Alice Dong, "Aging-inTO-Care"
During the post-war era, Toronto witnessed a proliferation of school construction to meet the needs of the Baby Boomer generation. Today, as demographic trends change and the demand for these educational facilities diminishes, the city faces a dual challenge: insufficient care infrastructure to support its aging population coupled with a surplus of underutilized school sites.
This thesis navigates Toronto’s shifting demographic landscape by leveraging these sites and exploring their transformative potential to support successful ‘aging-in-place’. Embracing adaptive design strategies for a city in constant flux, this proposal blurs generational boundaries and delineates a dynamic interplay between the old and new.
Program: Master of Architecture
Thesis Advisor: Shane Williamson