ALL STOP CITY
MONUMENT
MORPHOLOGY
MAPPING
PATINA
PROJECTIONS
PATTERNS
PRACTICE
DATA
MONUMENT
MORPHOLOGY
MAPPING
PATINA
PROJECTIONS
PATTERNS
PRACTICE
DATA
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| Shoes, Pharmaceuticals, et al. |
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| Aked & Co. |
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| Aked & Co. + Patrons & Baldwins Ltd |
| Aked & Co. + Patrons & Baldwins Ltd |
| Aked & Co. + Patrons & Baldwins Ltd |
| Aked & Co. + Patrons & Baldwins Ltd |
| Robinson E S & A Ltd |
| Robinson E S & A Ltd |
| Robinson E S & A Ltd |
| Robinson E S & A Ltd |
| Robinson E S & A Ltd |
| Robinson E S & A Ltd |
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| De Havilland Aircraft of Canada |
| De Havilland Aircraft of Canada |
| De Havilland Aircraft of Canada |
| De Havilland Aircraft of Canada |
| Thor Canadian Co Ltd |
| Thor Canadian Co Ltd |
| Thor Canadian Co Ltd |
| Thor Canadian Co Ltd |
| Thor Canadian Co Ltd |
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| Thor Canadian Co Ltd |
| Thor Canadian Co Ltd |
| Speciality, R.S. Gold, CNIB, International |
| Speciality, R.S. Gold, CNIB, International, Plumbing |
| Speciality, R.S. Gold, International, Plumbing, Lloyd |
| Speciality, R.S. Gold, International, Lloyd |
| Rapistan, R.S. Gold, Higgs, De Carlo, International, Lloyd |
| Rapistan, R.S. Gold, Higgs, De Carlo, International |
| Rapistan, R.S. Gold, Higgs, De Carlo, International |
| Rapistan, R.S. Gold, Higgs, De Carlo, International |
| Rapistan, R.S. Gold, Higgs, De Carlo, International |
| Chem Pac, Comstock, R.S. Gold, Higgs, De Carlo |
| Chem Pac, Comstock, R.S. Gold, Higgs, De Carlo, Milburn, Vaponefrin, Polson, Sutcliffe |
| Chem Pac, Comstock, R.S. Gold, Milburn, Vaponefrin, Polson, Sutcliffe |
| Chem Pac, Comstock, R.S. Gold, Milburn, Vaponefrin, Polson, Sutcliffe |
| Chem Pac, Comstock, R.S. Gold, Milburn, Vaponefrin, Polson, Sutcliffe |
| Chem Pac Ltd + Milburn T Co Ltd |
| Chem Pac Ltd + Milburn T Co Ltd |
The grade crossing is great for recreating, forever traffic jams, and protesting. It ties Dupont and Geary together.
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people storage
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train rec.
Tower proposal over Uranium Processing Facility
compound cantilevers
Main-frame straightening, seat-frame fabrication, backrest milling (Elderbox Maple), natural dying (sumac), and shaker weave seat.Collaboration w/ Ophelia Lau
guerrilla preservation
Spring seed pod harvest, storage preparation, and germination.
grid-care
Appropriation of ERA condition assessment drawings for 888 Dupont as maintenance specifications.
template for a mapping project
Tanner Field, Ross Beardsley Wood. LAN3700, Winter 2022.
Instructor: Doug Anderson
Welcome to “Toronto”, 1615.
Have you ever wondered what Toronto was like before it was a city? Find out here, by navigating through the map of the city in 1615. You can find your block, explore the native landscape of today’s neighbourhoods, research the flora and fauna block by block, and help continue to rediscover 1615.
Boreholes
Through the City of Toronto’s Application Information Centre, data submitted to the city for current Development Applications is publicly accessible. Geotechnical investigations for current applications provide accurate subsurface conditions at specific points across the city. This data could be extracted on an on-going basis to create a subsurface dataset for the city.
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Through the City of Toronto’s Application Information Centre, data submitted to the city for current Development Applications is publicly accessible. Geotechnical investigations for current applications provide accurate subsurface conditions at specific points across the city. This data could be extracted on an on-going basis to create a subsurface dataset for the city.
Digital Sacred Places
Sacred places occupy digital space as well as physical. The Lost Rivers movement is an example of this as individuals have pieced together an exploratory atlas of past hydrological forces. How can sacred places be included and/or referenced in a mapping excercise such as Toronto 1615?
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Sacred places occupy digital space as well as physical. The Lost Rivers movement is an example of this as individuals have pieced together an exploratory atlas of past hydrological forces. How can sacred places be included and/or referenced in a mapping excercise such as Toronto 1615?
