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PLANT Architect Inc.

PLANT Architect Inc.

Toronto, ON, CA

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University of Toronto Mississauga Welcome Centre

The landscape design developed by PLANT Architect for University of Toronto Mississauga accompanies interior and exterior renovations to the William G. Davis Meeting Place, the first academic building encountered upon arrival at UTM. Set in an open landscape with views overlooking a picturesque rainwater pond, the design creates a memorable and welcoming identity for this point of arrival. At the same time, the new landscape sensitively integrates the building into its suburban campus context, in ways that are responsive to, and respectful of, UTM’s spectacular Credit River Valley site. Landscape improvements include a patio dining terrace, a new landscaped front entry, and a terraced seating area within a ceremonial space. The plan includes the redesign of campus paths and amenities to AODA standards, the restoration of landscape areas with native tree, shrub, and meadow plantings, and improved drop-off and circulation along the building’s entrance frontage.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Mississauga, ON, CA
Firm Role: Landscape Architect
Additional Credits: Architect: Moriyama & Teshima Architects
Photo Credits: Riley Snelling Photography

 
Path, seating and gathering, meadow, savannah, grove
Path, seating and gathering, meadow, savannah, grove
Plaza and amphitheatre seating
Plaza and amphitheatre seating
Benches nestled in the landscape
Benches nestled in the landscape
Alternating lawn and seating
Alternating lawn and seating
Commemorative gathering area
Commemorative gathering area
Path in the naturalized landscape
Path in the naturalized landscape
Plaza, amphitheatre seating and nestled seating
Plaza, amphitheatre seating and nestled seating
Gathering, seating, naturalized landscape just planted
Gathering, seating, naturalized landscape just planted