PARTIE 2 - Icomos

Theme 2
Session 3
Toronto Brownfield Redux
flows, providing a much stronger natural and physical
connection between the quarry garden and the balance
of the river valley. This was then complemented
by the establish-ment of a new series of public spaces
and pedestrian connections throughout the site,
around which programming within existing and new
building could be organized.
FOCUS ON ADAPTIVE RE-USE
Given Evergreen’s vision and our increasing collective
realization that the greenest building is often the one
that already exists, it seemed natural to ensure a design
focus on adaptive re-use, rather than an emphasis
on new buildings in a field of ruins, as had been
suggested in an earlier master plan for the property.
Figure 8. Overall Brick Works site plan
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LE PATRIMOINE, MOTEUR DE DÉVELOPPEMENT
HERITAGE, DRIVER OF DEVELOPMENT