Recent content by Aleksei

Why don't parents live with their kids or in the vicinity? It is easier to cope with life's hardships together.

By the way, Claude Cormier and Hariri Pontarini Architects, the authors of Berczy Park and the One skyscraper respectively, are among other designers for HTO. Was it a bad day for them? If you ask me, I count HTO as designed not so bad if compare to other parks. It is well maintained...

That’s true but park existence instead of industrial debris and scrap looks better in every way, I think. To add, every park reflects design ideas at the time. HTO park is designated to accommodate cultural events among others. That is why its paths look excessive. I would say that even from top...

I think the readers will find more on HTO park design and purposes following the link below. It will clarify some things mentioned above. http://blog.waterfrontoronto.ca/nbe/portal/wt/home/blog-home/posts/parking-it-discovering-hto-park I strongly agree with the author that some groups of...

The authorities should encourage developers to build another type of housing rather than SFH within the city limits. That move must be a political decision to gradually replace low-rise residential housing with mid and high-rise buildings based on long-term viewing of urban development...

It looks like the place is on its way to change, but the question about benches remains open as they seem to stay out of the area...

In theory, the city as a customer should assign a contract administrator responsible for monitoring that all works must comply with contract specifications and municipal requirements. Contract administration deploys engineering personal on-site regularly to sneak around and measure and check...

First of all, thank you, Northern Light, for such a detailed response. I appreciate it. Secondly, you are right; speculation is not what it worth saying to be taken seriously. I have to apologize. You do understand it right. The educational part is essential. But what I would want to see or do...

I think everything is simple. Tables and chair sitting are missing because they should be secured to prevent them from disappearing at nighttime. And that would be ridiculous to chain up them, right? So, again - design for the sake of innovation. It might have been that the chairs were even...

I'll give two pictures here and ask which of the fountains do you like more?

Excuse me; I wrote: "As there are no open water spaces, it could be working a year-round water park in the best-case scenario." I didn't suggest substituting green space with a water entertainment facility. Instead, I have just offered to build a water park for city inhabitants and families...

https://www.wem.ca/play/attractions/world-waterpark

Unfortunately, Toronto occupies the second half of the list of world megapolises ranked by a percentage of public green space. So, there is something to improve yet. http://www.worldcitiescultureforum.com/data/of-public-green-space-parks-and-gardens Ok, I believe kids will be happy if we do...

Nevertheless, current hot weather confirms the rule of thumb - most parks (I would suggest up to 85% of parks' area) should be simply conventional. People don't need stones, concrete, and steel that much. They need grass, tall trees' shadows, and a place and space to play. They need grass to...