Alumni, design professionals, and members of the public are welcome to join us for final reviews. Daniels Faculty graduate students in architecture, landscape, and urban design will present their final projects to their instructors, as well as guest critics from the professional community and local and international academic institutions. The student presentations are part of their final exam requirements and they will be graded on their work.

If you are an alumnus or alumna planning to attend reviews, we would like to welcome you personally and make some introductions. Alumni are encouraged to email John Cowling at John.Cowling@daniels.utoronto.ca.

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All reviews take place from 9 AM to 6 PM (unless otherwise stated).

 

Wednesday, April 13

ARC1012: Architectural Design Studio II
Architectural Design Studio II invited students to evaluate architecture’s impact on and from context, site, and program. The project-based assignments explored the tectonic and spatial medium of design. View the full course outline.
Instructors: Roberto Damiani, Mauricio Quiros, Adrian Phiffer, Jay Pooley, Mason White (Coordinator)
Location: Room 066 & Outer Eric Arthur Gallery

View the project brief for these Reviews.

Guest critics:

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Emily Abruzzo, ABA
Nikole Bouchard, UW Milwaukee
McLain Clutter, UMichigan
Joyce Hsiang, Yale
Jennifer Leung, Yale
Hans Ibelings, Daniels Faculty
Laura Miller, Daniels Faculy
Michael McClelland, ERA
Vivian Lee, Daniels Faculty
Michael Piper, Daniels Faculty
Aziza Chaouni, Daniels Faculty

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Emily Abruzzo, ABA
Nikole Bouchard, UW Milwaukee
McLain Clutter, UMichigan
Joyce Hsiang, Yale
Jennifer Leung, Yale
Hans Ibelings, Daniels Faculty
Pat Hanson, gh3
Janna Levitt, LGA
Betsy Williamson, WCA
Fiona Lim Tung, Waterloo
Kristina Ljubanovic, Daniels Faculty

 

LAN1012
Instructors: Liat Margolis, Elise Shelley
Location: Larry Wayne Richards Gallery & Room 106

Guest critics:

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Darlene Montgomery, MJMA
Graeme Stewart, ERA Architects
Brendan Stewart, ERA Architects
Paul Dowsett, Sustainable T.O.
Alissa North, Daniels Faculty
Francesco Martire, Daniels Faculty

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Darlene Montgomery, MJMA
Paul Dowsett, Sustainable.TO
Steve Socha, Sustainable.TO
Mary Liston Hicks, Public Work
Francesco Martire, Daniels Faculty

 

Thursday, April 14

ARC2014: Architectural Design Studio 4: Comprehensive Building Project
One great building, its tectonic assertion, its cultural expression, its performace, its contextual insertion, and its place in the world, was the central pursuit of this studio. View the full course outline.
Instructors: Steven Fong, Vivian Lee, Francesco Martire, Brady Peters (Coordinator), Pina Petricone (Coordinator)

Room 066 South

Guest critics:

10 AM - 1 PM

Cheryl Atkinson
Robert Levit
Alex Lukachko
Laura Miller
Jin Young Song

2 PM - 6 PM

Tania Bortolotto
Shannon Hilchie
Mark Sterling
Jin Young Song

Room 066 North

Guest critics:

10 AM - 1 PM

Tania Bortolotto
Shannon Hilchie
Barry Sampson
Mark Sterling

2 PM - 6 PM

Cheryl Atkinson
Robert Levit
Alex Lukachko
Betsy Williamson

 

 

LAN2014: Design Studio 4: "Connective Landscapes"
This design studio explores the relationship between site design and ecological systems. Projects explore current theory, precedent and applications for the preservation, design and management of both natural and constructed green areas within and adjacent to the city. View the full course outline.
Instructors: Pete North, Nicolas Koff
Location: Larry Wayne Richards Gallery & Room 106

Guest critics:

Jamie Phillips
Matthew Tucker
Netami Stuart
James Roche
Alissa North

 

Friday, April 15

ARC2014: Architectural Design Studio 4: Comprehensive Building Project
One great building, its tectonic assertion, its cultural expression, its performace, its contextual insertion, and its place in the world, is the central pursuit of this studio. View the full course outline.
Instructors: Steven Fong, Vivian Lee, Francesco Martire, Brady Peters (Coordinator), Pina Petricone (Coordinator)
Location: Room 066

