tuf lab is a group of designers and planners at the University of Toronto. We pursue ideals of urban equity and ecological balance by engaging the difficult aspects of market-based development in Northern America that often make such pursuits so difficult to achieve. These include private property, automotive culture, and, suburban landscapes. By better understanding these conditions we hope to offer feasible alternatives to them.
We study Toronto extensively, but we also work in other places around the world.
We connect urban planning and design.
.Kanwal Aftab Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum .Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
Erica Allen-Kim Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum .Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
Roberto Damiani is an Italian architect and scholar currently serving as a Lecturer at Daniels, where he teaches courses on visualization and history and theory of urbanism. His scholarly work investigates architecture and urbanism as platforms for public engagement and empowerment. He is the editor of the volume The Architect and the Public: On George Baird's Contribution to Architecture. Some of his articles appear in the journals OASE, San Rocco, and Scapegoat. In Toronto, he is the curator of the series of exhibits and public lectures Italy under Construction, sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute.
Paul M. Hess is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Geography and Planning. His researching teaching interests include streets as public space, pedestrian environments and design, suburban form and redevelopment, and planning and design history. Current projects include: changing North American street design practices and the ways they create socially inclusive and exclusive places; examining the effectiveness of planning strategies to retrofit suburban centres and corridors; and the history of planning modernist apartments in the post-war Toronto. His students are involved in studying active transportation and public space topics in diverse settings including Toronto, New York, Moscow, Bangalore, and Mexico City.
Sneha Mandan is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. She is an urban planner, urban designer, and architect who has worked on several urban planning, environmental planning, and urban design projects in the US and India. She is interested in the integration of physical form with social and cultural forces within cities, social justice and equity issues, urban informality, community co-design, and spatial planning pedagogy. Her current research focuses on the influence of ‘integration’ practices on the culture and use of space among immigrant communities in Toronto, and connecting their experiences transnationally to their families ‘back home’. She is a graduate of the Master in City Planning course at MIT, and holds a professional undergraduate degree in Architecture from India.
Michael Piper is an Assistant Professor of urban design and architecture and director of the Master of Urban Design program at the University of Toronto. His research and teaching explore opportunities for speculative thinking within messy, real-life conditions of development and urbanization with the goal of producing new opportunities for collective life. This work foregrounds analysis of built form, development practices, and urban planning policy. Current projects include analysis and design projects for single family homes, proposals for reimagining the subdivision, and analysis of suburban arterial roads.