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Letters to the Mayor and Letters to the Developer are international exhibitions by Storefront for Art and Architecture that present letters written by architects to the public officials and developers who are shaping the future of their cities. Our team curated and designed Letters to the Mayor \/ Developer: Toronto in collaboration with Storefront and Toronto-based artist Gary Taxali for EDIT: Expo for Design, Innovation, and Technology. EDIT was a 10-day festival produced by Canada\u2019s Design Exchange in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme aimed at increasing awareness about the power of design to improve lives.<\/p>\n

Drawing site-specific inspiration from the venue\u2014the Unilever Detergent Factory\u2019s former Funnel Room\u2014we developed an immersive concept: a custom-designed \u201cconveyor belt\u201d that snakes around the room, displaying the architects\u2019 letters and connecting two seats of power\u2014the Mayoral Desk and the Architect\u2019s Table. Taking the shape of a question mark, the Mayoral Desk asks: What is the future of design and development in Toronto? The Architect\u2019s Table is a two-part answer that posits speculative architecture and bold visions for both suburban and downtown Toronto. <\/p>\n

The ideas contained in the letters travel a mock assembly line that feeds into the 20-foot industrial funnel out of which a new condominium tower emerges, as though extruded from the funnel itself. Accentuated by Taxali\u2019s whimsical architectural figures, the exhibition speculates on future possibilities for design and development in Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":672,"template":"","project_type":[14],"project_location":[5],"class_list":["post-1196","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_type-exhibition","project_location-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLetters to the Mayor | PARTISANS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PARTISANS curated Letters to the Mayor for EDIT Toronto, an immersive exhibition of architects' letters to city officials on a site-specific conveyor belt.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/letters-to-the-mayor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Letters to the Mayor | PARTISANS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PARTISANS curated Letters to the Mayor for EDIT Toronto, an immersive exhibition of architects' letters to city officials on a site-specific conveyor belt.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/letters-to-the-mayor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PARTISANS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T21:18:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Project_1_123_N3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1029\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/letters-to-the-mayor\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/letters-to-the-mayor\/\",\"name\":\"Letters to the Mayor | PARTISANS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/letters-to-the-mayor\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/letters-to-the-mayor\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Project_1_123_N3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-08T22:02:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-27T21:18:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"PARTISANS curated Letters to the Mayor for EDIT Toronto, an immersive exhibition of architects' letters to city officials on a site-specific conveyor belt.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/letters-to-the-mayor\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/letters-to-the-mayor\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/letters-to-the-mayor\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Project_1_123_N3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Project_1_123_N3.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1029,\"caption\":\"A PARTISANS installation presents a series of freestanding arch typologies in corrugated steel, wire mesh, and masonry across a vast concrete industrial floor. 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