Nice chat at Monarch Tavern w/ owner Evan Georgiades, Alex Bozikovic SOCA & Aaron Letki of Contra Cafe on the benefits, challenges and ongoings of expanding non-residential uses in ‘neighbourhoods’ - #1 way to get people out of cars is to expand walkability and it starts here.

Thanks SOCA

Looking forward to this!

Blair Scorgie 🍁 SOCA is one of the leaders articulating this approach. Their rendering below, depicts a mixed-use laneway with small-scale retail & a recreational space (b-ball court) overlooking it. I encourage you to check out & reference their import work as you advance convos :)

In the cover story of Azure Magazine, I talk to SOCA's Shane & Tura, CP Planning's Cheryll Case, WXY's farida فريدة, SHEEEP's Reza Nik and Curtis Talwst Santiago about the collaborative future of Canadian architecture. azuremagazine.com/article/design…

Such an honour & pleasure!

Shane Laptiste and Tura Cousins Wilsons of SOCA, Cheryll Case, Reza Nik and farida فريدة are shaping new paradigms of practice. #designcommunity #architecture #azuremagazine azuremagazine.com/article/design…

If Toronto zoning allows laneway housing, then why not cafés, barber shops, and more? How can commercial uses in neighbourhoods support cultural vibrancy & affordability? We asked these questions as part of our Venice Biennale exhibition exploring gentle density beyond housing.

📅 Save the date! Join us on Feb 1st for the grand opening of "Toronto: Imagined" by SOCA with a guest lecture by architect Tura Cousins Wilson! 🏙️Explore the intersection of architecture, culture, and community. Register now: forms.gle/HXWcXL7Y1NAwP3…

Join us this Thursday February 1st as we speculate on the future of Toronto. We’ll be talking about modernist heritage, public space, apartment neighbourhoods & the shortcomings of missing middle, single egress buildings, commercial laneways, and much more!

Join us on TODAY! At 6pm for the opening exhibition at the Architecture Building for Toronto: Imagined by SOCA with a guest lecture by Tura Cousins Wilson and co-lectured by Shane Laptiste! Link to register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Congrats to SOCA on the opening of their exhibition Toronto Imagined at TMU. It’s so refreshing to see architects thinking critically and creatively about what Toronto could be. torontomu.ca/architectural-…

A model from our exhibition Toronto Imagined, where 2 single family semis are replaced by 15 residential units, 4 commercial units, and 🏀 half-court, on a zero lot line single egress building, backing on to a mixed-use laneway.

Check out the interview we did on CBC Here and Now about our ‘Toronto Imagined’ exhibition at Department of Architectural Science @ TMU cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

February 17th of #BlackHistoryMonth in #TorontoDanforth Who is Tura Cousins Wilson? Tura holds an undergraduate degree in architecture from Toronto Metropolitan University and a Master’s degree in architecture from TU Delft in the Netherlands. He has been practicing architecture in Toronto 10+ yrs

Feb 17th of #BHM Show Us Where You Live: Tura Cousins Wilson’s Fully Renoed Edwardian via Designlines #EastEndLove designlinesmagazine.com/show-us-where-…

Feb 17th of #BHM Architect Tura Cousins Wilson, of the Studio of Contemporary Architecture, argues that the modernist-era social housing community – and others like it – can be revitalized without resorting to demolition. h/t Azure Magazine azuremagazine.com/article/an-alt…

Have you yet visited the exhibition Toronto: Imagined by SOCA? If you haven't, make sure you book time to enjoy it before it closes. 📍325 Church Street, Paul H. Cocker Gallery 📆Open until February 29, 2024

I also look at projects by ADHOC and Saia Barbarese Toupouzanov — including the Habitations Saint-Michel Nord social housing complex that SOCA's Tura Cousins Wilson and I wrote about in 2021: azuremagazine.com/article/the-mo…

Excited to be apart of this. Toronto’s Laneways have tremendous potential!