Public Work
Public Work, a Toronto-based design firm co-founded by Adam Nicklin[1] and Marc Ryan[2] specializes in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. Public Work has been involved in 48 different projects all across North America. Public Work focuses all its projects on public spaces and tends to revitalize a neglected or underused area. The firm aims to “produce transformative works that invigorate the public realm, optimize and enhance the performance of urban and natural systems, and support public life by adding new layers of experience to the city.”[3]
Public Work co-founders Marc Ryan and Adam Nicklin are experienced architects who combined have over 40 years of experience. Marc Ryan is a landscape architect and urban designer who has worked in Canada, the United States, and parts of Europe.[3] Prior to founding Public Work, Marc was the studio director of the West 8 Architecture firm. Adam Nicklin is also a landscape architect and urban designer who has worked in Canada, the United States, and the UK and was a principal architect at DTAH.[3]
Major Projects
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Public Work was contracted by the University of Toronto in 2013 as landscape architects to revitalize 1 Spadina lane and make it a suitable home for the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. The project undertook the challenge to connect the Daniels building at 1 Spadina lane to its surroundings. "It was very disconnected from campus and the surrounding neighbourhoods," says Marc Ryan. Public Work expanded and created new walkways and pathways to make the building more accessible to the public. They specifically chose plants and natural aspects native to Toronto and Ontario to further emphasize the connection between the building and the area it's in.[4] The project has been recognized several times, having received the following awards: 2019 CSLA National Award, 2019 Toronto Urban Design Award, 2018 Azure Award of Merit, and AZ People's Choice Award, 2014 Holcim Awards Acknowledgement Prize North America.[5]
The Bentway
Waterfront Toronto hired Public Work to revitalize a 250 m long strip of the Gardiner Expressway. The Bentway stretches from Strachan Avenue to Bathurst Street, transforming the area under the Gardiner bridge into a pedestrian and cyclist path.[6] The Bentway has a planned expansion of an additional 1.5 km to the already existing strip. In the winter, the pedestrian path freezes over and creates a long skating path. The Bentway includes several splash pads, seating, and gathering areas along its path. Murals are displayed along the path, reinvigorating what used to be a dark and desolate area. The project has been recognized several times, having received the following awards: 2019 ASLA National Honour Award, 2019 CSLA National Award, 2019 AZ Award of Merit in Landscape Architecture & 'People's Choice' Award, 2018 AZ Award ‘Best Ideas/Prototypes’[7]
Awards[8]
The Bentway
2019 ASLA National Honour Award, 2019 CSLA National Award, 2019 AZ Award of Merit in Landscape Architecture & 'People's Choice' Award, 2018 AZ Award ‘Best Ideas/Prototypes’
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
2019 CSLA National Award, 2019 Toronto Urban Design Award, 2018 Azure Award of Merit and AZ People's Choice Award, 2014 Holcim Awards Acknowledgement Prize North America
Mouth of the Creek Park
2016 Margaret and Nicholas Hill Cultural Heritage Landscape Award, Architectural Conservancy of Ontario
T.O. Core – Downtown Parks & Public Realm Vision
2019 ASLA National Award of Excellence, 2019 CSLA National Award, 2018 National Urban Design Award (Joint RAIC/CSLA/CIP)
Midtown in Focus
2015 CSLA National Honour Award
Under Gardiner Framework Design
2018 AZ Award ‘Best Ideas/Prototypes’
Eglinton Crosstown LRT
2015 CIP Award of Excellence
Projects[8]
Completed
- The Bentway
- DFALD at One Spadina Crescent
- Waterloo Park Festival Area Frontage
- Weather Catcher
Designed
- Under the K Brooklyn
- Capitol Park Detroit
- CIBC Square
- Mouth of the Creek Park
- Wallace-Emerson Park Master Plan
- King Toronto
- T.O. Core – Downtown Parks & Public Realm Vision
- Civic Abattoir Redevelopment
- Nepean Point Park—A Park for Our Nation in Progress
- Waterloo Park Vision
- Rail Deck Park
- Jubilee Centre Plaza
- CASA II-III Paradise Courtyard
- Lawrence Heights Public Realm
- Beatty Street Vancouver
- Bloor-Dundas Transformation
- University of Toronto Landscape
- Midtown in Focus
- Winnipeg Art Gallery Inuit Art Centre
- Upper York Water Reclamation Centre
- Sidewalk Toronto
- T.O. Core ‘Great Streets’ Transformation
- Port Lands Vision
- Black Creek Vision
- Dupont Galleria Redevelopment
- Port Credit West Village
- The Bentway Bridge
- Under Gardiner Framework Design
- National Holocaust Monument Ottawa
- Bloomfield Centre for the Arts Halifax
- Eglinton Crosstown LRT
- Ontario Place Re-Vision
- Dupont Doors
- King Street Pilot Vision
- Mount Pleasant Village Streetscape Study
- Median Vertical Gardens
- Clarence Square District Redevelopment
- Fort York Pedestrian & Cycling Bridge
- Indirect Lake Effect
- Warsaw Landscape Monument
- Governor General Awards Reading Landscape
- Toronto Port Lands Acceleration
- Wynford Green Landscape Master Plan
- East 73rd Street Gardens
References
- ↑ "READY FOR FOOT TRAFFIC". Landscape Architecture Magazine. 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ↑ ""PROJECTS." 2018.The Canadian Architect 63 (3) (03): 17-19".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 publicwork.ca https://publicwork.ca/studio. Retrieved 2022-04-13. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "C. R. "Daniels Building at One Spadina Crescent Toronto: NADAAA with Adamson Associates Architects and ERA Architects." Architect 108, no. 11 (November 2019): 130–33".
- ↑ publicwork.ca https://publicwork.ca/projects/dfald-at-one-spadina-crescent?category=all. Retrieved 2022-03-03. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "The Bentway / Public Work". ArchDaily. 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ↑ publicwork.ca https://publicwork.ca/projects/the-bentway?category=all. Retrieved 2022-03-03. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 publicwork.ca https://publicwork.ca/. Retrieved 2022-03-03. Missing or empty
|title=(help)
This article "Public Work" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Public Work. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
