Articles and stories from the OACC community and beyond

Some Mind Warm-up to Season Your Holiday Seasons!

The year 2020 has been tough in many ways, but at the same time has been a time that almost everyone experienced a pause and reflection. In many terms the year shaked up our grounds, but not all of those quakes were awful, many of us felt and…

Urban Bites : Tactical urbanism in placemaking

Author: Ronak Gandhi

Design with social impact fundamentals#2: Design for communities; by communities, or with communities?

“Design and not just Architecture” serving humanity — From the creative minds of OAC Middle East

Revitalizing neighbourhood from scratch

Toronto is popular for knowing as the “city of neighbourhoods”. A multitude of communities…

Co-Creating Places for Social Impact — How can designers design WITH people and not FOR people

Expropriate Sherbourne — A look into our 2019 public housing proposal venture

Creating Equitable and Resilient Spaces — A discussion by OACC and Tamarack Institute

Inside-out; Little Jamaica and the survival challenge — a conversation with Black Urbanism Toronto