Winning ideas of the Homegrown Design Challenge in Toronto, Canada

The Homegrown Design Challenge brought a refreshing mix of public green-space ideas for Toronto's yards, alleys, schoolgrounds, and parking lots.

Launched by Workshop Architecture and the David Suzuki Foundation, the open competition sought low-cost, easy-to-implement green design solutions to serve as an inspiring resource for homeowners and property managers in the Homegrown National Park project in Toronto.

The jury selected two winners, who shared a $500 prize:

• "Carolinian Way" by landscape architect Tawab Hlimi
• "DIY backyard bee hotels" by Sustainable.TO Architecture + Building

Along with the two winners, the jury also selected eight additional invited submissions that will be exhibited at the Urbanspace Gallery until August 10.

• "TIC TAC FLO" by archiTEXT
• "Pedestrian Filter" by Workshop Architecture
• "rePlay" by Elise Shelley Landscape Architect
• "The People's Hive" by LGA Architectural Partners
• "Bio-Flume" by North Design Office
• "Public Laneway Puncture" by Victoria Taylor Landscape Architect
• "Local Monsters" by Brown and Storey Architects"
• "Incisions and Incubators" by Shift Landscape Architecture

Workshop Architecture and the David Suzuki Foundation are currently working to obtain permissions and funding to realize a few of the exhibited entries as demonstration projects within the Homegrown National Park.

Have a look at the winning entries below.

Have a look at the Invited submission in the thumbnail gallery below.