Projects
Projects
With more than 15 years experience, Scott Torrance has worked on a wide variety of projects with diverse scales and budgets for residential, commercial and municipal clients. Scott and his team at Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. have worked on private residential garden and estate projects with budgets ranging from $5,000 to $2.5 million.
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ESRI Canada Head OfficeGreen Roof Feasibility Study, Toronto, 2007 |
Selected Project Experience
MoRoCo Chocolate Boutique Salon and Cocoa Bar Patio Design, Toronto, 2009
AYA Kitchens and Baths Corporate Headquarters, Mississauga, 2008
Green Roofs, Living Walls and Roof Gardens
ESRI Canada Head Office Green Roof Feasibility Study, Toronto, 2007
Bioswale and Wetland Design
Essroc Marine Logistics (with Brown + Storey Architects) Toronto, 2008
Winery Site Planning and Landscape Design
Smith & Wilson Estate Winery (with Brown+Storey Architects Inc.), Blenheim 2009
Le Clos Jordan Estate Winery (with Frank O. Gehry and Associates Architects), Lincoln, 1998-2004
Specialty Projects
Market Wharf Condominium Presentation Centre, Toronto, 2008
Grass Lounge: The Drinks Show 2005 (outdoor patio design), Distillery District, Toronto
Artist Collaborations and Public Art Projects
Arlene Stamp and Rina Greer (Grass Lounge: The Drinks Show) 2005
Design Competitions & Charettes
2008 DawnTown 2008: Waterworks, Miami, International Design competition (on a team led by Brown + Storey Architects)
2008 Nordhavnen, Copenhagen, International Design Competition (on a team led by Brown + Storey Architects)
Municipal
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Downsview Memorial ParketteToronto, 2005 |
Selected Project Experience
Parks, Trails and Open Space Design
R.A. Morrow Park Master Plan (with Brown+Storey Architects Inc.), Peterborough, 2009
Iroquois Park Trail, Scarborough, 2009
Victoria Park TTC Station Urban Design Study (with Stevens Group Architects and Brown+Storey Architects) Toronto, 2007
Parc Downsview Park Entrance Design, Toronto 2007
Multi-Use Trail Design (CP PS Lead Portion of the West Toronto Railpath) Toronto, 2006
Kilgour Estates Park Design Charette, Toronto, 2006
Thames River Walk Study (with Brown+Storey Architects) Chatham-Kent, 2006
King’s Navy Yard Park Master Plan(with Brown+Storey Arch.) Town of Amherstburg, 2006
Tecumseh Park Facility Master Plan (with Brown+Storey Arch.) Chatham-Kent, 2005/2006
Kenaston Gardens Park (invited artist/landscape arch. design comp.) Toronto 2005/2006
George Faludy Place (memorial park in honour of important Hungarian poet) Toronto 2005
Downsview Memorial Parkette, Toronto 2005
Uptown Waterloo Public Square, Waterloo 2004
Green Roofs, Living Walls and Roof Gardens
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (Teeple Architects), Waterloo, 2008
Homeless Assessment Referral Centre, Green Roof and Living Wall, 29 Peter Street (with Levitt Goodman Architects) Toronto, 2008
First Nations Community Centre, Green Roof and Living Wall, 30 College Street (with Levitt Goodman Architects) Toronto, 2008
Surface Water Treatment Plant, (with Brown+Storey Architects) Barrie, 2007
TTC Victoria Park Subway Station (with Stevens Group Architects) Toronto, 2007
Bioswale and Wetland Design
Galloway Road Child Services Centre (with Levitt Goodman Architects) Toronto, 2008
Giles Private School (with Levitt Goodman Architects) North York, 2008
Knox Presbyterian Church Redevelopment (with Baird Sampson Neuert Arch.) Waterloo, 2008
West Brampton Reservoir & Pumping Station (with Brown+Storey Arch.) Brampton, 2008
Toronto Community Housing Corporation West Don Lands Block 21 & 23 (with Baird Sampson Neuert Architects), Toronto, 2007
Parc Downsview Park Entrance Design, Toronto 2007
Surface Water Treatment Plant/Low Lift Pumping Station, (with Brown+Storey Architects Inc.), Barrie, 2006
UTSC East Arrival Court Bioswale (with Baird Sampson Neuert Architects) Toronto, 2006
Multi-Use Trail Design (CP PS Lead Portion of the West Toronto Railpath), Toronto, 2006
University of Toronto at Scarborough Visitors Entry Bioswale (with Baird Sampson Neuert Architects), Toronto, 2004
Institutional, Religious and Theatre Design
Malvern District Library Addition and Alterations (with Ellen Vera Allen, Architect and Philip H. Carter Architect), 2009
Kitchener Public Library Addition (with Levitt Goodman Architects) Kitchener, 2009
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (with Teeple Architects) Waterloo, 2008
Sunnyside Supportive Housing (with Lillepold Dowling Architects) Kitchener, 2008
Galloway Road Child Services Centre (with Levitt Goodman Architects) Toronto, 2008
Knox Presbyterian Church Redevelopment (with Baird Sampson Neuert Arch.) Waterloo, 2008
First Nations Community Centre, 30 College St. (with Levitt Goodman Arch.) Toronto, 2007
Urban and Streetscape Design
Toronto Transit City, LRT Eglinton Crosstown Urban Design Study (with Brown+Storey Arch.), Toronto, 2008
Tilbury Urban Design Study, (with Brown+Storey Architects), Tilbury, 2007
Specialty Projects
Tapis Vert: Canada Blooms 2005, Feature Garden, Toronto
Community Site Planning
New Mixed-Use Village, Town of Blue Mountains, (with Stanford Downey Architects Inc.)
Studies/Reports
Branksome Green Ravine Restoration Strategy Analysis, 2007
Artist Collaborations and Public Art Projects
John Dickson (Kilgour Estates Park, W. Toronto Railpath, Kenaston Gardens Park) 2005-07
Dora de Pedery-Hunt, (George Faludy Place) 2005
Jeannie Thib (Downsview Memorial Parkette) 2005
Susie Osler and Heidi Earnshaw (Terrace Garden Prototype, Canada Blooms) 2005
Stephen Cruise (Uptown Waterloo Public Square) 2004>
Residential
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Private Residential GardenToronto |
Selected Project Experience
Residential and Condominium Design
327 Royal York Condominium (with Stanford Downey Architects Inc.), Toronto, 2009
Shore Club Condominium (with Quadrangle Architects Ltd), Toronto, 2008
Market Wharf Condominium (with Architects Alliance) Toronto, 2008
Saint Clair West Housing (with Ellen Vera Allen, Architect) Toronto, 2007
Toronto Community Housing Corporation West Don Lands Block 21 & 23 (with Baird Sampson Neuert Architects) Toronto, 2007
Various Private Residential Gardens and Estates ($5000-$2.5 million) 1990 – present
Green Roofs, Living Walls and Roof Gardens
Roxborough Avenue Residence, Green Roof (with Kohn Shnier Architects), Toronto, 2008
Britain Street Loft (with Baird Sampson Neuert Architects) Toronto, 2007
Bioswale and Wetland Design
Shore Club Condominium (with Quadrangle Architects Ltd) Toronto, 2008