Weaving is the action of forming fabric by interlacing individual threads. We chose weaving as the medium for this work because we think of our urban fabric as woven: It is a structure made up of individual narratives, intertwined through shared spaces and experiences. It’s this interconnected network of individual threads that gives our urban fabric its distinct texture, strength, and vibrancy. Weaving is a notion particularly well-suited to the subject of transit, as it evokes the movements we make as we navigate through our city.

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During our designer residency at the Art of City Building Conference, conference goers were given different coloured rope strands depending on the mode of transportation chosen (walking, rolling, driving, bussing, and others). The texture of weave that they used reflected their age. Participants wove their current transportation mode on the left frame and their desired mode for the future on the right. The textiles blend the responses into two fabrics, displaying the contrast between how people move through the city now, and how they dream of doing so in the future. The woven frames became the backs for two benches that were installed near a bus stop along Barrington Street.

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