Toronto Forum 2025 Rising Urbanist | CanU

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Rising Urbanists
Challenging the Status Quo

Summer 2025, we’re shining a spotlight on Canada’s next generation of city-builders. Through a call for submissions, we invited bold thinkers aged 35 and under to challenge the status quo and propose game-changing ideas for the future of our communities.

List of Winners

zuHause_ Cecilia Jimenez + Milena Fernan

ZuHause
- A piece of home wherever you go

Milena Fernández, Mariade los Angeles Alemán Lara, Cynthia Luz Cisneros Franco, Cecilia Jiménez

Sayed Ahmed, Spreemix – Adaptive Reuse o

Conceptual Urban Renewal Outlines Against Proposed Mediaspree Project at Holzmarkt Area in Berlin: A Proposal to Remodel Vibrant Urban Space

Sayed Ahmed

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Figuring the Ground…
(with street walls and court walls)

Pablo Vasquez Segura

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Queer Urbanism
- Co-Design a Place of Belonging

Simon Liao

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Parkshore
- Living at Lake Shore by the Park

Brent Haynes

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Her Third Place

Keana Lu, Skyler Xiang, Rawan Morgan, Audy Noor

Decarbonize Urbanism - Katie Theall + Gavin Pattmanm + Alejandra Loaiza.jpg

Decarbonize Urbanism

Katie Theall, Gavin Pattman, Alejandra Loaiza

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