Eglinton Crosstown LRT Design Guidelines

Toronto, Canada

Eglinton Crosstown LRT

Design Guidelines

Toronto, Canada

Practice Grimshaw

Role Project Team

Duties

Part of the design team that developed design guidelines for a cohesive user experience across the Eglinton Crosstown LRT system
Led research into appropriate materials for different applications within the transit system including external
Led development of a material palette
Led development in cohesive signage and wayfinding system design and integration of technology in coordination with materials.

Project Description

The Design Excellence Guidelines is a design tool intended primarily for the architectural and engineering design team in its development of the inline stations, interchange stations, stops and above ground structures. The aim of the document is to provide design guidelines for implementation of compliant architectural solutions that have been developed as a response to the client’s Design Excellence principles.

A strong and coherent architectural vision for the entire line

CONCEPT

Design Principles

A strong conceptual narrative of the system
Design that elevates the quality of the passenger experience
Civic scale, materiality and quality
Clarity and simplicity of architectural expression through integrated design of building systems and elements
Responsiveness to contextual, local and future
conditions

**DESIGNING A COHESIVE USER EXPERIENCE THAT CARRIES THROUGH THE ENTIRE SYSTEM**

DESIGN PRINCIPLES

VOLUME

MODULE

Modular building elements across building types help create system cohesion.

SURFACE

Consistent use of finish materials are to be used throughout the line to generate a uniform and cohesive line-wide identity. Variation in color, graphics, media, and artwork along specific repeated locations in stations and stops impart familiarity and spatial wayfinding.