Urban Belonging luncheon: Designing the Places We Call Home
Fri, Aug 21
|KESKfEST Tent
Come enjoy a delicious lunch and take part in spirited conversation with KESKUS architect Alar Kongats and Estonia's State Architect Tõnis Arjus. Our built environment: does it create belonging and identity and if so how. Must it be urban? Can the context be national?
Time & Location
Aug 21, 2026, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
KESKfEST Tent, 8 Madison Ave, Toronto, ON M5R 2S1, Canada
About the event
Come explore how thoughtful architecture creates an enduring sense of identity and belonging: two leading experts will take the stage to share their insights.
When KESKUS stepped forward to kick off the city's Bloor Corridor Visioning Study, it set in motion something far greater than standard urban planning. It became a profound gift back to Toronto—a tangible thank-you from an Estonian diaspora that has flourished in North America's.
By establishing a charming, through-block connection from Spadina subway station through to St. George, KESKUS changes how we experience the neighborhood. For the daily pedestrian, it offers a seamless shortcut. For the visitor, it unfolds as a pathway of discovery, inviting them to pause and engage. On a larger scale, it raises compelling questions about how localized spaces knit themselves into the broader conversations of a country or a continent or a people.
Be part of the dialogue about KESKUS and what…
Tickets
Architecture luncheon
Come enjoy a delicious lunch and spirited conversation between KESKUS architect Alar Kongats and Estonia's State Architect Tõnis Arjus about what the built environment creates for belonging and identity.
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