Tewder
Senior Member
I'm surprised that Health Sciences are part of Ryerson's purview.
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Dan416
Senior Member
Every time I see this thread I hear myself say "Ryerson has a plan?"
WislaHD
Superstar
I wanted to create a new thread but decided to do a forum search first and found this old thread. I'll leave it up to the admins (@interchange42 ) to decide if discussion should be kept in this thread, or moved to a new thread (you may use this and the following post as the OP), but I wanted a place to discuss the New Public Realm Plan for Ryerson University.
It was covered in this October UrbanToronto article:
Ryerson University Unveils New Public Realm Plan
"The plan highlights the importance of placemaking, planting, lighting, public art, and greenery, with public feedback putting first priority on Gould Street. Now, new concept designs are revealing an upgraded public realm that puts priority on pedestrian accessibility and safety, while improving the university's campus experience beyond the classrooms.
Among the many improvements being promised, new paving will be a major aesthetic element in the plan. Utilizing durable, high-quality paving materials, the existing pedestrian conditions surrounding the Image Arts Centre, Devonian Pond and the Student Learning Centre will be replicated and extended to the rest of the campus. Repaving efforts will be coordinated with the local BIA to ensure cohesion.
A number of other pedestrian improvements are also proposed, including a new 'Dismount Zone' in the area of Gould Plaza and Devonian Park, where bike traffic would be prohibited on weekdays from 8 AM to 6 PM. Instead, cyclists would dismount and walk their bikes through the area, keeping pedestrian traffic as the number one priority.
Proposed lighting improvements include the addition of "signature" pedestrian scale lighting on Gould, Victoria, Bond, and Church Street, as well as the introduction of decorative lighting in laneways. Other major lighting features being proposed include the architectural lighting of Kerr Hall, and the addition of specialized lighting for main building entrances and terminating vistas. All proposed lighting upgrades would be energy efficient, with the capability of being upgraded to LED lighting in the future."
Official Ryerson Announcement can be found here.
The PDF of the master plan can be found here.
Here is how the Master Plan intends to be phased:
Also of interest, how the Church-Gould intersection is planned to be reconfigured:
It was covered in this October UrbanToronto article:
Ryerson University Unveils New Public Realm Plan
"The plan highlights the importance of placemaking, planting, lighting, public art, and greenery, with public feedback putting first priority on Gould Street. Now, new concept designs are revealing an upgraded public realm that puts priority on pedestrian accessibility and safety, while improving the university's campus experience beyond the classrooms.
Among the many improvements being promised, new paving will be a major aesthetic element in the plan. Utilizing durable, high-quality paving materials, the existing pedestrian conditions surrounding the Image Arts Centre, Devonian Pond and the Student Learning Centre will be replicated and extended to the rest of the campus. Repaving efforts will be coordinated with the local BIA to ensure cohesion.
A number of other pedestrian improvements are also proposed, including a new 'Dismount Zone' in the area of Gould Plaza and Devonian Park, where bike traffic would be prohibited on weekdays from 8 AM to 6 PM. Instead, cyclists would dismount and walk their bikes through the area, keeping pedestrian traffic as the number one priority.
Proposed lighting improvements include the addition of "signature" pedestrian scale lighting on Gould, Victoria, Bond, and Church Street, as well as the introduction of decorative lighting in laneways. Other major lighting features being proposed include the architectural lighting of Kerr Hall, and the addition of specialized lighting for main building entrances and terminating vistas. All proposed lighting upgrades would be energy efficient, with the capability of being upgraded to LED lighting in the future."
Official Ryerson Announcement can be found here.
The PDF of the master plan can be found here.
Here is how the Master Plan intends to be phased:
Also of interest, how the Church-Gould intersection is planned to be reconfigured:
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WislaHD
Superstar
I also took the opportunity to pull images from the PDF:
Gould Plaza + Nelson Mandela Walkway:
Gould Street Facing Church (Between Bond and Church):
Gould at Yonge Gateway:
Victoria at Dundas Gateway:
Gould Street East (Between Church and Mutual):
Campus Laneways:
Gould Plaza + Nelson Mandela Walkway:
Gould Street Facing Church (Between Bond and Church):
Gould at Yonge Gateway:
Victoria at Dundas Gateway:
Gould Street East (Between Church and Mutual):
Campus Laneways:
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
The error that is 10 Dundas East along Victoria (and the loading passage on Gould) is so fundamental that it will take more than a few trees, quality paving and dreamy, impressionistic renderings that fade out that context to correct. Regarding Victoria - if you even want to remotely fix the problem (hard to, given how overbearing and junky 10 Dundas is), you'd close off the entire existing sidewalk along the colonnade, extend the animated storefronts outward, rebuild the remaining ROW as the pedestrian realm.
AoD
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Irishmonk
Senior Member
Hats off to all of those currently unconceived future Rye students who will someday get to marinate in this bucolic utopia--and enjoy year round summer conditions.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
My understanding is that some of this already has funding - Gould from Bond to Yonge and Victoria from Gould to Dundas.
WislaHD
Superstar
A little bit of a bump for some (grounded) speculation, but it is very possible that Ryerson will be looking at master plan options that include the redevelopment of Kerr Hall and opening up the campus public realm to the Quad.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Didn’t they elude to that in their last plan?