nathan shakura

My name is Nathan Shakura, I’m a Toronto-based designer and MArch (’26) graduate from the University of Toronto. My practice is driven by the conviction that architecture is a social act, centered on the tangible impact design has on the communities and societies that move through our built environment.

Projects

  1. 2601 MArch thesis: golf course autogestion Expropriating three Toronto golf courses as common land, governed by a worker’s council land trust.
  2. 2514 playstations Landscape option studio. Three stations for looking, listening and lingering in the tidal landscapes of Martin Head, New Brunswick.
  3. 2513 a tower for cows Global design studio in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, built on the study of the cattle pen.
  4. 2512 berries & cream MArch studio 4, with Francesca Mercurio. Density without repetition at Dundas and Ossington.
  5. 2411 everything everywhere all at once Integrated Urbanism Studio, Daniels Faculty. Opens the studio’s own site.
  6. 2410 site, matter, & ecology MArch studio 2. A building cut into the land and clad in stone, after a site visit to Crawford Lake.
  7. 2409 room for tower, tarpaulin MArch studio 2, with Francesca Mercurio. Material and relational research around Rebecca Belmore’s work.
  8. 2308 vaulted gallery of whimsey MArch studio 1. A gallery, pavilion, studio, cafe and boathouse on the site of Budweiser Stage.
  9. 2307 designland landscape architecture Concept sketches, renderings and construction documents for residential gardens in Toronto.
  10. 2306 a tenuous dairy timeline A timeline booklet for ARC1031, as a PDF.
  11. 2205 BDes thesis: collective dwelling & expropriation for autonomy Collective dwelling in the unoccupied space of the BMO tower at 100 King St. West.
  12. 2204 living architecture systems group Systems design and production for Philip Beesley Studio, including Grove at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale.
  13. 2203 weaving exploration Generative design. A self-regulating weaving algorithm explored digitally and physically.
  14. 2002 dwelling & agoraphobia Design for Disability studio. A home oriented to privacy, set among existing masonry walls and a garden.
  15. 1901 bowls Wood bowls turned on a lathe, 2018 to 2022.

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