Designing for the Future: Design Systems, Built-in Intelligence and Smart Construction
This webinar is part of the RAIC 2022 Virtual Conference on Architecture, now available to stream!
Topics: Urbanism
Length: 1 hour | What's Included: Video, Quiz, and Certificate of Completion
We continue to see unprecedented growth in two of Canada’s key urban areas: By 2041, Downtown Toronto is expected to almost double in population – from approximately 250,000 to 500,000 people, bringing with them a predicted 500,000 new jobs and workspaces. How are we doing at mapping the capacity and potential of our future cities? Are current mapping and data collection tools up to the task of better informing critical decisions related to the form of our future cities? How far has data collection and mapping advanced concerning neighbourhood redevelopment and intensification for Canadian cities?
From the perspective of an architect and urban designer with extensive experience in helping to shape the form of growing communities, this session proposes to explore the following: - What is “state of the art” for mapping and data collection for our rapidly growing cities? - How might current software innovation assist in exploring and identifying alternative futures for built form and community capacity? - Is it possible to develop more current, accessible and graphic mapping for the existing and proposed built forms of cities? How can this be widely disseminated and used as a tool to help us to consider the emerging shape and form of cities and the choices we have in accommodating their growth? - What are the current impediments to large Canadian cities in providing up-to-date neighbourhood-specific information around community growth, in relation to existing and proposed community support infrastructure? - What are the limitations of data collection and privacy that may impact these models?
Learning Objectives:
By the completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe how the future of Toronto is currently being mapped and how data is being collected in relation to their intensification.
- Identify existing gaps in providing the tools to better inform the built form evolution of our cities.
- Implement best practices with respect to future city mapping and modelling from a range of international examples.
- Recognize a range of considerations related to the topic of community capacity, and how future city mapping practices might assist in informing that discussion.
Subject Matter Expert:
Joe Lobko
OAA, FRAIC, LEED AP BD+C
Architect/Urban Designer and Partner, DTAH
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Joe is a partner at DTAH, a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary design firm which will see its 50th year of practice in 2022. As an architect and urban designer with over four decades of experience, primarily focused on community revitalization, adaptive reuse, and urban design, Joe’s portfolio is consistently community-focused, socially motivated and prioritizes sustainable growth. Joe has helped master plan several growing communities in southern Ontario, including many years of work in contributing towards an urban design and built form framework for the West Don Lands. His notable architectural projects include leading the design of two of Toronto’s most beloved community hubs: the Artscape Wychwood Barns and the Evergreen Brick Works — both award-winning, LEED certified, brownfield renewal projects. Most recently Joe has served as design architect for the revitalization of The Convent, a 130-year-old facility now converted to an arts and cultural hub in Sydney, Nova Scotia. As an advocate for design excellence, Joe has served as a member of the City of Toronto Design Review Panel for the past decade. As chair of the Toronto Society of Architects from 2001 to 2004, Joe participated in several efforts aimed at improving design and performance targets for buildings and public spaces, including the creation of an award-winning contemporary architecture guide map for the Toronto Region. He also served as a member of the City of Toronto Clean and Beautiful City Roundtable as chair of the subcommittee on City Processes, Standards and Procedures, an effort aimed at improving the general level of streetscape design and amenity across the city. |
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