QR Code
This mapping project could be paired with a perspective view element allowing viewers to look backwards and potentially forwards at specific locations. These specific locations could be accessed through the web interface as well as through distributed QR codes allowing users to engage on site and potentially augment reality (AR) of specific perspectival views.
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This mapping project could be paired with a perspective view element allowing viewers to look backwards and potentially forwards at specific locations. These specific locations could be accessed through the web interface as well as through distributed QR codes allowing users to engage on site and potentially augment reality (AR) of specific perspectival views.
Soft Radiographic
The armature is embedded within the projected form – plant and pattern are conflated in a reciprocal relationship of envelope and structure.
Polyester film, plexiglass, wood, florescent lamp
24” x 48” x 16”
The armature is embedded within the projected form – plant and pattern are conflated in a reciprocal relationship of envelope and structure.
Polyester film, plexiglass, wood, florescent lamp
24” x 48” x 16”
Globe
Ball
Sphere
Orb
Structure
Form
Sculpture
Geometry
Volume
Space
Frame
Cage
Skin
Original
Armature
Scaffold
Pattern
Guide
Support
Steel
Wire
Rod
Tension
Ball
Sphere
Orb
Structure
Form
Sculpture
Geometry
Volume
Space
Frame
Cage
Skin
Original
Armature
Scaffold
Pattern
Guide
Support
Steel
Wire
Rod
Tension
Train
Tutor
Help
Care
Optimism
Hope
Growth
Future
Predict
Project
Projection
Trajectory
Intention
Rules
Framework
Consume
Engulf
Combine
Join
Share
Tutor
Help
Care
Optimism
Hope
Growth
Future
Predict
Project
Projection
Trajectory
Intention
Rules
Framework
Consume
Engulf
Combine
Join
Share
Colonization
Formal
Power
Mastery
Conformity
Trickery
Illusion
Picturesque
Fanciful
Ornamental Entertainment
Kitsch
Tacky
Humor
Joy
Playful
Jovial
Romantic
Boundary
Mask
Trim
Clip
Formal
Power
Mastery
Conformity
Trickery
Illusion
Picturesque
Fanciful
Ornamental Entertainment
Kitsch
Tacky
Humor
Joy
Playful
Jovial
Romantic
Boundary
Mask
Trim
Clip
Possession
Ownership
Stewardship
Health
Care
Hack
Play
Appropriate
Model
Re-
Ownership
Stewardship
Health
Care
Hack
Play
Appropriate
Model
Re-
Spatial Projection
Double Globe Topiary Armature
A scaffold of light gauge steel rod used to train a plant into a form consisting of two stacked spheres.
Galvanized Steel
12” x 36” x 12”
We need to stop building so many hyper-specific buildings
and start building generic ones that will last.
Historic tall-wood “mill construction” buildings in Toronto have proven to be a versatile and durable typology, but due to a lapse in construction between 1940 and 2000, trade knowledge of this building practice was lost. While contemporary mass timber construction has significantly advanced, a study of the vernacular typology will illuminate both historic urbanism in Toronto and forgotten learned principles of mill construction.
Historic tall-wood “mill construction” buildings in Toronto have proven to be a versatile and durable typology, but due to a lapse in construction between 1940 and 2000, trade knowledge of this building practice was lost. While contemporary mass timber construction has significantly advanced, a study of the vernacular typology will illuminate both historic urbanism in Toronto and forgotten learned principles of mill construction.
Field surveys were conducting documenting 42 historical
tall-wood buildings in Toronto that Kenneth Koo at FPInnovations identified in
his 2013 report A Study on Historical Tall-Wood Buildings in Toronto and
Vancouver. Koo’s report set historical precedence for Ontario’s Tall
Wood Building Reference in 2017 and the 2020 National Building Code changes
around building taller in wood. The documentation gathered during the field
surveys supplement Koo’s engineering report by illustrating the physical
qualities of identified buildings through high-resolution ortho-corrected
photography.
The collected field documentation and in-situ observations
have been paired with GIS aerial orthoimagery, perspectival archival imagery, historic
insurance maps, and newspaper clippings to create a morphological index of the select
typological examples. Koo’s original building list has been audited and augmented
to create a textual specification companion to the visual imagery. The resultant dataset stands as a
referenceable cross-section of historic tall-wood buildings in Toronto and
provides a platform for further research into the resilient typology.
