#YongeCity

[Edward Skira]

Hello there,

It is our pleasure to share with you our most ambitious proposal to this day – the #YongeCity

Atelier RZLBD has proposed a 56km long tower, to be hovering above Toronto’s Yonge Street — the longest street in the world. The mega structure made of space-frame and shipping containers will accommodate 134,400 habitats, to reduce the gap in the struggling housing market. This seemingly perpetual line over Yonge Street, will symbolize equality and diversity, being accessible and occupiable by everyone without financial or culture discrimination.

Press coverage on designboom:
https://www.designboom.com/architec...egastructure-yonge-street-toronto-06-22-2021/


Regards,
Atelier RZLBD

 

[afransen]

Ahhh, no thanks!

Why don't we just relax restrictions on the yellowbelt? We don't need this insanity. Ready Player One was not a how-to guide or a utopian vision.

from https://medium.com/@alexgoldberger/ready-player-one-and-the-public-realm-d8f34b152650

 

[NY99]

A sure sign that Toronto is maturing as a global city is that architects are now proposing absolute whack job proposals like this one lmao

 

[Undead]

wOrLD cLaSs GloBaL CiTtY

 

[MisterF]

Ugh that "longest street in the world" thing never dies. Even if it were true (it's not even the longest street in Toronto), it's a pretty lame boast.

 

[desperateAmbassador]

"What if we took all the best parts of standing under the Gardiner and extended that for 60km?"
...
"Genius."

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Architects have the most wild hot takes.

Could you imagine the hell this would cause with melting snow?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

A sure sign that Toronto is maturing as a global city is that architects are now proposing absolute whack job proposals like this one lmao

We already had proposals like that back in the 60s

(via Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...istory_of_toronto_waterfront_development.html)

Anyhoo, Metabolism is so, so last century - and this proposal looks even more overbearing and less playful than its' predecessors.

AoD

 

[NY99]

We already had proposals like that back in the 60s

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(via Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...istory_of_toronto_waterfront_development.html)

Anyhoo, Metabolism is so, so last century - and this proposal looks even more overbearing and less playful than its' predecessors.

AoD

ya but everyone was on LSD back then so there's an excuse

 

[UrbanFervour]

Shipping container housing. The "original" solution to the housing problem in B.Arch design projects year, after year, after year.