A Lush, Livable, and Sustainable Community

Tyndale Green will be a truly livable community that anyone would want to live in. Design excellence, heritage preservation, environmental sustainability, walkability, and livability were key drivers of the design concept. The new residential homes, new daycare facility, and new community recreation centre will be built on what is today predominantly a mix of surface parking lots and underutilized land. 100% of the land below the bank of the adjacent ravine will be preserved and, in places, enhanced, creating a truly unique setting for a vibrant, mixed-use community that respects its ravine context.

New residents, members of the neighbouring community, and the existing Tyndale University community will share a lush and walkable system of pedestrian pathways that meander through the community, connecting all the public spaces and knitting together the ravine trail system and the existing neighbourhood fabric.

To deliver on this vision, we have developed a series of design typologies that illustrate public spaces at Tyndale Green:

Shared Streets

A network of shared streets where people walking, riding bikes, or using mobility devices are prioritized alongside people driving cars will serve the front doors of many of the new buildings. Street edges will be defined by landscaped planter beds that will also serve as a method of sustainable stormwater management.

Activity Plazas

Interspersed among lush landscaped areas, activity plazas will provide moments for play and rest, offering the public and residents alike the opportunity to have a coffee on a bench and watch their children frolic on playground equipment

Green Artery

In the middle of the western area of the community, the Green Artery will become the ecological lung of the new community, a lush and ecologically vibrant green space that builds on the existing mature tree canopy, which will be preserved and expanded upon. The Green Artery will be an ode to the ravine landscape, drawing the character of the ravine into the residential community.

Village Green

Recognizing the community’s location as seamlessly integrated into the existing Tyndale University campus, the central Village Green will be a grand, flexible open green space directly in front of the University’s main entrance, reminiscent of those that characterizes some of the most iconic front campus locations from universities around the world. The daycare and an independent cafe will spill out onto the Village Green.

Ridgetop Promenade

Capitalizing on its elevation above the ravine valley, running across the east end of the new community, the Ridgetop Promenade will offer a place for relaxation and contemplation of the stunning ravine setting. No buildings will be constructed below the top of the ravine bank, meaning the promenade will offer uninterrupted views of the ravine valley and the diverse plant and animal life that calls it home.

Residential Courtyards

Recognizing that the space in between buildings is as important as what’s outside the front door, the residential courtyards have been designed to provide new residents with comfortable, protected, and safe open green space. These spaces were carefully designed to ensure that none of the buildings are “turning their back” on any part of the community, to knit together calm courtyard spaces into the broader open space plan.

Forecourts

Eschewing a more traditional approach to front door access that typically sees large paved turnaround areas, the forecourts will offer an attractive pickup and dropoff area to the residential buildings.

Lowland Meadow

Today, the majority of the area below the top of the ravine bank is manicured lawn; the lowland meadow will restore a substantial portion of this area to a more natural state, creating a new, more welcoming habitat for plants, animals, and pollinators, and restoring an ecological balance to the broader ravine system. Spaces for passive recreation and relaxation will be nestled among native wildflowers, offering a new place to become immersed in nature as you enter or exit through an improved ravine trail.