{"id":7983,"date":"2009-11-26T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=7983"},"modified":"2009-11-25T22:45:08","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T03:45:08","slug":"will-alsop-inspires-the-future-designers-of-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/11\/26\/will-alsop-inspires-the-future-designers-of-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Alsop inspires the future designers of Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"OCAD by Will Alsop Photo by John Vetterli\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2076\/1493007441_04f370bbc7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alsoparchitects.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Will Alsop<\/a>, the British architect who recently topped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/blog\/cliff-kuang\/design-innovation\/10-most-creative-people-architecture\" target=\"_self\">Fast Company magazine&#8217;s 10 most creative people in architecture<\/a>, returns to Toronto to start his position as distinguished <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryerson.ca\/news\/news\/General_Public\/20091106_willalsop.html\" target=\"_self\">visiting practitioner at Ryerson University<\/a>. He started it all off on Tuesday night, with a lecture to a full house of mostly students and faculty, about <em>Preparing for Practice<\/em>. While geared to those entering a career in architecture, there are things Toronto can learn, from this often controversial figure,\u00a0 about designing in this city of ours. He admits, during his first visit to Toronto, he &#8220;didn&#8217;t like it!&#8221; It felt like an unloved and uncherished city, but during the last ten years, it has changed for the better, a &#8220;sense it has woken up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although Alsop&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocad.ca\/\" target=\"_self\">OCAD<\/a> building is obviously a large statement in Toronto, he says, &#8220;it&#8217;s not always the big things you do in cities or towns, it&#8217;s also the small things that you have the influence on.&#8221; He urged students to have a healthy irreverence, question everything and &#8220;try to think what the opposite is of what you&#8217;re being told.&#8221; He lives by the words &#8220;individualism, diversity and naughtiness&#8221;, which are written on a bracelet around his wrist.<\/p>\n<p>He believes the 80&#8217;s generation of architects are too conforming and are unfortunately in positions of power and unwilling to take risks, explaining that risk &#8220;is not about money, it&#8217;s allowing people to work, play and live in a different environment.&#8221; He uses words like curiosity, perseverance and humour as key elements in preparing for a career in architecture, but these ideas can be transferred to designers, planners and city builders currently in practice.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about his future in Toronto, he mentions Keele and Finch, the two new subway stations he has been hired to design and says he hopes to &#8220;contribute to the city and other parts of Canada.&#8221; Whatever one might think of Alsop, personally or professionally, he might just be what Toronto needs to inspire its current and future designers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by John Vetterli<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Alsop, the British architect who recently topped Fast Company magazine&#8217;s 10 most creative people in architecture, returns to Toronto to start his position as distinguished visiting practitioner at Ryerson University. 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