DS4-3

Willcocks Street - Sidney Smith Hall - New College - Huron Street

Detailed Master Plan Concept

The following list of features and concepts is proposed as the framework for the redesign of this Demonstration Site. The numbered items refer to drawing DS4-3.

• 1. Willcocks Street should be programmed for a new road cross section, pedestrian system and street tree planting or street landscaping plan between Huron Street and Spadina Avenue to enhance the pedestrian amenity and restore the street trees that once existed in this location. Modifications to the road cross section should consider a reduction of the travel-way of the street and the possible one-way routing of automobiles.
• 2. A landscape design for the New College courtyard should be completed and the landscape extended into Willcocks Street. Modifications could consider opening the courtyard up to Spadina Avenue and providing additional entry points from the New College building to add an accessible open space to the West Campus.
• 3. To create a major open space on the West Campus, the intersection of Huron and Willcocks Streets should be designed as a continuous plaza and raised to form a traffic table to favour pedestrians. Automobile traffic should be contained by bollards. Automobile access between Huron and St. George Streets should be limited to one-way movement and consideration should be given to limiting vehicular traffic to service and emergency vehicles only. The modifications should be integrated with the redevelopment of Sidney Smith Hall to provide outdoor space to student amenities and food services.
• 4. A water feature/fountain and skating facility should be integrated into this space as a year-round campus amenity.
• 5. The west lawn of Sidney Smith Hall should be integrated with the upper level terrace and landscaped with extensive tree planting and seating to improve this existing outdoor space.
• 6. The north lawn of the Lash Miller Chemical Laboratory should include large scale coniferous trees to provide year-round definition of the outdoor space and to lend interest to winter activity.
• 7. The St. George Street frontage between Sidney Smith Hall and the Lash Miller Chemical Laboratory should be landscaped with a tight planting of large deciduous trees to add to the landscape features of St. George Street.
• 8. Huron Street should be programmed for a new road cross section, pedestrian system and street tree planting or street landscaping plan. Modifications should reduce the travel-way of the street and consider possible one-way routing of automobiles to improve the pedestrian and visual amenity of this busy north-south street. Huron Street should set an example for the streets of the West Campus.
• 9. The Willcocks open space should be considered for public art installations to enhance the new open space. Suggested locations include the intersection of Huron and Willcocks Streets and the head of the water feature.