Interzone
The Interzone is the ex-urban, but no longer rural, landscape on the periphery of large cities. This body of work looks at the region around Toronto, from 2010 to the present, as a study of a global process of transformation of the urban periphery. The distinction between urban and rural becomes blurred in a development pattern characterized by low density residential neighbourhoods, a well-developed highway network for trucking and commuters, and retail activity relegated to auto-accessible malls: a kind of rolling frontier. A highly visible recent phenomenon is the buildup of an infrastructure of warehouses and trucking services to serve the ‘last mile’ of global supply chains, to facilitate the delivery of e-commerce goods. In Ontario these developments are expanding across precious farmland. The Interzone examines the six contiguous municipalities that make up the Greater Toronto Area, roughly 110 kilometres from west to east.
Housing developments northwest of Mississauga Rd. and Steeles Ave. West, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Old town cemetary, Airport Road, south of Steeles Ave W, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Louis St.Laurent Ave., near Thompson Rd. South, Milton, Ontario, Canada
Commercial development including Hilton Hotel, southwest corner of Warden Road and Hwy 7, Markham, Ontario, Canada
New housing development promotion, 209 Steeles Ave W, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Housing development north of Steeles Ave., between Mississauga Rd. and Heritage Rd., Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Western Skies Way, McLauglin Rd., (or Mavis), Meadowvale, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Land preparation for warehouses, near Zenway and Highway 427, Vaughn, Ontario, Canada
Frame for a warehouse under construction, near Zenway and Highway 427, Vaughn, Ontario, Canada, East Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Warehouse under construction, on Zenway Blvd., Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Frame for a warehouse under construction, near Zenway and Highway 427, Vaughn, Ontario, Canada, East Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Warehouse near Zenway and Highway 427, Vaughn, Ontario, Canada, East Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Warehouse steel frame, 95 Parkhurst Square, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
New housing development promotion, 209 Steeles Ave W, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
The Humber River, view east into Humberwoods Park, from Humberwood Blvd., Rexdale, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
view from Westney Road, Ajax, Ontario, CANADA
Emblem Logistics Inc., warehouses with trucks, village of Whaley's Corners, 7825 Winston Churchill Blvd, Brampton, Ontario, Canada,
Advertising for new housing development, north of Major MacKenzie Drive West, west of Hwy 400, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Mississauga Road, south of Steeles Avenue, Bramptin, Ontario, Canada
Warehouse under construction, 133 Milani Blvd, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Bramalea GO station, 1713 Steeles Avenue, Bramalea, Ontario, Canada
Ram Mandir Hindu Temple, 270 Export Blvd., (Derry Rd. east of Hurontario St. w. of Kennedy Rd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Jame Masjid Oakville : Noor-UL- Haram, under construction, 2478 Ninth Line, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Cathedral of the Transfiguration, Cathedral City, Markham, Ontario, Canada
Warehouse on Runway Road, Woodbridge, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Warehouses at Winston Churchill Blvd. at Hwy 401, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Site of planned expressway, Huntington Rd, north of Nashville Rd., Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
Warehouse, 20 Production Rd., Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Original farmhouse being stored for relocation in new development, Coleraine Dr., Bolton, Ontario, Canada,
Land being prepared for development, Fifth Line, north of Britannia Rd., Milton, Ontario, Canada
Very large Walmart warehouse under construction, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Warehouse construction, James Snow Parkway South, Milton, Ontario, Canada
Warehouse construction, near completion, James Snow Parkway, Milton, Ontario, Canada
Interior of warehouse under construction near Rutherford Road and Highway 50, Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
Retail mall shops under construction, Heritage Road, north of Steeles Avenue, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
The research for this project is in collaboration with Professor Maria Cecília Loschiavo dos Santos, of the Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, University of São Paulo. Loschiavo dos Santos presented our joint paper at the International Congress "Uncertain Landscapes: Beyond Transdisciplinary Approaches”, in Portugal, 2023.