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TIM HORTON PARKING LOTS

“..all too often, the custodians of public spaces ... have opted for the lowest common denominator when making design and landscaping choices: grass, a few sports courts, some benches, and picnic tables, and maybe a piece of public art or a flower bed.” —John Lorinc

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SITES OF STUDY

New Sudbury, Hanmer, & Downtown

In an aim to capture the entirety of Sudbury Ontario's public spatial usage and designed environments, the urban context of 3 separate Tim Horton parking lots has been analyzed through a socially inclusive lens.

The integration of key design principles demonstrating the characteristics of what defines a social space and how they influence the way in which users will experience the site can be broken down into a series of categories responding to their surrounding site context, surface materials of choice, green space integration - or lack of,
objects and other programmatic elements, and demographics for the given area.


The idea of a Tim Hortons restaurant is well known, and the inclusion of a parking lot is more or less a given, where the overall concept offers a sense of comfort and community to each location. Sudbury holds a very horizontal manner of dealing with vehicle traffic, and the problem lies not in storage but in where these large flat asphalted areas take over what public spaces could be available to inhabit other programs. As users and designers,

we need to take a step back

and put the car second.

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NEW SUDBURY

Serving as a social hangout for both locals and others seeking a public realm to interact and enjoy a variety of activities in the Lasalle Square.

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HANMER

Situated along the town's main artery, the site is surrounded by all major amenities serving as a common gathering location.

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DOWNTOWN

Positioned within the urban context of the cities Downtown core, noted for its lack of public inclusive design and users' resilience.

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EVALUATION & FINDINGS

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CONTROL AND APPROPRIATION OF SPACE

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

FIELD NOTES

VISUAL DOCUMENTATION

©2020 Created by Casey Ouellette, Brook-Lynn Roy, Cat Daigle for ARCH4016 Cultural Sustainability,
McEwen School of Architecture

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