Impossible Toronto: On the Courtyard

Studio VAARO and Gabriel Fain Architects design a courtyard block on typical Toronto streets in the debut volume of Impossible Toronto. On the Courtyard is a book about design but, more deeply, is offered as a framework for conversation.

Alongside detailed renderings and measured drawings, it includes a punch list of the regulatory, zoning, and policy conditions that currently stand in the way. Rather than a critique, this list is offered as a map: should any of this resonate, it points to the places where review and reform might begin.