Access Interconnectivity

REINCARNATION OF TORONTO PATH SYSTEM
THROUGH POINT CLOUD GENERATION PROCESSES

PROJECT TYPE Tourist Hub - Individual
U OF T, MARCH. THESIS Professor Laura Miller
DATE 1st Semester of 2018 – 4 Months
LOCATION Toronto, Canada

This thesis leverages three extant infrastructures within downtown Toronto, to create a new Tourist Hub: the city’s underground pedestrian system, the PATH (itself an attraction to tourists); a long and short-haul bus terminal connecting with local and regional destinations; and downtown Toronto and Ontario-based tourist attractions, events, and itineraries (such as the CN Tower, Nuit Blanche, Niagara wine-tasting).Central to each infrastructure is a presumption of access; the Tourist Hub as a hybrid building type brings inter-connectivity and access between them. A new collection of uses – hotel, offices, performance spaces – creates a site of activity, exchange, services, shelter, and entertainment.