FOURTH YEAR UNDERGRADUATE
Sabeeh Mobashar & Jake Levy—Craig Race Model Award
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Sabeeh Mobashar & Jake Levy—Craig Race Model Award
About the Award
Craig Race Model Award:
For a student who demonstrates creativity and technique in the building of the architectural scale model.
Terraform
The essence of community and subsequent gatherings are embedded within the human experience.
Whether it had been a town square for citizens to gather at, a park with a local sporting match
To watch, or a fire to gather around; The human desire to be social is prevailing.
This work was undertaken as an act to envision an environment that nourishes this desire in a modern and practical setting. This model reflects the architectural intention of our vision: Creating spaces that fulfill the human condition’s longing.
This project dubbed Terraform embedded the act of gathering together as a driving factor, resulting in our re-imagination of community spaces as dynamic, self-sufficient, and inclusive environments. In a metropolis such as Toronto, the street-scape and landscape exist in a dense urban fabric; Terraform weaves these two together. Our model captures the weaving of these threads by peeling the land up through built form as a green roof.
The roof’s surface acts as an extension of the neighbouring park, city, and community. There was a poetic aspect in the model of imagining a community raising the land and finding shelter within. Conceptually, the intended audience for this project is those who inhabit buildings.
Those who inhabit buildings are subsequent members of a community. In particular, Terraform’s proposed site location involves the residents, designers, and neighbours of Toronto. As Toronto is home to a diverse population with various needs and desires, designing a community hub that solves these challenges acts as the heart of the design challenge: To design a community hub that acts as a beacon to play, meet, create, and contribute. The model highlights this through the urban corner.
This portion of the model meets a critical intersection within Toronto. Opening the building towards this point embraces the people, city, and community.
Through extensive research, experimentation, and collaboration, we arrived at a design solution that embodies our vision for Terraform.
The integration of a roof that peels from the landscape, supported by the model’s mass timber framing, symbolizes our commitment to harmonizing human structures with nature.
By prioritizing sustainable materials and green technologies, we have created a space that not only reduces our environmental footprint but also serves as a catalyst for community engagement and empowerment.
Terraform represents more than just a physical structure; it is a testament to the transformative power of collective action and imagination.
We hope this model furthers the belief and vision of how communities can be perceived, where stories can be shared, and what it means to blend the street-scape with the landscape.
Sincerely,
Jake Levy and Sabeeh Mobashar
Craig Race Model Award:
For a student who demonstrates creativity and technique in the building of the architectural scale model.
Terraform
The essence of community and subsequent gatherings are embedded within the human experience.
Whether it had been a town square for citizens to gather at, a park with a local sporting match
To watch, or a fire to gather around; The human desire to be social is prevailing.
This work was undertaken as an act to envision an environment that nourishes this desire in a modern and practical setting. This model reflects the architectural intention of our vision: Creating spaces that fulfill the human condition’s longing.
This project dubbed Terraform embedded the act of gathering together as a driving factor, resulting in our re-imagination of community spaces as dynamic, self-sufficient, and inclusive environments. In a metropolis such as Toronto, the street-scape and landscape exist in a dense urban fabric; Terraform weaves these two together. Our model captures the weaving of these threads by peeling the land up through built form as a green roof.
The roof’s surface acts as an extension of the neighbouring park, city, and community. There was a poetic aspect in the model of imagining a community raising the land and finding shelter within. Conceptually, the intended audience for this project is those who inhabit buildings.
Those who inhabit buildings are subsequent members of a community. In particular, Terraform’s proposed site location involves the residents, designers, and neighbours of Toronto. As Toronto is home to a diverse population with various needs and desires, designing a community hub that solves these challenges acts as the heart of the design challenge: To design a community hub that acts as a beacon to play, meet, create, and contribute. The model highlights this through the urban corner.
This portion of the model meets a critical intersection within Toronto. Opening the building towards this point embraces the people, city, and community.
Through extensive research, experimentation, and collaboration, we arrived at a design solution that embodies our vision for Terraform.
The integration of a roof that peels from the landscape, supported by the model’s mass timber framing, symbolizes our commitment to harmonizing human structures with nature.
By prioritizing sustainable materials and green technologies, we have created a space that not only reduces our environmental footprint but also serves as a catalyst for community engagement and empowerment.
Terraform represents more than just a physical structure; it is a testament to the transformative power of collective action and imagination.
We hope this model furthers the belief and vision of how communities can be perceived, where stories can be shared, and what it means to blend the street-scape with the landscape.
Sincerely,
Jake Levy and Sabeeh Mobashar
