This entry proposed cutting the wall into sections and placing them on angles into the site. Some sections remain in their original orientation, and are enclosed with glass and lit on the inside; those sections that are angled have glass caps on the top. The idea includes a fountain and benches along the wall in Shaw Park, as well as creating places for art south of the park. The jury was quite captivated by an image that showed only one section of the wall angled into the site, which illustrated that the wall's integrity could be maintained but that it could also be made permeable and inviting, and was no longer needed to keep people in or out of the CAMH site. However, the jury felt that overall, this particular concept represented too much intervention, and that the glass enclosures could be eliminated and still preserve the intent of the idea.

(From jury report)

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