Moving Forest at The Bentway
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 07/20/2025
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By NL Architects
Presented by The Bentway in partnership with YZD
With support from Harbourfront Centre
NL Architects’ Moving Forest (Amsterdam, NL) calls attention to the critical physical and mental health role that urban trees play. The playful installation sees a flock of 50 trees strapped in shopping carts travelling throughout the city, stopping to create impromptu canopies in several exposed plazas. Over the course of this 8-week project, Red, Silver and Sugar Maples mingle with Autumn Blaze. The project reminds us that as our cities continue to warm and densify, we must ensure that we are prioritizing green infrastructure along with grey.
Moving Forest is also a powerful point of connection, linking established and evolving public spaces throughout the city. The forest begins its journey at YZD, illustrating the role that trees will play in the revitalization of the former Downsview Airport lands. It then touches down at The Bentway Studio before journeying across the waterfront, enlivening and sheltering large-scale plazas at both the Waterfront Neighbourhood and Harbourfront Centres. In each location, the public is welcomed to join readings and performances beneath the forest leaves or simply seek relief from the summer sun. The mobile trees are reconfigured daily in response to the changing angle of the sun. At the end of the season, the trees will be planted permanently in public spaces across the GTA.
This summer, The Bentway invites you to follow the forest on its travels throughout Toronto to and celebrate the urban trees in your neighbourhood.
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