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Mississauga Transitway
Mississauga, Canada
The Mississauga Transitway is a two-lane, predominantly grade-separated, 18-kilometre Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system that serves the City of Mississauga while integrating into the key transit corridors of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The project includes 10 new stations; eight operated by MiWay and two by GO Transit. The MiWay stations have a prominent identity and a context-sensitive design approach, that form the foundation of an emerging regional transit network and act as a catalyst for the urban intensification, civic improvement, and economic growth of the city.
The MiWay stations to the east and the GO Transit stations to the west, have distinct architectural expressions that create a unifying identity. For MiWay, the design includes: a predominantly glass façade to bring in light and provide visual transparency across the stations; a dynamic roof structure with wood panelling to animate the interior space and create a warm material palette; integrated public art that enlivens the space with colour; an urban plaza adjacent to each entrance to enhance the public realm and create a landmark feature; a green wall at the platform level to enhance the waiting area; and consistent sequencing of spaces within the station to assist with intuitive wayfinding, safety, and visual branding.
At each station the prototype design is adapted to the neighbouring geography including road alignments, location of multi-use paths, and existing and future adjacent commercial, institutional and residential developments; the bus stop may therefore be elevated, submerged or at-grade.
The GO Train station design is an at-grade prototype, similarly founded on high functionality, clarity and a consistent material language to reflect the GO Brand.
The landscape design prioritizes pedestrian and cyclist connectivity by creating convenient and safe routes through the sites as well as connections to the surrounding community and multi-use trailsystem. Busway retaining walls, hydro corridors, existing pipelines and Highway 403, posed significant challenges to achieving connectivity and creating a sense of place. Therefore, a green wall was used as a strategy to soften the edges of the hardscape created by the vertical retaining wall. This garden feature uses lush amounts of Ivy, supported by tension wires, to create a terraced green wall aesthetic.
The urban design strategy stems from the City’s need to support current and future transportation issues arising from the rapid growth and, increasing urbanization of a city that was planned as a car-centric suburb. The success of the Mississauga Transitway in this challenging environment lies in placing significant emphasis on improving the user-experience through holistic design, identity, and neighbourhood connections. Each station provides connectivity and a sense of place through a distinct architectural language that creates a new identity in the public realm of these previously disconnected land parcels.
Ambitious, bold, and integrated, the Mississauga Transitway will direct the future growth of the city by linking communities, encouraging a balanced development of land use and supporting a city where people can live, work, and play.
Awards:
Design Excellence Award of Merit for Transportation and Infrastructure - Architecture Institute of America New York + American Society of Landscape Architects New York
Merit Award for Significance at a Citywide Scale, Living Green, Innovation and Execution – Mississauga Urban Design Awards
Award for “Healthy by Design” - – Mississauga Urban Design Awards
Transportation Project of the Year Award - Ontario Public Works Association
Additional Credits:
Shai Gill Photography
A-Frame Photography
WSP Engineering
HH Angus Engineering
Panya Clark Espinal (Integrated Public Art)
The MiWay stations to the east and the GO Transit stations to the west, have distinct architectural expressions that create a unifying identity. For MiWay, the design includes: a predominantly glass façade to bring in light and provide visual transparency across the stations; a dynamic roof structure with wood panelling to animate the interior space and create a warm material palette; integrated public art that enlivens the space with colour; an urban plaza adjacent to each entrance to enhance the public realm and create a landmark feature; a green wall at the platform level to enhance the waiting area; and consistent sequencing of spaces within the station to assist with intuitive wayfinding, safety, and visual branding.
At each station the prototype design is adapted to the neighbouring geography including road alignments, location of multi-use paths, and existing and future adjacent commercial, institutional and residential developments; the bus stop may therefore be elevated, submerged or at-grade.
The GO Train station design is an at-grade prototype, similarly founded on high functionality, clarity and a consistent material language to reflect the GO Brand.
The landscape design prioritizes pedestrian and cyclist connectivity by creating convenient and safe routes through the sites as well as connections to the surrounding community and multi-use trailsystem. Busway retaining walls, hydro corridors, existing pipelines and Highway 403, posed significant challenges to achieving connectivity and creating a sense of place. Therefore, a green wall was used as a strategy to soften the edges of the hardscape created by the vertical retaining wall. This garden feature uses lush amounts of Ivy, supported by tension wires, to create a terraced green wall aesthetic.
The urban design strategy stems from the City’s need to support current and future transportation issues arising from the rapid growth and, increasing urbanization of a city that was planned as a car-centric suburb. The success of the Mississauga Transitway in this challenging environment lies in placing significant emphasis on improving the user-experience through holistic design, identity, and neighbourhood connections. Each station provides connectivity and a sense of place through a distinct architectural language that creates a new identity in the public realm of these previously disconnected land parcels.
Ambitious, bold, and integrated, the Mississauga Transitway will direct the future growth of the city by linking communities, encouraging a balanced development of land use and supporting a city where people can live, work, and play.
Awards:
Design Excellence Award of Merit for Transportation and Infrastructure - Architecture Institute of America New York + American Society of Landscape Architects New York
Merit Award for Significance at a Citywide Scale, Living Green, Innovation and Execution – Mississauga Urban Design Awards
Award for “Healthy by Design” - – Mississauga Urban Design Awards
Transportation Project of the Year Award - Ontario Public Works Association
Additional Credits:
Shai Gill Photography
A-Frame Photography
WSP Engineering
HH Angus Engineering
Panya Clark Espinal (Integrated Public Art)
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