Toronto Brownfield Redux: Artscape Wychwood Barns and Evergreen Brick Works

Lobko, Joe (2012) Toronto Brownfield Redux: Artscape Wychwood Barns and Evergreen Brick Works. In: ICOMOS 17th General Assembly, 2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02, Paris, France. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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Abstract (in English)

Cities around the world contain abandoned industrial brown-field sites that once played a critical role in the development of their urban areas, but which now lie dormant and inactive. ‘Toronto Brown-field Redux’ is the story about the adaptive reuse of two such sites within the largest city in Canada; one an abandoned streetcar storage and repair facility located in the midst of a downtown neighbourhood, and the other an abandoned brick-making plant located in one of the many river valleys that help define the physical character of the city. In both cases, a unique heritage building formation, long abandoned, has been revitalized and transformed into a vibrant, mixed-use community hub, with sustainability as a major design theme. In both cases, the re-development of these unique, publically owned sites was led by not-for-profit agencies, rather than government, and depended upon extensive community engagement and partnerships for capital funding, programming and ongoing stewardship. Both projects exemplify the overall symposium theme, “Heritage – Driver of Development.”

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Authors:	Authors Email Lobko, Joe jlobko@dtah.com
Languages:	English
Keywords:	Urban areas; Sustainable development; Sites; Towns; Heritage; Buildings; Redevelopment; Driver of development; Symposia; Projects; New public spaces; Revitalization; History; Concepts; Toronto; Canada
Subjects:	D. URBANISM > 01. Generalities D. URBANISM > 03. Town and country planning J. HERITAGE ECONOMICS > 05. Heritage and sustainable development P. GEOGRAPHIC AREAS > 01. Americas
Name of monument, town, site, museum:	City of Toronto, Canada
ICOMOS Special Collection:	Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
ICOMOS Special Collection Volume:	2011, 17th
Depositing User:	ICOMOS DocCentre
Date Deposited:	31 Aug 2012 10:48
Last Modified:	31 Aug 2012 10:48
References:	Berland, Jody and Hanke, Bob. 2002. Signs of a New Park, Pub-lic:Art/Culture/Ideas 26 (2002), page 72-99. Available from http://www.visiblecity.ca/images/stories/wychwood/hanke_berland.pdf Evergreen, 2011. Evergreen Brick Works Project Booklet. Evergreen Brick Works website: http://ebw.evergreen.ca Fulford, Robert, 1995. Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto, Toronto. Macfarlane, Walter & Ross Goldsmith, Philip. 2001. Preliminary Architectural, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical Inspection of the Wychwood T.T.C. Car Barns for the City of Toronto, Philip Goldsmith & Company Ltd. Architects. Hume, Christopher. 2008. Urban Revival Balances Past and Present, To-ronto Star, November 20, A10 Rochon, Lisa, 2008. Architecture on the Right Track, A Temple in a Streetcar Shed, The Globe and Mail, November 15, Toronto Artscape Inc. May 2002. Wychwood Barns Feasibility Study Toronto Artscape Inc. website, Artscape Wychwood Barns: http://www.torontoartscape.org/ artscape-wychwood-barns
URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1178

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