Monday Mural

 I'm linking up at Monday Mural

March 2023 - Toronto ON

I captured this while on the bus, stuck in traffic.

Honouring the site's significance, Canoe Landing Campus integrates Indigenous art as part of its architecture. Anishinaabe artist Que Rock and artist Alexander Bacon, based in Toronto, were commissioned to create a 90-metre-long mural on the south wall of the Jean Lumb Public and Bishop MacDonnell Catholic schools as a visual acknowledgment and reminder of Indigenous culture and history of the land. Featuring symbols such as the medicine wheel and the symbolic wisdom of all creatures, the artwork is funded as part of the City’s StreetARToronto (StART) Partnership Program.

Wondering who Jean Lumb is? Click here.

Situated in downtown Toronto’s sprawling CityPlace residential district, Canoe Landing Campus is a mixed-use complex that brings life and a spot of color to a 3.3-acre lot that had sat empty for years. The $65 million, 158,893-square-foot compound introduces a vertical community in a drastically different manner than the tall, blue-gray towers that have dominated the neighborhood since the late-1980s.

Following the line of sight to the top of the campus’s trio of two- and three-story buildings, its layered program is simply communicated: public space and amenities on the street level become dense vegetation while a basketball court covers the roofs of one building. The designers at ZAS Architects + Interiors—a Canadian firm with offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Dubai—worked closely with residents and city officials to meet the many requirements demanded of a major public building. The site boasts two schools, a childcare center, public and private parks, fitness facilities, and a public art plaza.

Photo from Facades magazine.

This photo is from Canadian Architect.

Click here to visit Canoe Landing Park.

Can you see the red canoe on the left bottom? Click here to learn about that art piece.