Following the success of Solair at Winter Stations Toronto, Solstice, designed by TMU’s Department of Architectural Science, continues the dialogue between light,
environment, and spatial storytelling. Solstice is unveiled at the year’s zenith, the summer solstice — when light is most abundant.
Installed within the Toronto Botanical Garden, Solstice is a sculptural intervention that captures the richness of summer through the choreography of sunlight, shadow, and breeze. Designed to align with the sunrise on the longest day of the year, the installation acts as a quiet ceremonial marker, a moment of stillness in the rhythm of seasonal growth. Its reflective surfaces shimmer beneath the high sun while subtly channeling wind, creating a living tapestry of rippling shade and flickering light.
Visitors are invited to move through and around the work, where the installation frames sensory details of the natural world — the warmth of light, the rustle of leaves, the scent of summer air. As visitors move around and through the installation, they become active participants in this amplified natural performance, immersed in the harmony of air and light. Unveiled on the longest day of the year, Solstice offers a spatial pause — a reminder to reflect, to breathe, and to witness the ephemeral beauty of the present moment.
CONTRIBUTORS
Designed By: Arjun Jain & Jade Wong Yu Tung
Faculty Advisor: Yew-Thong Leong
Workshop Advisors: Jordan So, Filip Tisler & Jason Ramelson
Fabricated By: Dhruvan Modugula
Installed By: Avery Jordan, Jose Miguel Calle, Sana Galloway
Created by Toronto Metropolitan University’s Department of Architectural Science.
Generously supported by Toronto Metropolitan University
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