Julia Van Kralingen, grade 8 of Waldorf Academy chose to build an urban tree-house, live music, cafe, and hotel venue. When deciding on the program or function of her ,'thesis,' project, Julia commented that there weren't enough interesting places to stay in Toronto, and that one thing the waterfront could use more of, was live music. Noting that there wasn't much space left to build on the ground and very few places where one could have an excellent view of the water, Julia elected to go Up, providing users with an interesting and new perspective of the waterfront. With one (reinforced) tree as the structure's base, Julia chose to continue the language of 'tree-ness' by supporting the hotel rooms with steel posts, all of which are connected by a series of bridges.Sonja Millermaier