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A dense, urban Canada? It’s possible - The Globe and Mail

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A rendering from Impossible Toronto: On the Courtyard. The publication offers a proposal that would bring Western European-style courtyard blocks to Toronto. SUPPLIED Listen to this article Learn more about audio Canadians are talking a lot these days about building housing. But what will that housing look like? The country lacks specific visions for the apartments, blocks and cities of tomorrow. A recent publication by the Neptis Foundation, Impossible Toronto: On the Courtyard, answers that need. Led by Studio VAARO and Gabriel Fain Architects, this is not a vague aspiration; it is a specific, provocative proposal for how Toronto might evolve. The project aims to imagine a city that is currently impossible, and articulates the regulatory reasons that make it so. The formula is simple: Replace century-old houses in the middle of the city with courtyard blocks – apartment buildings of four to six storeys, lined up side by side along the street and leaving a doughnut-hole of green. Thei

Open this photo in gallery: A rendering from Impossible Toronto: On the Courtyard. The publication offers a proposal that would bring Western European-style courtyard blocks to Toronto. Supplied Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account Canadians are talking a lot these days about building housing. But what will that housing look like? The country lacks specific visions for the apartments, blocks and cities of tomorrow. A recent publication by the Neptis Foundation, Impossible Toronto: On the Courtyard , answers that need. Led by Studio VAARO and Gab

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