dalia todary michael
dalia todary michael
collaboration with Adrienne Hall, Tomasz Chwieszczenik

H2Oline

collaboration with Adrienne Hall, Tomasz Chwieszczenik

collaboration with Adrienne Hall, Tomasz Chwieszczenik

This proposal for a temporary landscape intervention was submitted in response to a competition call for ideas on how to re-imagine and re-vitalize an easement-designated hydro utility corridor that is disconnected and fragmented by traversing bike paths, lane-ways, curbs, fences, boundaries and neighborhoods.
2013

At the end of the last ice age, the land that is known as downtown Toronto was at the bottom of Lake Iroquois - a body of water whose sloping shoreline is visible today along Davenport Road. The H(2)OLINE resurfaces this natural hydrological element

At the end of the last ice age, the land that is known as downtown Toronto was at the bottom of Lake Iroquois - a body of water whose sloping shoreline is visible today along Davenport Road. The H(2)OLINE resurfaces this natural hydrological element in our present urban condition.

Our design proposed a band of fabric traveling the expanse of the corridor, taking form from what it interfaces with in its path and adapting to the context of its varied surroundings. It envelopes, weaves through, covers, shelters and suspends fro

Our design proposed a band of fabric traveling the expanse of the corridor, taking form from what it interfaces with in its path and adapting to the context of its varied surroundings. It envelopes, weaves through, covers, shelters and suspends from to provide new opportunities of public use and interaction. As it transcends the barriers and boundaries, it unites the corridor as a singular space, identifiable from within and from a distance.

The fabric’s ephemeral nature is a reminder of the continual transformation of our current water line at Lake Ontario; bodies of water here today may not be here tomorrow.