Department of Architectural Science at the Toronto Metropolitan University

Mark your calendars for September 2026! The exhibition SAY IT LOUD - Toronto — a collaboration between .ca and — will launch in physical and online formats. Rooted in the internationally acclaimed initiative founded by this event will showcase diverse excellence in design. The exhibition will celebrate up to 50 architects through data, graphics, storytelling, and networking.

Interested in submitting your work? Check out the link in bio to submit to the online portal!

In particular we are looking for:
- Applicants who live and/or work in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
- Applicants must be Black, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC) (He, She, They) or Women of any ethnicity
- Applicants must have a significant role in the submitted project.
- Projects submitted for consideration may be located outside of Toronto.
- Projects can be built or unbuilt

Good luck to all our students during final reviews!
Check out the link in bio for final review schedules ✏️

Don’t miss out on the Picoplanktonics: Partners Exhibition Reception on March 26, 2026 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET!!

Picoplanktonics: Partners exhibit will still be open between March 19 - April 8, 2026 (9am - 5pm)

“Picoplanktonics: Partners” is a student-led exhibition that presents the project through the perspectives of those directly involved in its making and care. Centering student voices, the exhibition reflects on their contributions to the work, through producing its components, supporting its installation, and maintaining its presence over time. Drawings, mock-ups, assembly artifacts, and reflections trace how students navigated collaboration, responsibility, and stewardship while engaging the realities of fabrication and exhibition life. By foregrounding the experience of both building and visiting Picoplanktonics at the 2025 Venice Biennale, the exhibition offers an architectural account of learning through participation—where design is understood not only as a finished artifact, but as a lived, collective process.

Don’t miss it! Our upcoming Lecture Series by Janna Levitt titled “Everything is Architecture” is coming soon.

LGA practices architecture within an expanded and relational field, where projects are shaped as much by social and urban dynamics as by form and material. Working across diverse typologies and scales, the firm is committed to city building and public impact. Janna Levitt will present projects that explore the creative potential of working at the edges of conventional practice.

Make sure to register through our Eventbrite!
Date : March 19, 2026
Time : 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ET

Picoplanktonics features the world’s largest 3D-printed living structures, made from cyanobacteria. These dynamic, growing forms challenge traditional construction by demonstrating how architecture can collaborate with nature to heal ecosystems. The pavilion has been specially adapted to nurture the structures, with caretakers (including TMU students) tending to them throughout the exhibition.

Professor Hui, alongside collaborators from ETH Zurich and the University of Toronto, contributed to this four-year research effort, which merges biotechnology, sustainability, and design. Several TMU students helped produce visualizations and will assist in maintaining the exhibit in Venice, gaining hands-on experience in cutting-edge ecological design.

In response to the climate crisis, Picoplanktonics reimagines construction as an act of stewardship rather than exploitation. As Hui explains:
“This project isn’t just about building—it’s about co-existing with living systems. We’re showing how design can actively repair the environment.”

“Taking Stock: Voices of Women in Architecture Across Canada” is a 2-day symposium at Toronto Metropolitan University, Department of Architectural Science, 6-7 March, that brings together students, architects, academics, advocates, historians, journalists, policymakers, statisticians, and others to share knowledge and experiences, advance essential conversations, and spark systemic, embedded change in pedagogy, practice, and policy for women in architecture.

Make sure to register through the link in our bio and apply the student discount code on Eventbrite!

Code: TS_STUDENT

Date: March 06, 2026 - March 07, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM EST - 5:00 PM EST
Location: Department of Architectural Science, 325 Church St.

Led by Aashir Imran and Gisele Ortega Joseph, together with Avery La‑Rose, Coming to Light is an exhibition created to bring awareness to the architecture and design community. It explores how q***r spaces and q***r architects weave themselves into our everyday lives, often in ways we may not immediately recognize. The exhibition poses a central, critical question: How can architecture design for the intangible to prioritize inclusivity and safety for the q***r community?

Date & Time:
February 5th, 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Location:
Paul H Cocker Gallery, 325 Church St

Led by Aashir Imran and Gisele Ortega Joseph, together with team members Avery La‑Rose and Doha Ismail, Coming to Light is an exhibition created to bring awareness to the architecture and design community. It explores how q***r spaces and q***r architects weave themselves into our everyday lives, often in ways we may not immediately recognize. The exhibition poses a central, critical question: How can architecture design for the intangible to prioritize inclusivity and safety for the q***r community?

Date & Time:
February 5th, 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Location:
Paul H Cocker Gallery, 325 Church St

Come take a seat at the table. 🪑

Join us for a closing conversation on the 2026 Collaborative Exercise. We’ll reflect on the experience, share insights, and look to the future.

Hear from instructors, PhD students, Play Ambassadors, Gallery Artisans, and the students who made it all happen.

📅 Friday, Jan. 16, 2026
⏰ 4:00 – 5:00 PM EST
📍 RADICAL HOSPITALITY table
Paul H. Cocker Gallery & Upper Atrium
TMU Architecture Building
325 Church St., Toronto

Moderated by DAS Chair, .arch

Let’s talk, reflect, and connect. See you there.