Publicomos

Réf.

42358

Type

conference item

Titre

Toronto Brownfield Redux: Artscape Wychwood Barns and Evergreen Brick Works

Langues

English

Auteurs

Lobko, Joe

Date

21/05/2012

Pagination de section

398-411

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 17th General Assembly

Lieu de conférence

Paris, France

Date de conférence

2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02

Mots-clés

sustainable development / history / cultural heritage / urban areas / revitalization / town planning / towns / architecture / concepts / brownfields / economic and social development / redevelopment / conferences / projects / public space

Pays mentionnés

Canada

Monuments et sites

City of Toronto, Canada

Résumé en anglais

Cities around the world contain abandoned industrial brown-field sites that once played a critical role in the development of their urban areas, but which now lie dormant and inactive. ‘Toronto Brown-field Redux’ is the story about the adaptive reuse of two such sites within the largest city in Canada; one anabandoned streetcar storage and repair facility located in the midst of a downtown neighbourhood, and the other an abandoned brick-making plant located in one of the many river valleys that help define the physical character of the city. In both cases, a unique heritage building formation, long abandoned, has beenrevitalized and transformed into a vibrant, mixed-use community hub, with sustainability as a major design theme. In both cases, the re-development of these unique, publically owned sites was led by not-for-profitagencies, rather than government, and depended upon extensive community engagement and partnerships for capital funding, programming and ongoing stewardship. Both projects exemplify the overall symposium theme, “Heritage – Driver of Development.”

URL

http://www.icomos.org/fr/component/content/article/157-articles-en-francais/ressources/publications/477

Document joint

II-3-Article3_Lobko.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)