Berton, Joanna2024-07-242024-07-242024-07-23http://hdl.handle.net/10222/84351This thesis mobilizes theories of play and care as methods of reimagining the childless city. Everyday existing elements in South Parkdale, Toronto (a streetcar, a brick wall, and an adjacent parking lot) are reimagined as an interconnected infrastructure of play and care. The streetcar is transformed from a mode of transportation into a community hub that provides access to basic health, education, and food services. An existing brick wall, the façade of an old car factory, is disassembled in parts and designed as a playful threshold. An existing parking lot becomes a network of social pavilions: a community kitchen and gardens, pedestrian and bike pathways, a childcare lookout tower, an outdoor classroom, and a pedestrianized street allowing for play. Along with unruly play, a design agenda that includes observation, discovery, and care contributes to social equity, publicly accessible amenities, and an emphasis on the routes of everyday life.enPlayCareChildTorontoSouth ParkdaleUrbanArchitecture