Typological-Morphological Research Methodology
GIS
Mapping
Mapping
Field
Survey
Survey
Photographic
Processing
Processing
Archival
Research
Research
Development
Analysis
Analysis
Feedback
Loops
Loops
-Geolocation of example buildings
-Geographic perspectival visualization
-Production of keyplans, underlays, and orthoimagery
-Geographic perspectival visualization
-Production of keyplans, underlays, and orthoimagery
-Location verification and visual site survey
-Multiple Persepctive high resolution digital photographic exposures
-Audit of initial building list
-Multiple Persepctive high resolution digital photographic exposures
-Audit of initial building list
-Orthocorrection of photographic images
-Compositing elevational streetface frontages
-Typ. image processing (colour, cropping, etc.)
-Compositing elevational streetface frontages
-Typ. image processing (colour, cropping, etc.)
-Archival image collection and analysis
-Investigation of building use over time
-Positive identification through insurance maps
-Investigation of building use over time
-Positive identification through insurance maps
-Review identified building management companies
-Review current development proposals/plans -Identification of development trends
-Review current development proposals/plans -Identification of development trends
-Iteratively cycle between working methods to incorporate new observations and analysis
-cross reference incoming data with established to improve accuracy
Next Steps
1. Archival Research
2. Typological Classification
3. Taxonomy
1. Archival Research
2. Typological Classification
3. Taxonomy
Ross Beardsley Wood MArch, BAS.
ross.beardsleywood@mail.utoronto.ca
2021/2022 Mass Timber Institute Independent Study with Dr. Ted Kesik
at John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.
ross.beardsleywood@mail.utoronto.ca
2021/2022 Mass Timber Institute Independent Study with Dr. Ted Kesik
at John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.
Name: Toronto Carpet Manufacturing Company
Alt. Name: Barrymore Cloth
Built: 1899-1920
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 5.5
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
District: Liberty Village
Architect: William Steele and Sons
Heritage Status: Designated (1975)
993 Queen Street West
Name: The Candy Factory Lofts
Alt. Name: Ce De Candy Company
Built: 1907
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 5.5
Current Use: Residential
Original Use: Manufacturing
District: West Queen West / Trinity Bellwoods
Architect:
Heritage Status: Listed (2020)
Name:
Built:
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys:
Current Use:
Original Use:
Neighbourhood:
District: King-Spadina
Architect:
Heritage Status:
Name: Caplan Building
Alt. Name: Caplan Shoe Manufacturing
Built: 1926
Footprint:
Height: 26m
Number of Storeys: 8
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
District: King-Spadina
Architect:
Heritage Status: Listed (2017)
Name:
Built: 1920
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 5
Current Use:
Original Use:
District: King-Spadina
Architect:
Heritage Status: Listed (2017)
Name: Gelber Building
Alt. Name: Gelber Brothers Wholesale Woollens and Yard Goods
Built: 1923
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 5.5
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Warehouse & Wholesale
District: King-Spadina
Architect:
Heritage Status: Listed (2017)
Name: Independent Cloak Co. Building
Built: 1913
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 5
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing (Garment)
District: King-Spadina
Architect: Isadore Feldman
Heritage: Listed (2017)
40-46 Spadina Avenue
Name: Systems Building
Built: 1907
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 5
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing (Stationary)
District: King-Spadina
Architect: Burke, Horwood and White
Heritage Status: Listed (2016)
Notes: Occupied by Business Systems Limited until 1960.
Name: W. J. Gage Building
Built: 1912
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 5
Current Use: Office + Retail
Past Use: Maufacturing, Publishing
District: King-Spadina
Architect: C. J. Gibson
Heritage Status: Listed (2005)
Notes: Gage business moved to Spadina post Fire.
Name: Rea Building
Built: 1900
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 6 (4+2)
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
District: King-Spadina
Heritage Status: Listed (2017)
Name: Reading Building
Built: 1925
Architect: Benjamin Brown
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 8
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
District: King-Spadina
Architect: Benjamin Brown
Heritage Status: Listed (2017)
Notes: Originally commissioned by Henry Greisman.
Name: Spadina Building
Built: 1919
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 7
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
District: King-Spadina
Architect:
Heritage Status: Listed (2017)
Notes: Originally commissioned by Henry Greisman.
Name: Samuel Building
Built: 1908
Addition: 1913 (top floor)
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 6
Current Use:
Original Use:
Neighbourhood: Fashion District
District: King-Spadina
Architect: Burke and Horwood
Property Owner: Allied
Heritage Status: Listed (2005)
Notes:
Name: Krangle Building + Toronto Pharmacol Building
Built: 1906 + 1904
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 4.5
Current Use: Office + Retail
Original Use: Manufacturing + Retail
Neighbourhood: Fashion District
District: King-Spadina
Architect: J. Francis Brown
Property Owner: Allied
Heritage Status: Listed (2005)
Notes: Bought by William Krangle and Co. in 1949.
