Projects

Permanent and temporary artwork programmes involving the integration of art, architecture, landscape construction and urban design.

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2017

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Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension

Artists: Vaughan Metropolitan Center — Paul Raff Studio
407 — David Pearl
Pioneer Village — Realities United
York University — Jason Bruges Studio
Finch West — Bruce McLean
Downsview Park — Panya Clark Espinal
Client: Toronto Transit Commission

The Toronto-​York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE) art programme delivered highly integrated artwork projects to the six subway new stations on the line. Working directly with the architectural design teams, artists created works of art varying from formal expression to interactive and responsive lighting schemes.

Nov 07

2012

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St. Clair West Subway Station

Artists: Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky
Client: Toronto Transit Commission

“The Commuters” is a whimsical intervention to the central circulation space of the St. Clair Subway Station.

“Like a fairytale, this artwork presents a dreamy version of the everyday world, where the living blends with the inanimate.”

Artists’ Statement

Oct 03

2011

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Victoria Park Station

Artist: Aniko Meszaros
Client: Toronto Transit Commission

This multi-​component, site-​specific and integrated artwork is an exploration of the theme of “roots” as the densley populated surrounding neighbourhood is home to many recent immigrants.

The artwork speaks to the varied geographic and ethnic backgrounds of the neighbourhood through iterations of the theme, expressed in images of tree roots and translations of the words that form this highly poetic artwork.

“Our projects are very complex and involve many stakeholders.

Brad’s experience and integrity allow him to drive projects forward while respecting the interests of client, artists and public.”

Mario Nalli, Toronto Transit Commission

Oct 03

2011

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Underpass Park

Artist: Paul Raff Studio
Client: Waterfront Toronto

This artwork is a component of Underpass Park, an urban park designed to activate the space below a vehicular underpass.

The artwork is a series of mirror-​polished plates that form a highly reflective, overhead plane, capturing images of activity while
projecting and channeling available light into the park.

Images courtesy Waterfront Toronto

Oct 03

2011

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Lansdowne Fence

Artists: Marianne Lovink and Scott Eunson
Client: Toronto Transit Commission

This temporary project is an excellent example of a successful, anonymous two stage competition. The artists were selected through a blind, two-​envelope review process, providing an opportunity not often afforded through a typical, invitational two-​stage competition.

The artwork has transformed an abandoned lot awaiting eventual development into a site specific artwork that has enhanced and been embraced by the community.

Oct 03

2011

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Union Station

Artist: Stuart Reid
Client: Toronto Transit Commission

This remarkable artwork runs from floor to ceiling along the entire, 500 foot length of the subway station platform, engaging passengers with a rich, immersive artwork experience.

Unlike most contemporary glass artworks which utilize interlayers and frits to acheive their artistic effect, due to this artist’s expertise with the medium, a variety of art glass techniques will be employed, providing a venue for fine art, not typically associated with public transit environments.

A sacrificial layer of glass will be installed to protect the artwork.

Oct 03

2011

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Dufferin Station

Artists: Eduardo Aquino and Karen Shanski
Client: Toronto Transit Commission

The renovation of Dufferin Subway Station involved extensive use of engineered ceramic block. This integrated artwork is an extremely economic disposition of the artwork budget, utilizing the ceramic block as a “pixellated palette” to display abstracted images of the community.

The resulting immersive artwork is highly visible to the general public by way of the street level glazed pavilion, as well as to TTC passengers at concourse and platform levels.

Oct 03

2011

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Ottawa Light Rail Transit

Client: City of Ottawa

The Ottawa Light Rail Transit Programme is a $2.1 billion infrastructure project, including the construction of 13 transit stations.

The $10 million art programme was developed, working cooperatively as a member of the project design team, providing multiple opportunities for a variety of public art projects that engage the architecture and landscape designs of the stations. Extensive stakeholder communication was an integral component of the development of this programme.

“Brad’s vast experience in public art and complex urban design projects, along with his integrity and passion, were the driving force in developing an art plan for the City of Ottawa’s Light Rail Project.

His excellent communication skills and diplomacy, his keen eye for design in the built environment and cultural sensitivities, were essential in seeking approbation from the many stakeholders involved and inspiring confidence.”

Karen Nesbitt, City of Ottawa

Sep 30

2011

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Humber Bridges Project

Artists: Brad Golden & Lynne Eichenberg
Client: City of Toronto

The Humber River Bicycle/​Pedestrian Bridge has received a Governor General’s Award of Merit (1997), a City of Toronto Urban Design award of excellence, awards of excellence from The City of Etobicoke (1996), The Canadian Institute of Steel Design (1996) and Canadian Architect (1995).

The overall design of the bridge communicates the cultural and social histories of the Humber River while providing an important link in Toronto’s waterfront trail system by allowing crossing at the mouth of the River. The design of the Bridge has been inspired by motifs and artifacts of the first inhabitants of the site while interpretive plaques trace the prehistory of the region and compare the engineering wonder of canoe structures to the structure of the bridge.

The physical role of the bridge is to link two landforms. More importantly, the structure metaphorically bridges water and sky, earth and air, human and prehistoric time..

“This project successfully demonstrates the current climate of cooperation between artists, design professionals and engineers. Not so long ago, the territory for each was often clearly defined and closely guarded. In this case, the collaborative effort is clearly more than the sum of its parts.

Civic design should always be this inspiring.”

John B. Hillier, Urban Design Awards Juror

Sep 30

2011

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Spadina Line

Artist: Brad Golden & Norman Richards
Client: City of Toronto

Recipient of a City of Toronto Urban Design Award of Excellence, Spadina Line demarcates a processional route connecting the Dupont Subway Station with the Baldwin Steps. Seven detailed and finely crafted steel light standards, 18 feet in height, illuminate seven bronze words cast into the sidewalk at specific intervals along this popular pedestrian route.

The sidewalk texts: Iroquois, Furrow, Survey, Avenue, Power, Dairy, Archive mark specific historical loci, chronologically arranged to terminate at the monumental steel railway underpass itself, which the scheme’s designers chose to engage formally and materially.

Spadina Line illuminates and exposes the Underpass by the insertion of elements in the surrounding embankment walls. Pedestrians pass by a solar index comprised of three inset alloy bars, an LED clock and a machined and polished stainless steel vault containing five significant articles which refer to the evolution of the urban topography of Spadina Road and to the history of the railway as it affected the development of the site.

“This project occupies a thoughtful and understated civic contribution to the street. The progression of elements, from the railway underpass to the Baldwin Steps, interprets and subtly communicates the natural and cultural history of Toronto as it relates to this particular place.

It also brings a high level of craft to the design and fabrication of its elements.”

John B. Hillier, Urban Design Awards Juror