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Fourth-year architectural science students at Ryerson University recently took part in a unique project that gave them a chance to design a concept for Toronto Pearson's future regional transit centre while gaining real world experience.
"As students are about to graduate, they are really wanting to get involved in a project that deals with a real client. I felt that if the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) was willing to work with us, then the students would get this new perspective," said Kendra Schank Smith, professor for the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson.
She had read about the proposed transit hub and thought it would make a great project for her fourth-year design studio students.
"Often in schools we do hypothetical projects where they design something like a condo or a museum but they never really get to talk to the clients and find out the real issues."
If built, the regional transit centre has the potential to connect multiple existing and proposed transit routes into one hub, delivering transit access to the Airport Employment Zone, states a media release issued by the GTAA.
"Our vision is for a regional transit centre...