Room 066 South

Guest critics:

10 AM - 1 PM

Jonathan Enns
Shannon Hilchie
Ted Kesik
Shane Williamson
Jin Young Song

2 PM - 6 PM

Meg Graham
Shannon Hiltchie
Leo Lin
Ivan Saleff
Jin Young Song

Room 066 North

Guest critics:

10 AM - 1 PM

Alex Lukachko
James Macgillivray
Laura Miller
Adrian Phiffer

2 PM - 6 PM

Shirley Bloomberg
James Macgillivray
Brigitte Shim
Shane Williamson

 

Saturday, April 16

Undergraduate Reviews - visit event page.

 

Monday, April 18

Research Studios: ARC3016

Meta Studio 3.0: "It's Only a Model"
Students created individual 'proto-theses' projects through writing, historical research, precedent studies, discussion, the making of drawings and artifacts, the crafting of scripts and scenarios, and the assembly of images, ideas and evidence into two format-works: a box and a film. View the full course outline.
Instructor: An Te Liu
Location: Larry Wayne Richards Gallery & outer Eric Arthur Gallery

Guest critics:

Howard Davies, Atelier Big City, Montreal
Michael Prokopow, OCAD
Rodney LaTourelle, artist, Berlin
Jeannie Kim, Daniels Faculty
Zeynep Çelik Alexander, Daniels Faculty
Michael Prokopow, OCAD
Marcin Kedzior, Daniels Faculty, OCAD
Brian Boigon, Daniels Faculty

 

The Ecstacy of Piranesi: Drawing as Thesis
Drawing has always been the activity that, perhaps more than any other, defined the practice of architecture. In this research studio, students created a space of critical imagination in an attempt to become authorities on the act of drawing. The aim of the studio was for students to develop confidence towards undertaking a thesis where the drawing is the thesis. View the full course outline.
Instructor: John Shnier
Location: Room 066 North

Guest critics:

Kathy Velikov, University of Michigan/RVTR
Ala Roushan, OCADU
Vivien Lee, Daniels Faculty
Tom Ngo, Moriyama + Teshima Architects
Mark Ross, superkül Architects
Adrian Phiffer, Daniels Faculty

 

Situation, Strategy and Size
This Research Studio will be of interest to Master of Architecture students who wish to examine design at a scale that is larger than that of an individual building and somewhat smaller than that of the entire city itself – in other words, urban design. View the full course outline.
Instructor: Mark Sterling
Location: Room 106

Guest critics:

Lisa Rapoport
Nasim Adab
Peter Venetas
Stefan Savelli
Emmanuelle van Rutten

 

Research Option Studio
This research studio focuses on mobility hubs developed in the Toronto area by the provincial transit agency Metrolinx. View the full course outline.
Instructor: George Baird
Location: Room 066 South

Guest critics:

Ed Belsey
Lorna Day
Martin Keen
Sinisha Brdar
Robert Levit
Zeynep Çelik Alexander
Laura Miller
Drew Sinclair

 

Tuesday, April 19

Research Studios: ARC3016

Component Building II
Opposing both relegation to the architectural surface and the conception of architecture as isolated artifact, this studio turns attention to architecture’s internal systems – the functioning organs of the architectural body. View the full course outline.
Instructor: Jonathan Enns
Location: Room 066 North

Guest critics:

Elizabeth Paden
Ultan Byrne
Matthew Allen
Brandon Donnelly
Maria Denegri

 

Open Form / Überbia
There are essentially two opposing approaches to making urban architecture: those that look to the city to understand what kind of architecture to make, and those that look to architecture to learn what to make for the city. In this research studio, students were challenged to do both as urban-minded architects.
Instructor: Michael Piper
Location: Larry Wayne Richards Gallery & outer Eric Arthur Gallery

Guest critics:

George Baird
Roberto Damiani
Mona El Khafif
Jeannie Kim
Robert Levit
Ivan Rupnik
Laura Miller
Adrian Phiffer
Mauricio Quiros

 

