The new Headquarters for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority in Toronto, Canada is in its design, construction, and operation is designed to be a part of the natural systems that govern the ecology of place, and point the way to a new type of sustainable development for Toronto. The premise of the design is that the nature and quality of human interaction is conditioned by the presence of Nature - the Ravine landscape in every moment of experiencing the TRCA offices. We have approached the project as an opportunity for Toronto to renovate, repair, re-imagine its relationship with Black Creek Ravine, part of the system of ravines that forms part of the unique ravine-scape of the City and of which the TRCA is guardian.

Bucholz McEvoy Architects + ZAS Architects, Toronto

Photography: Michael Moran

Fig. 1

view looking west

Fig. 2

atrium view

Fig. 3

Main entrance along Shoreham Drive, looking west towards the Blackcreek Ravine

Fig. 4

Assembly of the timber structure