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In this issue: Upcoming End of Term Reviews | Year End Show 2025 | AIAS NYC Exchange | Green the DAS Entrance & More! |
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Upcoming 2025 Design Reviews |
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Join us for our annual reviews taking place this month and open to the public:
1st year reviews: Monday, April 14th
2nd year reviews: Tuesday, April 15th
3rd year reviews: Wednesday, April 16th
4th year reviews: Thursday, April 17th
M.Arch year 1 reviews: April 16th – 17th
M.Arch Thesis Milestone 4 final presentations: April 22th – 24th
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Urban Analytique Exercise (ASC 406) Featured in Upcoming 2025 Year End Show |
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Undergraduate coursework from ASC 406: Urban Analytique Exercise taught by assistant professor Dustin Valen will be featured in the 2025 Year End Show, showcasing a series of hand-drawn analytique compositions. This assignment challenged students to engage drawing as a method of historical analysis, exploring residential adjacencies near Allan Gardens and Stanley Park—sites of their studio projects. |
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Interview with Beyond the Wall Team |
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In their thought-provoking exhibition Beyond the Wall, students Heba Al-Fayez, Saskia Scarce, and Samiha Ali explore how oppressive walls—both physical and symbolic—divide, control, and dehumanize. Through six international case studies, the team reveals how communities reclaim agency through acts of resistance and storytelling. The experiential installation challenges viewers to consider the role of architecture in both perpetuating and dismantling systemic harm, while creating space for solidarity, reflection, and action. |
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Master of Architecture Student Earns Prestigious ARCC Award Best Student Paper Award |
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MArch thesis student Vince (Florencio IV) Tameta has received the 2025 Best Student Paper Award at the ARCC International Conference, hosted this year by the University of Maryland and Howard University under the theme Emerging Challenges: Technological, Environmental, Social.
Tameta’s paper, “Philippine Fiestas: Architecture as a Stage for Philippine Culture,” explores how architectural spaces shape and celebrate cultural identity through local festivals. In addition to earning this prestigious recognition, Tameta was awarded a Graduate Student Scholarship by the ARCC to support his travel to the conference. |
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Upcoming Events |
Register for the 2025 Year End Show Opening Reception! |
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Toronto Metropolitan University's Department of Architectural Science encourages its students to test boundaries, explore new possibilities, and apply their skill to prevailing issues present within their evolving surroundings. The annual Year End Show presents the culmination of the 2024-25 academic term, showcasing the impressive and cutting-edge works of our top students in all four years of study and at the graduate level.
The exhibit, spanning all four storeys of the Architecture Building, collects and displays the models, drawings, and digital presentations produced in response to a variety of major themes studied throughout both academic terms. We are excited to share our hard work with the Toronto architectural community, and invite you to join us as we celebrate the year's best and brightest!
Join us on Thursday, May 8th at 6:00pm as the exhibition launches. The exhibit will be open until Monday, June 23rd, 2025.*
Admission to the opening reception is free and includes food and drinks. |
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Help Green the DAS Entrance – Volunteer for a Planting Event
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Join us on Tuesday, April 29 between 1-3pm as we enhance the front entrance of the DAS building with new plantings! We're inviting students, faculty, and staff to help bring more greenery to our school by planting in the front entrance planters.
This event, organized in collaboration with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, TMU’s Urban Water Student Leadership Committee, and TMU Facilities Management & Development, is part of Earth Month celebrations. Together, we'll plant native shrubs, boost biodiversity, and contribute to a healthier campus environment.
📍 Meet at the TMU Quad – Look for the tent and table marking the gathering spot.
👟 Dress for the weather – Close-toed shoes are required.
🧤 All equipment provided – Bring your own gardening gloves if preferred.
Come get your hands in the soil and help transform our entrance into a greener, more welcoming space! No experience needed – just enthusiasm! See you there!
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Extracurricular |
DAS students participate in AIAS NYC exchange - Fatema Alidina, Rafaela Delai Sposito, Catarina Nascimento
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Freedom by Design (FBD) at TMU had an incredible opportunity to travel to New York City for the Urban Acupuncture event hosted at AIA New York. This experience was both enriching and inspiring, offering us the chance to learn from and network with students and professionals in architecture. Exploring the city’s built environment firsthand broadened our perspectives and deepened our understanding of urban design. “Connecting with other chapters is a great opportunity for us, as it opens the possibility for future collaborations,” says Rafaela Sposito, Freedom By Design Director for the TMU chapter.
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External Events & Opportunities |
Competition launched to imagine future of public washrooms in Toronto
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The Toronto Public Space Committee has launched a global design competition aimed at imagining the future of public washrooms in the city.
The global design competition invites designers, architects, urban planners, and creative thinkers from around the world to propose design ideas for inclusive and innovative public washrooms to help advocate and spread awareness for the urgent need of a robust public washroom network in Toronto.
Submission Deadline: May 25, 2025
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National Forum on Accelerating Climate Education
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The University of Waterloo’s Climate Institute is hosting the first annual national forum on accelerating climate education for the next generation of professionals at colleges and universities across Canada and you’re invited!
Date: April 8, 2025
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET
Where: Zoom (Online)
Cost: Free
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CASA-ACÉA 2025 Student Work Showcase
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Calling all Architecture Students! The Canadian Architecture Student Association (CASA-ACÉA) would like to celebrate the excellence of our architecture students. CASA-ACÉA is calling for work to be showcased at the 2025 RAIC Conference this June in Montreal to continue our efforts to profile student work to potential employers, colleagues, and the public.
Eligible participants must be current students or recent graduates of an accredited Canadian architecture school. All projects must have been completed in 2024.
The submission form and competition brief can be found here: https://www.casa-acea.org/2025-sws-call-for-submissions. Competition entry closes May 1st 2025 at 11:59pm EST.
