Each year, the Winter Station Competition transforms Toronto’s beach lifeguard stations into temporary facilities for the Northern Hemisphere winter season. The 2023 winning designs have been revealed and consist of an eclectic collection of huts, art installations and simple shelters.
The 2023 Winter Station, now in its ninth year, is located at Woodbine Beach in Toronto. This year’s winners are his eight winners, made up of five designs selected from hundreds of submissions from around the world, and three of his student designs from local universities.
The structure is not really of any practical use, but is instead intended as a means of providing artistic inspiration, and can be wrapped up in warmth for the winter months before the winter station is removed in the spring. It’s meant to give people a reason to head to. Coming to Canada, lifeguard stations are once again used for their original purpose.
This year’s theme was Radiance, and aspiring designers were asked to “celebrate growth, inner strength and freedom in defining and demonstrating what Radiance means to them.” I’ve included a few examples below, but you can see them all in the gallery.
Phil Marion
The (Home) was designed by Canadian Scott Shields Architects and takes the form of a simple house-like pavilion with bright walls that create colorful changing patterns both during the day and when lit up at night. I’m here.
“This year’s theme, brilliance, is best expressed in the simple definition of home, as the world moves through major economic and political changes while recovering from years of a pandemic. “A home, whether it’s a space or a beloved neighborhood, is a blessed place where one feels safe, strong, and free, and where one’s inner beauty and potential are realized.” to the outside world.”
Phil Marion
Life Line was designed by WeatherstonBruer Associates, also in Canada. Its tubular design is meant to refer to the infrastructure found on the waterfront. Visitors place a ball at the top of a tube on a slope and roll through a series of wind chimes, creating an interesting soundscape.
“Brightness is a collective experience,” said the designer. We propose an interactive station that realizes the transmission of
The eight winter stations will be on display through late March, after which the two winning designs will be selected for a satellite exhibition in Mississauga, Canada from late March through September. Additionally, Toronto’s Kashmir Guzoski Park will feature a Spring Station exhibit featuring four award-winning designs.
If you can’t make the trip in person, check out our gallery to see the rest of this year’s winners.
Source: Winter Station