Name: Samuel and Benjamin Building
Built: 1910
Footprint:
Height: 22m
Number of Storeys: 6.5
Current Use: Office + Retail
Original Use: Manufacturing + Retail
Neighbourhood: Fashion District
District: King-Spadina
Architect: Burke, Horwood and White
Property Owner: Allied
Heritage Status: Listed (2005)
Name: Dominion Paper Box Co.
Built: 1903
Addition: 1907 (Back)
Footprint:
Height: 16m
Number of Storeys: 4.5
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
Neighbourhood: Fashion District
District: King-Spadina
Architect: George W. Gouinlock (Addition John Francis Brown)
Property Owner: Allied
Heritage: Listed (1973)
Name: Hart Building
Alt. Name: R G Long & Co.
Built: 1918
Demolished: 2020
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 4.5
Current Use: n/a
Past Uses: Commercial (Pub, Film Studios)
Original Use: Warehouse
Neighbourhood: Fashion District
District: King-Spadina
Heritage: Designated (2015)
Name: Canadian Magazine Building
Built: 1913
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 5.5
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
Neighbourhood:
District: King-Spadina
Architect: Burke, Horwood and White
Property Owner: Allied
Heritage Status: Listed (2005)
Built: 1910
Addition: 1990? (top)
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 6.5
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
Neighbourhood:
District: King-Spadina
Architect:
Property Owner: Allied
Heritage Status: Listed (2017)
Notes: Addition of two storeys.
Name: The Manufacturers Building
Built: 1929
Major Renovation: 1980s
Footprint:
Height: 27m
Number of Storeys: 8
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
Neighbourhood:
District: King-Spadina
Architect: Baldwin and Greene
Property Owner: Allied
Heritage Status: Listed (2017)
Notes: Commissioned by David Garfinkel. Wrong Date.
Name: Fremes Building
Built: 1925
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys:
Current Use: Office + Retail
Original Use: Manufacturing
Neighbourhood:
District: King-Spadina
Architect: Langley & Howland
Property Owner: Allied
Heritage Status: Listed 2005
Notes: Commissioned by Simon Fremes.
Name: MacLean Building
Alt. Name:
Built: 1914
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 7
Current Use:
Original Use:
Neighbourhood: Fashion District
District: King-Spadina
Architect: George Gouinlock
Property Owner:
Heritage Status: Listed (2005)
Notes:
Name: W.A. Drummond & Company Dairy Supply Warehouse
Alt. Name: Adams Brothers Harness Manufacturing Co.
Built: 1911
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 6.5
Current Use: Office + Retail
Original Use: Manufacturing + Retail
Neighbourhood:
District: St. Lawrence
Architect: S.A. Waggett
Property Owner: Allied
Heritage Status: Designated (1985)
Notes: Three grouped buildings. Sold air rights (easement).
Name: Model Knitting Company
Built: 1930
Footprint:
Height: 33m
Number of Storeys: 7
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
District: Grange
Architect:
Heritage Status: n/a
Name: Dominion Brewery
Alt. Name: Dominion Square
Built: 1878-80
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 4
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Manufacturing
District: Trefann Court
Architect:
Heritage Status: Listed (1973)
Name:
Alt. Name:
Built: 1880-84
Major Work: 1988
Footprint:
Height:
Storeys: 5
Current Use: Office
Original Use: Warehouse
Neighbourhood: Moss Park
District: King-Parliment
Heritage Status: Listed 2019
Name: Robertson Brothers Confections
Alt. Name: Queen Richmond Centre
Built: 1870-1906
Footprint:
Height:
Number of Storeys: 5
Current Use:
Original Use: Manufacturing
District: Moss Park
Heritage Status: Designated (1982)
Meateyes 2083. A data miner is scouring archival photographic databases in hopes of finding clues of how the world was operating before climate change effects were irreversible and why preventative measures were not taken.
Meateyes provides a glimpse of this search as the miner accesses a historic fonds series of the Toronto Archives, refines their search parameters to narrow the query results and extracts data with machine learning/processing software.
The short film was produced using MS DOS text for the archive database interface, medium format photography for archived (original) images, digitally manipulated images representative of machine learning/processing software (facial recognition, geometric/biometric analysis), and distorted deep bass audio rips.
Meateyes is referencing Operational Images (2013) by Trevor Paglen as well as Harun Farocki’s Eye / Machine series (2001-2003).
For On Ghost Images 2019-20, Instructor: Petros Babasikas
