The city of Toronto, in celebration of its spectacular waterfront landscape, recently
held a second annual Winter Stations Design Competition -- a contest through which
seven existing lifeguard stations were transformed into vibrant and playful temporary installations. Organizers of the competition, which was open to design professionals
and students, wanted to add "color and refuge" to the winter shoreline, and to
encourage the community "to come out of hibernation and go back to the beach!"
held a second annual Winter Stations Design Competition -- a contest through which
seven existing lifeguard stations were transformed into vibrant and playful temporary installations. Organizers of the competition, which was open to design professionals
and students, wanted to add "color and refuge" to the winter shoreline, and to
encourage the community "to come out of hibernation and go back to the beach!"
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designed by Calvin Fung and Victor Huynh, Toronto, Canada
This year’s theme was “Freeze/Thaw,” which asked participants to address
the changing climactic conditions of Toronto's winter. All the installations had
to conform to basic rules: that they be built on the skeletons of existing steel-pipe
lifeguard stands, that they not permanently alter or damage them,
and that they be completely recyclable when the exhibition closed.
The temporary installations have no power or other utilities.
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Left and below:
In the Belly of a Bear
by Caitlind R.C. Brown,
Wayne Garrett, and
Lane Shordee.
Images by Ben Rahn/
A-Frame Studio
Stargazers are invited to climb in and look out the circular window atop the sphere.
“Inventive, playful and irreverent, all of the installations can be read like
pieces of poetry on the beach,” Winter Stations jury
chairwoman Lisa Rochon said in a press release.
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Below: Aurora Borealis
by Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario
image by Ben Rahn
"Designs have the opportunity to observe,
reflect or contrast the immediate waterfront landscape, with its banks of snow and frozen ice. To this
end, they should expect to be playful and provocative, creatively utilizing materials and site to
inform concepts
that echo the freeze/thaw narrative and will be engaging to the public."
Left: Floating ropes
by MUDO (Elodie Doukhan
and Nicholas Mussche)
Image by Ben Rahn
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Sauna at sunrise
by Kent, U.K.’s FFLO (Claire Fernley and James Fox)
Image by James Fox
The project also includes a community fireplace,
designed by Ottawa architect Douglas Cardinal.
Mr. Cardinal's Aboriginal heritage influences his designwork,
in its use of undulating lines and integration with nature.
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For more information on this whimsical project,
link here or here.
Update: These temporary installations have now been taken down.
Look for a new set of designs in the winter of 2017.
designed by Calvin Fung and Victor Huynh, Toronto, Canada
This year’s theme was “Freeze/Thaw,” which asked participants to address
the changing climactic conditions of Toronto's winter. All the installations had
to conform to basic rules: that they be built on the skeletons of existing steel-pipe
lifeguard stands, that they not permanently alter or damage them,
and that they be completely recyclable when the exhibition closed.
The temporary installations have no power or other utilities.
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
Left and below:
In the Belly of a Bear
by Caitlind R.C. Brown,
Wayne Garrett, and
Lane Shordee.
Images by Ben Rahn/
A-Frame Studio
Stargazers are invited to climb in and look out the circular window atop the sphere.
“Inventive, playful and irreverent, all of the installations can be read like
pieces of poetry on the beach,” Winter Stations jury
chairwoman Lisa Rochon said in a press release.
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
by Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario
image by Ben Rahn
Made from fabric, LED lights, and a welded aluminum frame,
this kinetic sculpture floats above the lifeguard station
like a whirling chandelier.
that echo the freeze/thaw narrative and will be engaging to the public."
from WinterStations.com
Left: Floating ropes
by MUDO (Elodie Doukhan
and Nicholas Mussche)
Image by Ben Rahn
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
Above: Sauna on a starry night
by Kent, U.K.’s FFLO (Claire Fernley and James Fox)
Image by James Fox
designed by Ottawa architect Douglas Cardinal.
Mr. Cardinal's Aboriginal heritage influences his designwork,
in its use of undulating lines and integration with nature.
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
link here or here.
Update: These temporary installations have now been taken down.
Look for a new set of designs in the winter of 2017.
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