Excursion Assignment
Over time the city of Toronto has constantly expanding and redeveloping. The result of redevelopment and expansion is change is change is styles of architecture. This can be seen in the location of houses in Toronto, and in a smaller community such as the Ryerson campus. Traveling from the suburbs to the urbanized heart of Toronto, the change of architecture was noticeable. In the suburbs there are many multi-story houses, in residential neighborhoods. But when traveling south, bungalows were more common. This is because as urbanization continues, new home are being built along the suburbs, whereas older bungalows remain from a time before. Aside from building differences, the landscape also changed, the landscape is generally smoother and flatter closer to downtown. Additionally, the main uses for the landscape is residential and some commercial moving south. As a result of urban …show more content…
For example take a look at the streets in photograph (1). You can see clearly that the road (a section of Gould Street) is closed off by a few pots with trees in them. As a result of Ryerson’s revitalization, the campus has become more student friendly. The closing off of the street allows students to travel about the campus more liberally, without having to worry about cars and vehicles. Another product of Ryerson’s redevelopment is a campus with a variety of different styles architecture, from different eras. As demonstrated in picture (2). Ryerson’s new student learning building, doesn’t mix well into its surroundings, the majority of these buildings are old and belong to an older era of architecture. This is common with a lot of Ryerson’s new buildings, they don’t match with the older buildings, show in picture (3). The student center which is all glass, clashes with the surrounding buildings, which are all
Over time the city of Toronto has constantly expanding and redeveloping. The result of redevelopment and expansion is change is change is styles of architecture. This can be seen in the location of houses in Toronto, and in a smaller community such as the Ryerson campus. Traveling from the suburbs to the urbanized heart of Toronto, the change of architecture was noticeable. In the suburbs there are many multi-story houses, in residential neighborhoods. But when traveling south, bungalows were more common. This is because as urbanization continues, new home are being built along the suburbs, whereas older bungalows remain from a time before. Aside from building differences, the landscape also changed, the landscape is generally smoother and flatter closer to downtown. Additionally, the main uses for the landscape is residential and some commercial moving south. As a result of urban …show more content…
For example take a look at the streets in photograph (1). You can see clearly that the road (a section of Gould Street) is closed off by a few pots with trees in them. As a result of Ryerson’s revitalization, the campus has become more student friendly. The closing off of the street allows students to travel about the campus more liberally, without having to worry about cars and vehicles. Another product of Ryerson’s redevelopment is a campus with a variety of different styles architecture, from different eras. As demonstrated in picture (2). Ryerson’s new student learning building, doesn’t mix well into its surroundings, the majority of these buildings are old and belong to an older era of architecture. This is common with a lot of Ryerson’s new buildings, they don’t match with the older buildings, show in picture (3). The student center which is all glass, clashes with the surrounding buildings, which are all