A steam-emitting canoe, a synthetic fur-lined dome and a transparent sauna are among the seven winning designs of the second annual Winter stations competition. Come February, the interactive art installations will decorate the edge of Toronto’s shoreline.
Launched last year by the architects at RAW Design, the contest invites anybody to revamp a lifeguard station into a short-term pavilion in an effort to encourage Toronto residents to delight in their snowy winter season landscape. This year, artists and designers were asked to respond to Ontario’s severe winters under the theme Freeze/Thaw. here are a few of the winning designs.
One of three school-based projects – The steam Canoe by a group from OCAD University.
Visitors can climb up a ladder into the tummy of a Bear by Caitlin Brown, Wayne Garrett and Lane Shordee of Calgary, to find a domed interior lined with fur.
Sauna by Claire Furnley and James Fox from the U.K. is an actual heated sauna with a modern, transparent facade.
Flow by Calvin Fung and Victor Huynh is a shelter of 3-D star-shaped modules that reinterpret ice crystal.
The seven structures will be installed around lifeguard towers from Woodbine to Victoria Park Avenue in Toronto, starting February 15, 2016 until March 20.