arts/design/a-generation-of-architects-making-its-mark-at-dizzying-speed.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=arts&amp;region=stream&amp;module=stream_unit&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=8&amp;pgtype=sectionfront">Read the article</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/2017/08/15/nader-tehrani-shaping-future-architecture-says-architectural-digest">Read more about One Spadina</a></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:19:44 +0000 ullahnor 115412 at Eberhard Zeidler Library, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design /node/8733 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Eberhard Zeidler Library, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>sgupta</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2016-01-07T15:47:19-05:00" title="Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 15:47" class="datetime">Thu, 01/07/2016 - 15:47</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-url field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">URL</div> <div class="field__item">https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/resources/library/eberhard-zeidler-library</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above clearfix"> <h3 class="field__label">Tags</h3> <ul class="links field__items"> <li><a href="/news/tags/daniels" hreflang="en">Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/news/tags/architecture" hreflang="en">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/news/tags/landscape" hreflang="en">landscape</a></li> <li><a href="/news/tags/design" hreflang="en">Design</a></li> <li><a href="/news/tags/libraries" hreflang="en">Libraries</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Campus</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6953" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> Thu, 07 Jan 2016 20:47:19 +0000 sgupta 8733 at