URBAN PLANNING PORTFOLIO

ANDREJ OBRADOVIC

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GTA: NETWORK & LANDUSE ANALYSIS DOWNTOWN TORONTO: TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS

DUNDAS ST. STREET LIFE HOLY TRINITY SQUARE: PUBLIC REALM

CASE STUDY: FREIE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN (FREE UNIVERSITY BERLIN)

The map to the left displays all of the Great-er Toronto Area's municipalities along with its network system. Particularly its major roadways and railroads. It is evident that the northern municpalities have a more dis-peresed roadway system with fewer railway lines. As they travel south towards lake Ontario the roadway and railway network becomes more dense and interconnected in the southern municipalities, particularly in downtown Toronto (highlighted by the red dot). This is due to its many job opportu-nities and over all economic importance in the province. This allows for greater ca-pacity and movement of pepole in and out of the downtown core, whether it be for eco-nomic reasons or many of the other attrac-tions Toronto has to offer. The roadway and railway system allows for Toronto to support its growing population and skyline.

01 GTA:NETWORK & LAND- USE ANALYSIS

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Downtown Toronto

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Georgina

East GwillimburyUxbridge

Whitchurch -Stou�ville

Newmarket

Bradford West-Gwillimbury

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King

Aurora

Richmond Hill Markham

Pickering

Ajax

Vaughan

Toronto

Caledon

Brampton

Mississauga

Halton Hills

Milton

Oakville

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Legend:Roads Railways

The map above is a close up of the roadway and railway systems and vegetation in downtown To-ronto. Its interesting to note the cities grid-like roadway pattern and its dependence on roadways. A lack of railway lines also hints towards vehicle dependence.The city also offers transportation to its airport and islands through the use of ferrys.

This map below consists of the vari-ous landuses present in the city. It offers an insight of what Toronto is truly com-posed of. Evidently Toronto is dominated by resedential landuses, however, there is a strong presence of industrial and com-mercial landuses along its waterfront. This is proof of Toronto's economic strength.

GTA:NETWORK & LAND- USE ANALYSIS

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Commercial Government & Institutional

Open Area Parks & Recreational

Residential Resource & Industrial

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Mixed Use- Commercial - Industrial

CommercialLow Density Retail

Resedential High DensityOpen space

Resedential Medium Density

Institution

Resedential Low Density

Mixed Use - Com./Res

Open Space - Squares

Open Space -Parking

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The map above zooms into central Toronto, the site is bounded east-west by Sherbourne St and Bay St. and north-south by Gerrard St. and Shuter St. It is a very mixed-use area, however, it has a very strong commercial and institutional presence. Such as, the Eaton Centre mall and Ryerson University that attract a large number of people into the area everyday. The supplementary graph informs us of a large amount of open space in the area that can be utilized by the people in the area. The site is sliced by a very well connected grid like roadway system consisting of mainly arterial and collector roads.

DOWNTOWN TORNTO:TRA NSPORTATION NETWORKS

TRINITY SQ

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OKEEFE LA

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302.97m

209.64m368.84m

365.68m

279.88m 195.38m 284.44m

369.80m

318.51m

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191.63m 192.64m

210.35m

434.79m

274.72m

366.36m

195.16m

436.33m

301.31m

190.13m

266.29m

267.43m

199.03m

427.37m

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BLOCK 8 BLOCK 12BLOCK 11BLOCK 10BLOCK 9BLOCK 7

High Density Station Medium Density Station Low Density Station 1:6000

The diagram to the right is a block anal-ysis of the site with measurements. It helps to analyze the block forma-tions, their connected-ness and im-pact on pedestrians. Intrestingly, both the roads and the blocks are in a grid pattern. The size of the blocks and the distance of the roadways do not make the area very pedestrian firend-ly as there are few alernative routes.

The map below examines the streetcar line along the arterial road that rides through the centre of the site (Dundas St.). The 505 streetcar was surveyed to identify the busiest stops used by the riders. The Yonge and Dundas stop proved to be the busiest as it serves as the so-cial hub of the site and provides riders with access to Dundas subway station.

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Further analyzing Dundas St., the section map above illustrates the relationship be-tween the built form and the public realm. The corner of Dundas St and Bay St is high-lighted to the left. It is important to note the tall buildings that run along Dundas St. and their possible effects on the pedes-trian life. The left is an illustration of the street life along Dundas. The wide walkways allow for high pedestrian flow, however, the soaring buildings are not so welcoming.

DUNDAS ST. STREET LIFE

Highlighted above is Dundas St. and the buildings surrounding it. An illustration of the "Street Ballet" of Dundas is seen to the right. Evidently, Dundas is very busy with many cars, street cars, pedestrians and store fronts. Its streetscape is made more wel-coming with many trees and a wide walkway.

04 HOLY TRINITY SQUA RE: PUBLIC REALM

Holy Tirinity square can be considered a small public sancturary in such a big part of the city and can be seen in the middle of the 3D model to the right. Al-though it is located right beside Dundas St, it has a completely different atmo-sphere for pedestrians. The busy down-town life just seems to slow down inside of the square. However, its downfall is that is is surrounded by tall buildings making it virtually in-accessible and non-existent to the citizens of Toronto.

Commercial Retail Institutional

GROUND FLOOR AREA (GFA) CALCULATIONS

68.46% 22.52% 9.02%

HOLY TRINITY SQUA RE: PUBLIC REALMMID-RISE MIXED USE

MID-RISE COMMERCIAL USE

HIGH-RISE MIXED USE

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The buildings to the left are some of the buildings sur-rounding Trinity Square, their measurements can give you a feel for how tall they really are. Meanwhile trinity church that is seen below is only 5.6M tall. the seciton drawing below illustrates the relationship of pedestri-ans at Trinity square with the built form surrounding it.

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CASE STUDY: FREE UNIVERSITY BERLIN05The hand drawn figure ground map to the left is the Campus of Freie Uni-versitat Berlin in Munich. The univer-sity building is very large and clev-erly interconnected. With a central hub and library located in the circular building seen in the map. The maps be-low depict the step by step incorpo-ration of the University into Toronto.

1st STEP 2nd STEP 3rd STEP

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CASE STUDY: FREE UNIVERSITY BERLIN

The hand drawn map above illustrates the open space present on campus, both green space and concrete space. Evidently, the university effectively made use of the many court yards the grid like design produced. These courtyards were utilized as green areas that can be seen from many different areas of the build-ing. They can also be used by students to study and socialize. This clever design provides a natural "feel" on camapus and encourages pedestrian activities.

TOTAL AREA VS. OPEN AREA

TOTAL AREA VS. ROADWAYS & PARKINGS

Green Open Space Concrete Open Space

Open Area Total AreaRoadways & Parkings

Ryerson School of Planning

aobradovic@ryerson.ca

647-909-9541

ANDREJ OBRADOVIC