Please email questions to submissions@casa-acea.org. We look forward to seeing your work!
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2025 ACSA Steel Competition |
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Registration deadline: April 9, 2025
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) is pleased to announce the 25th Annual Steel Design Student Competition for the 2024-2025 academic year. Administered by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the program is intended to challenge undergraduate and graduate students, working individually or in teams, to explore a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. Steel must be used as the primary structural material and contain at least one space that requires a long-span steel structure, with special emphasis placed on innovation in steel design.
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mcCallumSather Presents “Building for a Living Planet: Exploring the Role of Architecture in a Sustainable World" with David Suzuki |
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Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Time: Doors open at 5:30 PM | Event begins at 6:00 PM
Location: Sanford Hall, Westinghouse HQ | Hamilton, ON
Registration Opens: February 26 at 10 AM
This event offers students a unique opportunity to hear from leading experts in sustainable design and engage with industry professionals.
We are honored to feature Dr. David Suzuki as our keynote speaker, along with a distinguished panel including:
Joanne McCallum – Co-founder of mcCallumSather & sustainability advocate
Lisa Bate – Global Sustainability Leader
John Peterson – Senior Architect & Sustainability Expert at mcCallumSather
Moderated by Alex Lukachko, Building Science Consultant & Educator |
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AIA Canada Student Design Awards Competition |
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The AIA Canada Student Design Awards celebrate outstanding student work in architecture across Canada, offering national recognition, monetary prizes, and industry exposure.
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2025
Why Participate?
National Exposure – Winning projects featured in Canadian Architect
Monetary Prizes – Recognizing talent and dedication
Industry Visibility – Connect with top architectural firms
This prestigious competition, hosted by AIA Canada Society, the Canadian chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), provides students with valuable career-building opportunities. For more details or to get involved, contact rommy@aiacanadasociety.org.
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Student Competition:
Retrofit of an Existing Institutional Building |
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The 2025 Student Retrofit Competition, launching February 3, challenges students to redesign the enclosure of a 40+ year-old institutional building on their university campus. Participants will enhance thermal performance, energy efficiency, and aesthetics while maintaining the building’s original functions. The competition involves performance analysis, design proposals, and a 10-minute video presentation outlining solutions. Winning teams will present at the BSAO Fall Seminar & AGM on October 8, gaining industry recognition and networking opportunities. Submissions are due June 27—register your Intent to Submit today! |
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RAIC Foundation – College of Fellows Centennial Fund
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The RAIC Foundation’s College of Fellows Centennial Fund supports emerging architectural voices by awarding two $5,000 grants annually to recent graduates and Intern Architects who promote the value and image of the profession. Revised in 2024, the fund now includes graduates of accredited Canadian schools and the RAIC Syllabus program within five years of graduation. Recipients will be recognized at the RAIC annual conference, with travel and accommodation covered. |
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2025 Lyceum Competition:
A Community for the Future of Food |
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Submission Deadline: Thursday, May 22, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT.
https://competition.lyceum-fellowship.org/
Calling all architecture students! The 2025 Lyceum Competition, A Community for the Future of Food, challenges participants to reimagine two reclaimed buildings along Bridgetown, Barbados’s iconic Carlisle Bay. Guided by Program Author and Jury Chair Pierre Serrao (Black Star Barbados, Ghetto Gastro), this year’s theme focuses on sustainable design rooted in the region’s culinary heritage.
Your mission: transform these beachfront spaces into dynamic hubs for culinary innovation and community connection. Highlighting the disparities in the Caribbean's food system, this competition encourages designs that promote ecological farming, local consumption, and cultural pride. Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future of food in the world’s youngest nation!
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TSA Portfolio & Resume Clinic 2025 |
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Saturday, May 3, 2025
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Arcadis Smart City Sandbox
Join us for the TSA’s second annual Portfolio and Resume Clinic as we bring together an amazing roster of guest reviewers to give you feedback on these important documents and share their insights on what makes a candidate stand out. Our portfolio reviewers represent a wide variety of practices within the industry, including architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design, and all have experience in the hiring process.
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TMU Programming |
housed…[un]housed...[re]housed… 2025 Symposium |
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The housed…[un]housed...[re]housed… symposium will shine its academic light on our affordable housing and unhoused crisis in Toronto, Ontario. Given our recent pressing issues and experiences with affordability issues, refugee settlements, the COVID-19 pandemic, addiction, mental health, and the climate crisis, the symposium will probe and discuss precedents with a critical and multi-disciplinary lens. Hence, there is a need to revisit, question, and expand on the Fair Housing Act discourse, which prohibits discrimination and the Ontario Human Rights Commission that housing is a human right.
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Architecture Camp Summer 2025 Now Accepting Applications! |
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DAS presents this week-long camp for campers looking to unleash their creativity! Campers learn from some of the top Architectural Science students at Toronto Metropolitan, and participate in innovative and engaging team and individual exercises.
Each week's program culminates in a distinct take-home project that campers develop and take home on the final day of the week.
Camp days comprise an even balance of Architecture programming and physically active Camp games, so your camper goes home each day having nurtured both their body and brain.
The curriculum for Architecture Camp is developed by Prof. Vince Hui, who is a past recipient of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations Teacher Award.
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Nominations Now Open for the Viola Desmond Awards |
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The Viola Desmond Awards are here! Recognizing the outstanding impact of Black women and gender-diverse people in our community. #ViolaDesmondAwards
The 2024 Viola Desmond Awards and Bursary Program is led by the Office of the Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion (OVPECI). This year, OVPECI is partnering with the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, with contributions from campus partners serving on the Viola Desmond Planning Committee.
Submit a nomination to the Viola Desmond Awards by June 10.
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