Professional Practice
Downtown Toronto Park Design Competition - 229 Richmond Street West
Date: 1/31/2023 - 3/1/2023
Type: Competitions / Awards
Description:
Parks, Forestry and Recreation at the City of Toronto is pleased to announce a design competition for a new park at 229 Richmond Street West in downtown Toronto.
The unencumbered, 2,600m2 park will provide much needed parkland in a rapidly growing downtown neighbourhood.
The two-stage design competition is open to design teams that can include international talent. However, each team must be led by a Landscape Architect registered with the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects.
In this first stage of the competition, the City is seeking submissions from design teams who can demonstrate, through their qualifications, previous work and brief project understanding that they will excel at designing and overseeing construction of this important new park.
Following the review of the Stage One submissions, a short list of teams will be invited to participate in the Stage Two Request for Proposals, and will present conceptual designs to the public and to a Jury of landscape architects, design and art professionals. Shortlisted teams will receive an honorarium of $10,000 each.
Design goals for the new park include reflecting and celebrating the neighbourhood’s cultural scenes and unique history; achieving high standards for sustainability and climate resilience; integrating principles of Indigenous placekeeping, in line with the City's Reconciliation Action Plan and providing a green oasis to the dense urban core. The park will include a public washroom.