Toronto

Ken Greenberg was selected in 2006 as part of a team with Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects of Toronto and Daoust Lestage Inc. of Montreal to prepare 'Framework' for the future growth and renewal of Ryerson University. The University is committed to playing a key role in city building in its vicinity. The Master Plan addresses a number of broad themes that will define the shape and character of the University for the coming decades - the evolving character of Ryerson as a dynamic contemporary University; re-inventing the heart of the campus, locating major areas for growth and transformation, the character of the public realm of the campus for both daytime and nighttime activity; the ability to increase close-in housing opportunities; the overlapping of campus and city life; the outreach to the surrounding community; affirming the Ryerson University identity; and ensuring a commitment to design excellence and sustainability. This Master Plan project presented a unique opportunity to engage the University community in influencing not only the future direction of a great urban university campus but also the future development of a significant neighborhood and community in the heart of Toronto. The first phases of the plan are currently being implemented.