Filling the Gap: Designing for new approaches to diversion, healing and rehabilitation , Toronto / Kanada

 

Canadian Academy of Architecture for Justice (CAAJ), Toronto, Canada

 

The Canadian Academy of Architecture for Justice (CAAJ) invites architecture students to speculate on these issues in a design competition for a new community-oriented building that helps to fill a gap. This involves the selection of a site in a community of the competitor’s choice, identification of the specific crisis (or crises) being addressed, and the development of an architectural or urban design solution.

 

Design submissions will be evaluated by a jury of justice experts, architects and industry professionals. Participants are highly encouraged to explore a wide spectrum of architectural responses from functional and practical at one end to philosophical and social at the other, including ways in which the building integrates into the community, and acts as a catalyst for building positive relationships with the community it serves.

 

Competition Launch: February, 01 2025

Registration Deadline: June 30, 2025 (by 11:59pm ET)

Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025 (by 11:59pm ET)

Winners Notified: August 31, 2025

 

Carlos Augusto Garcia, Associate Principal, Brooks + Scarpa Architects

David Clusiau, Vice President of Design,  NORR Architects & Engineers, CAAJ Chair

Khalil A. Cumberbatch, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Council on Criminal Justice

Susan Davis, ​Executive Director, Gerstein Crisis Centre

Jacob Kummer, Architect & Justice Specialist, Montgomery Sisam, CAAJ Vice Chair

Michael Moxam, Vice President & Practice Lead for Design Culture, Stantec

 

1st Prize: $3,000 CDN

2nd & 3rd Prizes: $1,000 CDN