@article{Ferrara_2022, title={Housing Innovation and the Toronto Model for Urbanism}, url={https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/13439}, DOI={10.36253/techne-13439}, abstractNote={<p>This article covers the development of an innovative local model for housing, neighbourhood<br>design and urban redevelopment that can be described as the Toronto model for development. In<br>reaction to the modernist "superblock" urban model in the 1970’s Toronto developed a<br>preservationist inspired model for urban redevelopment that was centred on complete mixed-use<br>mixed-tenure neighbourhoods with green squares, streets, low-rise, mid-rise and high-rise<br>development based on a vibrant public realm. The artcile covers the seminal work by Diamond<br>Myers on the Dundas Sherbourne and Beverley Place housing projects, then follows to the<br>landmark Crombie Park housing development of the 70’s and 80’s, discusses the Harbourfront<br>Centre development of the 80’s and 90’s and then focuses on the Regent Park redevelopment at<br>the start of the 20 th  century.  An overview of the next generation of urban redevelopment with<br>East Bayfront, Quayside and Villier’s Island provides an overview of the how the model will evolve<br>to meet the challenges of creating climate positive communities for the next 30 years. Fifty years<br>on, these projects reflect how the tradition continues to grow and improve incorporating new<br>explicit goals for resilience and sustainability implicit in the original model as the city redevelops<br>its waterfront.</p>}, number={24}, journal={TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment}, author={Ferrara, Luigi}, year={2022}, month={Jul.}, pages={33–39} }