Abstract

Urban public spaces are synonymous with the social fabric of the city, forming overlapping networks of face-to-face interaction. As population growth in Toronto intensifies, the city is experiencing an increase in developer-driven, private high-rise residential buildings and subsequent loss of public space for social interaction. Face-to-face interaction is vital to human health and well-being as it satisfies the need for self-identity and relationships at the scale of the individual and the community. Architectural design provides the means to explore possibilities for alternative social spaces in contemporary cities through the design of a vertical public realm within high-rise residential towers. The socio-spatial organization and disposition of public and private space can foster social interaction across a variety of scales. This is vital in forming communities within a high-rise residential tower that will grow together over time, creating a cohesive urban system at the scale of the neighbourhood, community and city

Highlights

  • Face-to-face social interaction is vital to the mental health and well-being of humans, as it satisfies the need for relationships, identity, and a sense of belonging at both the scale of the individual and the community

  • Public spaces are synonymous with the social fabric of the community, providing spaces for overlapping networks of movement, use, and interaction

  • In contrast to the segregation of uses of modern planning, Jacobs suggests that mixeduse neighbourhoods that cater to a wide range of functions, by a diverse population, throughout all parts of the day are most important for a lively social fabric

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C Design Explorations

SECTION COVER Source: CONTEXT Context: City Place Condominiums, Toronto, Ontario http://photo.phylosoft.com/orientation/horizontal/toronto-skyscrapers-from-cn-tower/, accessed August 3, 2017 Edited by Danielle Van Ooteghem. PARAMETERS Ørestad Gymnasium, Copenhagen, Denmark 3XN Architects, 2007, http://www.3xn.com/#/architecture/by-year/78-%C3%B8restadcollege, accessed August 3, 2017 Edited by Danielle Van Ooteghem. DESIGN Corktown Commons, Toronto, Ontario http://www.yourhomeintoronto.com/4a_custom_page.php?page=155788&print, accessed August 3, 2017 Edited by Danielle Van Ooteghem xvi

INTRODUCTION
SOCIAL INFLUENCES OF URBAN PLANNING
GROWING OUT
FROM HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL
A SOCIAL HOUSING SUCCESS
A SOCIAL HOUSING FAILURE
INTRODUCING A NEW SOCIAL AGENDA
THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SPACE
JAN GEHL
THE STATE OF THE CITY Western society, and specifically metropolises such as
VIBRANT COMMUNITIES
ADDRESSING URBAN HOUSING
12 STOREYS
THE CURRENT STATE OF THE HIGH-RISE
THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL INTERACTION
TOWARDS A VERTICAL FUTURE
David Hulchanski, Planning New Urban Neighbourhoods: Lessons from
THE INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY
LEVELS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION
PROXIMITY
TERRITORY
GROUP SIZE
PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OF SPACE
DEGREES OF PUBLICNESS
SPATIAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT INTERACTION
THE SPATIAL LOGIC OF SOCIAL LIFE
THE SOCIAL LOGIC OF SPATIAL DESIGN
THE PROPOSED MATRIX
UNIT TO WHOLE
SPATIAL PERMEABILITY
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
MIXED-USE
A City in the Sky
THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNAL SPACES
SOCIAL BLOCK AND SKY YARD
VERTICAL NEIGHBOURHOOD AND SKY COURT
VERTICAL COMMUNITY AND SKY LOBBY
INSTITUTIONAL SPACES
PUBLIC SPACES
GROWTH AND EXPANSION An important part of the design of Sky
SITE RESPONSE The downtown Toronto and East
URBAN IDENTITY
BEDROOM
DESIGN EXPLORATIONS
Findings
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