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* Grotto Sauna <ref>{{Cite web|title=Partisans' lakeside Grotto takes the edge off traditional sauna design|url=https://wallpaper.com/architecture/partisans-lakeside-grotto-takes-the-edge-off-traditional-sauna-design}}</ref> |
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* First Tower [[55 Yonge (Toronto)]]<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.55yonge.ca|title=Re-envisioning 55 Yonge – a proposal for a bold and transformative residential and office development in the downtown core of Toronto}}</ref> |
* First Tower [[55 Yonge (Toronto)]]<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.55yonge.ca|title=Re-envisioning 55 Yonge – a proposal for a bold and transformative residential and office development in the downtown core of Toronto}}</ref> |
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* Bar Raval |
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Revision as of 19:14, 17 October 2023
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| Formation | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Alex Josephson, Pooya Baktash |
| Founded at | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Type | Privately Held |
| Services | Architecture & planning |
Key people | Alex Josephson, Pooya Baktash, Jonathan Friedman |
| Staff | 11-50 |
| Website | http://www.partisans.com/ |
PARTISANS is a Toronto-based architecture firm recognized for its future-forward approach to design and technology, civic advocacy and cultural engagement.[1] The firm was founded in 2012 by partners Alex Josephson and Pooya Baktash.[2] Jonathan Friedman, a licensed architect with a decade of experience in Toronto, joined the firm as a partner in 2014. The name PARTISANS represent the firm's interest in collective action and architecture as a political force for social and cultural good.[3][4]
Contribution to Canadian Architecture
PARTISANS has contributed significantly to architecture in Canada through its unique style and approach which regards architecture as a collective, political act.[5] “Canada has a limited roster of world-class architects, who mostly work for rarified clients. It also has a small community of boutique studios that do creative one-off pieces, usually private residences. But Partisans… is different—a critical firm, specializing not only in design but also in rhetoric and activism. In six years, the firm has worked up a varied portfolio: houses, furniture, industrial pieces, restaurant interiors, sculptural lighting, books, and public interventions that border on performance art."[6]
In 2020 the firm was recognized with the Emerging Architectural Practice Award by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. According to the 2020 jury, “The firm’s projects are original, powerful and evocative. The team is capable of thinking at all scales from interiors to city planning; the works speak to a vision for the future that is free-minded and innovative. As outspoken advocates for the quality of architecture as a social vehicle, their success is evidenced by the beloved spaces they have crafted.”[5] In Canada, where the architecture profession is increasingly corporate and conservative, PARTISANS embodies a "bold and expansive vision of architecture as an art form and a profession engaged with the biggest cultural questions."[7]
History
In 2008, the founders of PARTISANS, Josephson and Baktash, were finishing their master's of architecture degree at the University of Waterloo.[8] They became close as they consulted on each other's thesis projects, and decided to go into business together.[8] Alex Josephson had previously worked as a sculptor and worked for the architect Massimiliano Fuksas in Rome before returning to Canada.[9] Both founders had previously worked at larger firms, where they were unable to be creative, and soon decided to set up their shop together.[8] Starting with small commissions from family, the pair soon started building their firm up, winning a commission from Osmington to become the lead architect of the redevelopment and expansion of Toronto’s historic Union Station’s commercial real estate “to leverage Union’s identity as a major transit hub and transform it into ‘a fluid stage for Toronto’s most ambitious culinary, cultural, design, and retail offerings."[10] Jonathan Friedman, a licensed architect with a decade of experience in Toronto, joined the firm in 2014 and is now the third partner.[9]
Publications
Graphic Novel
In 2014, Partisans published a graphic novel called "Suburbabylonia", a part manifesto, part satire novel.[11] The book has the appearance of dreamy images and truth-seeking spaceman hero, but beneath the surface, the authors aim to mock an off-kilter version of a Toronto-like metropolis, destroyed by unchecked building boom and ineptitude of municipal politicians.[11]
Book
In 2016, Hans Ibelings along with Partisans co-wrote a book called "Rise and Sprawl: The Condominiumization of Toronto".[2] Together they tackle the criticism of Toronto's current skyline, and how the rapid growth of downtown as well as the condominium development has changed Toronto.[2]
Articles
Projects
- Grotto Sauna [12]
- First Tower 55 Yonge (Toronto)[13]
- Bar Raval
- Master Planning Innisfil Mobility Orbit, Garden City Plan for 50,000 new homes Ontario
- Toronto Biennial of Art
- Luminato Festival of the Arts, The Hearn
- Italian eatery Gusto 501[14]
- revamping Union Station, Toronto’s central train terminal
References
- ^ "Toronto's Next Generation: Partisans". Azure Magazine. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Partisans". www.partisans.com. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Designers You Should Know: PARTISANS". Contract Design. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Architecture Firm Partisans Asks, "WTF?"". Designlines Magazine. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Emerging Architectural Practice Award - 2020 Recipient". raic.org. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ Lewsen, Simon (19 July 2018). "Who Says Canadian Architecture Is Boring?". The Walrus. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "A trailblazer and a troublemaker honoured with Canadian architecture awards". Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Lewsen, Simon (19 July 2018). "Who Says Canadian Architecture Is Boring?". The Walrus. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Bar Raval: A chef's ambitious new venture, built to last". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Toronto's new Union Station food court opens today". Canadian Architect. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Suburbabylonia - Partisans Pens Graphic Novel About Toronto". Designlines Magazine. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Partisans' lakeside Grotto takes the edge off traditional sauna design".
- ^ "Re-envisioning 55 Yonge – a proposal for a bold and transformative residential and office development in the downtown core of Toronto".
- ^ "Rising Studio PARTISANS Reflects the Triumphs and Challenges of Building in Toronto". Metropolis. Retrieved 15 October 2021.