Design ideas for the Gardiner
This proposed design would replace the Gardiner Expressway with a tunnel that creates new parks and public spaces.
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
2010
Waterfront Toronto
Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design rendering
Design ideas for the Gardiner
This proposed design would replace the Gardiner Expressway with a tunnel that creates new parks and public spaces.
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
2010
Waterfront Toronto
Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design rendering
Design ideas for the Gardiner
The proposed design would replace the Gardiner Expressway with a tunnel that creates new parks and public spaces.
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
2010
Waterfront Toronto
Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design rendering
Design ideas for the Gardiner
The spaces between the Gardiner Expressway take on a new life, reimagined as places for people rather than as obstacles to the waterfront.
Diller Scofidio + Refro and architectsAlliance
2010
Waterfront Toronto
Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design rendering
Design ideas for the Gardiner
Civic spaces, housing, schools, galleries, markets and a botanical garden weave over, under and through the Gardiner Expressway.
Diller Scofidio + Refro and architectsAlliance
2010
Waterfront Toronto
Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design rendering
Design ideas for the Gardiner
The Gardiner Expressway is transformed into a grand boulevard with improved north-south connections.
James Corner Field Operations
Waterfront Toronto
Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design rendering
Design ideas for the Gardiner
This design creates creates a series of civic, commercial and residential spaces, overlooking the Gardiner Expressway, that are connected by pedestrian pathways.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg + Bjarke Ingels Group
2010
Courtesy of Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design rendering
Design ideas for the Gardiner
In this proposed design, the area between the Gardiner and the rail corridor becomes the site of a linear park with cultural interventions like an outdoor cinema.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg + Bjarke Ingels Group
2010
Waterfront Toronto
Waterfront Toronto
Computer-aided design renderings