Located 90 kilometres north of Toronto, the Proposed Innisfil Mobility Hub will be the heart of a future-forward, sustainable, inter-connected, transit city.
Currently a municipality of small hamlets and verdant pastures, the city of Innisfil will reimagine the concept of the garden city by using the GO Station as its strong, central, civic core. The city will grow along a system of concentric trajectories, activated by the blended flow of commuters arriving and departing along an established framework of pedestrian, cycling, and vehicular routes.
The design of the mobility hub responds directly to its function as a catalyst for growth. The building itself creates an east-west bridge across the existing tracks and connects the main access points around the stations. These areas of commuter activity are protected by an undulating canopy designed to emphasize the perimeter of the site while also being an attractive ‘fifth elevation’ for the future buildings that will look down on the station.
At the pedestrian scale, the station establishes a well-connected community by extending into a landscaped plaza. This city plaza activates multi-modal connections and encourages the growth of an open-space network respectful of the protected watershed.
At the city scale, the design establishes a clear identity by becoming an easily identifiable beacon at night, meant to be seen from multiple corridors.
Beautiful, elegant, and integrated into the environment, the Proposed Innisfil Mobility Hub is a landmark station for the future growth of the Innisfil community.
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