SOCA

Architecture and Urban Design Studio

[SOCA @soca_arch]

Our Montague House in the Globe.

https://t.co/eqdgNrEJyd

[SOCA @soca_arch]

Excited to be apart of this. Toronto’s Laneways have tremendous potential!

[Blair Scorgie 🍁 @BlairScorgie]

Scorgie Planning is leading the preparation of the Mixed-Use Laneways Study on behalf of @NeptisRegions.#Topoli #ONpoli 🧵

[SOCA @soca_arch]

@ChrisSpoke By going lot line to lot line ultimately we’re saying depth shouldn’t matter - balcony or no balcony.

[SOCA @soca_arch]

A model from our exhibition Toronto Imagined, where 2 single family semis are replaced by 15 residential units, 4 commercial units, and 🏀 half-court, on a zero lot line single egress building, backing on to a mixed-use laneway.

[Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic]

This design by SOCA represents what the missing middle should be in a central big-city neighbourhood.

[SOCA @soca_arch]

@ShabbatSlalom Yes, replacing the existing social housing and adding new market housing.

[SOCA @soca_arch]

@ShabbatSlalom Ya, cost is another interesting aspect.
I’d reframe the question to: Can demolishing townhomes to replace them with new townhomes be economically justified if a retrofit would suffice? What is the economic, social, and environmental cost of removing 100+ mature trees?

[SOCA @soca_arch]

@alexbozikovic

[Stefan Novakovic @NovakovicTO]

I also look at projects by ADHOC and Saia Barbarese Toupouzanov — including the Habitations Saint-Michel Nord social housing complex that @soca_arch's Tura Cousins Wilson and I wrote about in 2021: https://t.co/9UD5WcxOxR

[8 80 Cities @880Cities]

Have you yet visited the exhibition Toronto: Imagined by @soca_arch? If you haven't, make sure you book time to enjoy it before it closes.
📍325 Church Street, Paul H. Cocker Gallery
📆Open until February 29, 2024

[Lanrick Bennett Jr. @LanrickBennett]

Feb 17th of #BHM Architect Tura Cousins Wilson, of the Studio of Contemporary Architecture, argues that the modernist-era social housing community – and others like it – can be revitalized without resorting to demolition. h/t @AzureMagazine
https://t.co/y1kCYPCXxN

[Lanrick Bennett Jr. @LanrickBennett]

Feb 17th of #BHM Show Us Where You Live: Tura Cousins Wilson’s Fully Renoed Edwardian via @DesignlinesMag #EastEndLove https://t.co/HdQR2ghpCu

[Lanrick Bennett Jr. @LanrickBennett]

February 17th of #BlackHistoryMonth in #TorontoDanforth Who is Tura Cousins Wilson? Tura holds an undergraduate degree in architecture from
@TorontoMet and a Master’s degree in architecture from @tudelft in the Netherlands. He has been practicing architecture in Toronto 10+ yrs

[SOCA @soca_arch]

Check out the interview we did on @CBCHereandNow about our ‘Toronto Imagined’ exhibition at @dastorontomet

https://t.co/4h9bA2cJIR

[SOCA @soca_arch]

A model from our exhibition Toronto Imagined, where 2 single family semis are replaced by 15 residential units, 4 commercial units, and 🏀 half-court, on a zero lot line single egress building, backing on to a mixed-use laneway.

[SOCA @soca_arch]

@internetvin @rezaniik @fijibluesky @tommytrinh @rezaniik make the connection

[Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic]

Congrats to SOCA on the opening of their exhibition Toronto Imagined at TMU.

It’s so refreshing to see architects thinking critically and creatively about what Toronto could be.

https://t.co/9T82VSPphj

[Department of Architectural Science @ TMU @dastorontomet]

Join us on TODAY! At 6pm for the opening exhibition at the Architecture Building for Toronto: Imagined by @soca_arch with a guest lecture by Tura Cousins Wilson and co-lectured by Shane Laptiste!

Link to register: https://t.co/V4sLmjykX8

[SOCA @soca_arch]

Join us this Thursday February 1st as we speculate on the future of Toronto. We’ll be talking about modernist heritage, public space, apartment neighbourhoods & the shortcomings of missing middle, single egress buildings, commercial laneways, and much more!

[Department of Architectural Science @ TMU @dastorontomet]

📅 Save the date! Join us on Feb 1st for the grand opening of "Toronto: Imagined" by @soca_arch with a guest lecture by architect Tura Cousins Wilson! 🏙️Explore the intersection of architecture, culture, and community. Register now: https://t.co/V1cQXaWHzw

[Department of Architectural Science @ TMU @dastorontomet]

📅 Save the date! Join us on Feb 1st for the grand opening of "Toronto: Imagined" by @soca_arch with a guest lecture by architect Tura Cousins Wilson! 🏙️Explore the intersection of architecture, culture, and community. Register now: https://t.co/V1cQXaWHzw

[SOCA @soca_arch]

@ninesouthern In many ways it’s on going. Stay posted!

[SOCA @soca_arch]

If Toronto zoning allows laneway housing, then why not cafés, barber shops, and more?

How can commercial uses in neighbourhoods support cultural vibrancy & affordability?

We asked these questions as part of our Venice Biennale exhibition exploring gentle density beyond housing.