DAVENPORT: ir-regular terrain
The history of colonial settlement in Canada has been characterized by three aggressive acts of transformation of the land as found: overlaying a regular settlement grid, clearing the land of its indigenous landscape vegetation, and leveling topographic irregularities that interfered with continuity of the grid. This studio examines a remnant urban terrain of irregularity: Davenport Road. View the full course outline.
Instructor: Barry Sampson
Location: Room 106

Guest critics:

Sinisha Brdar
Shirley Blumberg
David Bowick
Alex Lukachko
Ian MacDonald
Robert Wright
Renée Daoust

 

Play as Thesis
Le Corbusier, Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee, Frank Lloyd Wright and Buckminster Fuller are all documented attendees of kindergarten. The study and analysis of play and early childhood education is the focus of this research studio and students explore this idea by making toys.
Instructor: Shane Williamson
Location: Room 066 South

Guest critics:

John Baker, Mjölk
Zoe Coombes, Cmmnwlth
Prof. Joyce Hwang, University at Buffalo, Ants of the Prairie
Prof. Vivian Lee, University of Toronto, LAMAS
Prof. Kathy Velikov,University of Michigan, RVTVR

 

 

Thesis Reviews: Wednesday, April 20 & Thursday, April 21

View the Winter 2016 Thesis Booklet

View the schedule for Wednesday, April 20

View the schedule for Thursday, April 21

Master of Architecture Thesis Reviews
Advisors: Jonathan Enns, An Te Liu, Laura Miller, Brady Peters, John Shnier, Mark Sterling, Shane Williamson
Location: Room 066 North

Guest critics:

April 20

Ellie Abrons, University of Michigan
Claire Zimmerman, University of Michigan
Carie Penabad, University of Miami
Zeynep Celik Alexander, Daniels Faculty
Michael Moxam, Stantec
John Harwood, Daniels Faculty
Tom Dutton, Daniels Corporation

April 21

Ellie Abrons, University of Michigan
Claire Zimmerman, University of Michigan
Carie Penabad, University of Miami
Michael Moxam, Stantec
Heather Rolleston, architectsAlliance
Lisa Rapaport, PLANT Architect
Siamak Hariri, Hariri Pontarini Architects
John Harwood, Daniels Faculty
Barry Sampson, Daniels Faculty
Mary Lou Lobsinger, Daniels Faculty
David Lieberman, Daniels Faculty

 

 

Master of Landscape Architecture Thesis Reviews
Advisors: Georges Farhat, Liat Margolis, Francesco Martire, Alissa North, Pete North, Elise Shelley, Jane Wolff, Rob Wright
Location: Larry Wayne Richards Gallery, outer Eric Arthur Gallery & Room 106

Guest critics:

April 20

Pierre Bélanger, Harvard GSD
Brad Cantrell, Harvard GSD
Kaki Martin, KMDG
Aisling O'Carroll, MVVA
Shadi Ramos, Daniels Faculty

April 21

Ultan Byrne, Daniels Faculty
Brad Cantrell, Harvard GSD
Kaki Martin, KMDG, Cambridge MA
Aisling O'Carroll, MVVA, Cambridge MA
Michael Piper, Daniels Faculty
 

 

Master of Urban Design Thesis Reviews
Advisors: George Baird, Robert Glover, Hans Ibelings, David Lieberman, Michael Piper, Jon Soules
Location: Room 066 South

Guest critics:

April 20

Sandra McKee, Yoshihara McKee Architects
Mark Sterling, Daniels Faculty
Kim Storey, Brown + Storey Architects
Sirous Ghanbar Zadeh, Urban Strategies Inc.

April 21

Sandra McKee, Yoshihara McKee Architects
Mark Sterling, Daniels Faculty
Erica Allen-Kim, Daniels Faculty
Karimah Gheddai, Daniels Faculty MUD alumna
Shaimaa Atef, Daniels Faculty MUD alumna
Behrooz Pakdaman, Mehrazan Architects and Planners

 

Thursday, April 21

URD 1012
This studio focuses on the relationship between large scale urban planning and urban design and the creation of new urban city and open space within the context of Toronto's central waterfront. View the full course outline.
Instructor: Robert Glover, Michael Kirkland
Location: 3rd floor studio

Guest critics:

Halija Mazlomyar, Waterfront Toronto
Christopher Glaisek, Waterfront Toronto
George Baird, Daniels Faculty