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Ja Architecture Studio is a Toronto-based architecture practice with great interest in the role that design- oriented practices can play in bringing life and excitement to the projects and cities. The commitment of the firm is in getting engaged with highly ambitious projects that have grounds on buildability and cultural relevance. Founded by a duo of a registered architect and a landscape designer, supported by a group of passionate designers the studio have been successful in participating in a range of realized projects of different scales and have been published in numerous international media.

JA’s proposal for the Maksimir Stadium competition, developed in collaboration with Transsolar KlimaEngineering NY and K...
10/02/2026

JA’s proposal for the Maksimir Stadium competition, developed in collaboration with Transsolar KlimaEngineering NY and Knippers Helbig (NY–Stuttgart).

The project extends the park into the perimeter of the master plan, creating a meadow spine at its center that organizes primary access and stadium uses. The stadium is conceived as a series of trapezoidal structural modules that aggregate to form a reciprocal loop, extending the logic of structural expression to the building skin, a diagrid envelope in tension.

Originally designed by Vladimir Turina, the existing stadium is one of the notable examples of structural expressionism. Its replacement was mandated by the competition in response to seismic conditions. Our proposal extends Turina’s architectural thinking through a layered system of structural and environmental membranes, including the roof, where structure and envelope become the architectural expression.

JA Team: Yunjung Park, Jia Chen Mi, Mo Bayati, Behnaz Assadi, Nima Javidi
Transsolar: Pamela Cabrera, Madeline Minichetti
Knippers Helbig: Florian Meier

JA’s proposal for the Maksimir Stadium competition, developed in collaboration with Transsolar KlimaEngineering NY and K...
10/02/2026

JA’s proposal for the Maksimir Stadium competition, developed in collaboration with Transsolar KlimaEngineering NY and Knippers Helbig (NY–Stuttgart).

The project extends the park into the perimeter of the master plan, creating a meadow spine at its center that organizes primary access and stadium uses. The stadium is conceived as a series of trapezoidal structural modules that aggregate to form a reciprocal loop, extending the logic of structural expression to the building skin, a diagrid envelope in tension.

Originally designed by Vladimir Turina, the existing stadium is one of the notable examples of structural expressionism. Its replacement was mandated by the competition in response to seismic conditions. Our proposal extends Turina’s architectural thinking through a layered system of structural and environmental membranes, including the roof, where structure and envelope become the architectural expression.

JA Team: Yunjung Park, Jia Chen Mi, Mo Bayati, Behnaz Assadi, Nima Javidi
Transsolar: Pamela Cabrera, Madeline Minichetti
Knippers Helbig: Florian Meier.

An expressed double | Heinz Isler
08/21/2026

An expressed double | Heinz Isler

Our project for a Room for Conversation in Queen’s Park North that later became the basis for the Workshop, a civic spac...
08/07/2026

Our project for a Room for Conversation in Queen’s Park North that later became the basis for the Workshop, a civic space designed to accommodate a wide range of public activities at QPN. Toronto’s Community Engagement Reports indicated strong public support for the proposal, with 45% expressing strong support and 35% expressing general support. We were therefore surprised to learn recently that the program has been removed from the park’s master plan.
We continue to believe that a well-designed, properly built civic room, open to everyone and capable of supporting a broad range of activities, is an important kind of public program for Queen’s Park.
We remain committed to the ongoing democratic process of city-building in Toronto, and hopeful that it will ultimately leave a legacy of thoughtful, meaningful, and enduring public buildings for future generations.Here is what we proposed

This Thursday, July 30th, we host our fifth JUTSU Corner Talk, a conversation between Jimenez Lai, founder of Bureau Spe...
07/27/2026

This Thursday, July 30th, we host our fifth JUTSU Corner Talk, a conversation between Jimenez Lai, founder of Bureau Spectacular based in LA, and Miles Gertler, co-founder of Common Accounts based in Toronto.

Through his books, drawings, exhibitions, and teaching, Jimenez has developed a body of work that treats storytelling as a way of thinking about architecture, blurring the boundaries between fiction, representation, and the built environment. Miles’s work moves between visual art, design, writing, and research, examining the cultural rituals, technologies, and systems that quietly shape everyday life.

Where these two minds will meet is difficult to predict, but as always, Forno Cultura’s bread will anchor the table.

The event is free. Space is limited, so please DM us to reserve a spot.

JA Architecture Studio
Thursday, July 30 | starting at 6:30

This week’s conversation: Jimenez Lai and Miles Gertler.

Form of Accessibility Graduate Design Seminar at the GSD- Looking at accessibility from a formal lens; architecture form...
05/08/2026

Form of Accessibility Graduate Design Seminar at the GSD- Looking at accessibility from a formal lens; architecture form at the threshold of human ability. A truly intelligent group of students working on different barriers at Gund Hall each related to one human ability at its threshold. Miles Cornwall and Emma Sheffer single arm switch back ramp to access the mezzanine. Borler Wu, Adela Borjas and Emanuelle Cardenas barrier-free bathroom towards Piper auditorium exploring bathroom rituals, temporalities and publicness; Vicky Cao and Mishelle Abusada using air as a non visual access signal to egress on the fifth floor corridor; Adrian Yu, Howard Timlin and Alex Guo, topological tactile plates vs real time tactile surface indicators as two means of non visual navigation. Patricia Ku, Leah Lock and Kaitlin Chi Ar Tse, model of fourth and fifth trays using moving curtains to mitigate height anxiety, Rodrigo Pineros and Mathew Pena working on signs and color blindness, Miya Kutchins and Cathy Li, ground inscriptions as playgrounds, Ken Chen and George Ma using a deep plate insert in the middle of wide exit stair to create two separate light zones for macular degeneration vs photophobia, Hazel Kim Julie Yeung and Lucia Garza using Gallaudet University concept of DeafSpace and dealing with second floor corridor jog; Olivia Xu and Yi Zhu double handrail, Marianne Bojelan Papas temperature respites and Taay'lo Imani temporal accessibility.

GSD Core IV Reviews| Studio Javidi | student projects in order: Borler Wu and Sophia Trevino | Jae Suhr and Ethan Boerne...
05/02/2026

GSD Core IV Reviews| Studio Javidi | student projects in order: Borler Wu and Sophia Trevino | Jae Suhr and Ethan Boerner | Sihem Attari and Chelsea Jiang | Leon Louis Rassloff and Timothy Hanawalt | Go Nakao and Lynn Fyffe and last image Leon and Tim’s table

This Monday the 27th, we host our fourth JUTSU Corner Talk, and the first of 2026, a conversation between Angelo Bucci, ...
04/25/2026

This Monday the 27th, we host our fourth JUTSU Corner Talk, and the first of 2026, a conversation between Angelo Bucci, Professor of Practice at MIT and Principal of SPBR Arquitetos, São Paulo, and Peter Sealy, Assistant Professor and Director of the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies at the University of Toronto.

The first image shows SPBR’s proposal for MAM-SP Park, where architecture is reduced to a territorial frame. The second reflects Peter Sealy’s fascination with Berlin’s negative corners, where the corner registers the struggle for access to light within shrinking dimensions.

It would be hard to predict where these two minds will meet, but as usual, Forno Cultura’s bread will anchor the table. .peter

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