Winter stations installed on the shorefront of some of Toronto beaches may be some of the most creative works of architecture just yet. They come in different forms and sizes and just give life to the landscape.
These winter stations have been the subject of ArchDaily in the architecture and design online magazine's recent feature. There are a total of eight designs all over Toronto and they are just varied yet somehow strung together with an underlying theme.
These winter stations are the products of a recent competition called the Winter Stations Design Competition that featured these exhibits all over the shorefront of Toronto beaches. The competition is open for all as the five works were from professionals and the three were from students. The diverse outlook gave these winter stations their unique appearances and different perspectives.
The winter stations that covered the Toronto beaches are a remarkable sight as they are assorted but still revolved around this year's theme called "Catalyst." The theme emphasizes on using the waterfront areas of this Canadian city and reinventing the place for visitors.
There is a different quality to the winter stations and that just adds to the charm on these Toronto beaches. One work that embraces culture is "I see You Ashiyu" by Asuka Kono and Rachel Salmela. The winter station is a long wooden rectangular pool with steamy water that is a representation of Japanese hot springs.
Toronto beaches can now boast of artistic and awesome architecture as some of the winter stations play around with lines and patterns. Such works are "The Illusory" by the Humber College School of Media Studies & IT , "Flotsam and Jetsam" by the University of Waterloo, "BuoyBuoyBuoy" by a collaboration of Dionisios Vriniotis, Rob Shostak, Dakota Wares-Tani, and Julie Forand. Their works are composed of playful patterns and lines.
Other winter stations in the waterfront of the Toronto beaches play with people's senses and imagination. These are "Collective Memory" by Mario Garcia, and "Midwinter Fire" by Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto. Both works play with natural lighting and glass where people can enter into a somewhat new world.
Lastly, there are winter stations that embrace the rustic appearance in nature giving the Toronto beaches a little warmth. These are "The Beacon" by Joao Araujo Sousa and Joanna Correia Silva and "North" by studio PERCH. These works encourage imagination and thought to the visitors and would also give opportunities to these architecture and design individuals to share their skills.
