TORONTO — The five winners of Toronto’s Winter Stations competition have been announced, with installation of the winning designs from art submissions contributed by international and local artists, designers, architects and landscape architects on the beaches of Toronto now set to follow.
The submissions are intended to celebrate Toronto’s winter waterfront landscape and draw people outside to interact with the cold winter environment, says a media statement. The five winners will be joined by three student installations from the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo and Humber College.
The projects will be installed on Toronto’s east end beaches timed with Family Day, Feb. 20 and continuing to March 27.
"Winter Stations 2017 delivered, once again, gutsy and lyrical transformations of ordinary lifeguard stands," says Lisa Rochon, Winter Stations design jury chair in the statement.
The theme for Winter Stations’ third year is Catalyst. Artists and designers were asked to consider their entries as a catalyst for change, with thought put into how materials may be repurposed or reused in future iterations.
"The idea of reuse is particularly relevant as we have found many of the Winter Stations installations have taken on a second life after the competition," says Winter Stations co-founder Ted Merrick of Ferris + Associates.
Founded by RAW Design, Ferris + Associates, and Curio, the Winter Stations Design Competition was conceived as a way of using design to inspire Torontonians to visit the beach in the winter.
Now in its third year, the concept has evolved to include a sister exhibition, Ice Breakers, presented in collaboration with Toronto’s Waterfront BIA, launching Jan. 21.
"We’re proud of the way Winter Stations has been embraced. These installations become part of the fabric of the city each winter and we hope to draw even more people back down to the beach this year," says Roland Rom Colthoff, of RAW Design.
The Winter Stations finalists are:
BuoyBuoyBuoy, by Dionisios Vriniotis, Rob Shostak, Dakota Wares-Tani and Julie Forand of Toronto. Silhouettes of buoys explore reflected and refracted light.
I See You Ashiyu, by Asuka Kono and Rachel Salmela of Toronto. Japanese hot springs suggest a warm water motif.
North, by studio PERCH in Montreal. Suspended fir trees capture the essence of Canada’s northern landscape.
Collective Memory, by Mario Garcia of Barcelona, Spain, and Andrea Govi from Milan, Italy. Recycled bottles represent lost messages rekindled among new Canadians.
The Beacon, by Joao Araujo Sousa and Joanna Correia Silva of Porto, Portugal. The archetypical lighthouse shape serves as a destination of beauty and simplicity. The Beacon will act as a temporary drop-off location for non-perishable items such as canned food or clothes.
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