The Toronto Winter Stations design competition has selected the five professional and three student teams that will add sculptures to the Toronto beachfront this winter for the third edition of the annual event. Under the theme of ?Catalyst,? the jury sought installations that ?open up the waterfront landscape and reinvent the space for visitors,? while considering how materials may be repurposed or reused for future iterations.

8 installations will open up the Toronto waterfront landscape and reinvent the space for visitors

The Toronto Winter Stations design competition has selected the five professional and three student teams that will add sculptures to the Toronto beachfront this winter for the third edition of the annual event. Under the theme of ?Catalyst,? the jury sought installations that ?open up the waterfront landscape and reinvent the space for visitors,? while considering how materials may be repurposed or reused for future iterations.
"Winter Stations 2017 delivered, once again, gutsy and lyrical transformations of ordinary lifeguard stands," says Lisa Rochon, Winter Stations Design Jury Chair. "Visitors will be able to touch and feel their way along the beach, experiencing luminous shelter from the wind, warming waters for their feet, and designs that celebrate the Canadian nation of immigrants," says Lisa Rochon, Winter Stations Design Jury Chair.?The idea...