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Official Plan Update Open House - Urban Design November 26, 2018

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Outline

1. What is “Urban Design”? 2. Community Design Charrette 3. Urban Design Survey 4. Question & Answer / Comment Period

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What is “Urban Design”?

Urban Design concerns the arrangement, appearance, and functionality of spaces within the city; in particular, the shaping and uses of urban public space. Urban design theory deals primarily with the design and management of public space and the way public places are experienced and used.”

What is “Urban Design”?

Urban Design needs to consider multiple issues or disciplines:

• Design of buildings (features, not styles)
• Design of the streetscape and other public spaces
• Considers how users of the street interact with

their surroundings.

What is “Urban Design”?

Design of buildings (features, not styles)

Features – includes scale, street facing windows, entrance locations, etc. Style – appearance (e.g. “Art Deco”, “Brutalism”, etc.). Urban design doesn’t dictate or limit style.

What is “Urban Design”?

Design of the streetscape and other public places

Materials – function and form. Do they make the space distinct. Layout – example, wide sidewalks; views. Amenities – lighting, seating, signage.

What is “Urban Design”?

Considers how users of the street interact with their surroundings.

Is there a “main” user of the space or multiple? Are there conflicts? How can infrastructure support the users? (signage, crossings, etc.)

What is “Urban Design”?

The ultimate goal of urban design is to make the use of a space as positive an experience as possible, for all users of the space.

The Community Design Charrette

What was the Community Design Charrette?

What was the Community Design Charrette?

Consultation

“a meeting in which all stakeholders in a project attempt to resolve conflicts and map solutions”

• Stakeholders and residents groups
• Evening public open houses

What was the Community Design Charrette?

Creating a Vision

Looking at downtown, major intersections, and major streets and determining what they could look like in the future. Then, establishing principles so that future development improves these places.

The Results – a Vision and Guidelines

Guidelines can be grouped into three major themes

Mobility Built Form Public Realm

Guidelines: Built Form

Range and Mix of Uses

Range & Mix of Uses

Guidelines: Built Form

Neighbourhood Sensitivity

Guidelines: Built Form

Transitioning Heights

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Guidelines: Built Form

Transitioning Heights

Stepbacks hide “massing”, the perceived size of a

• building. This can be

used to make buildings compatible with the street or neighbouring properties

Guidelines: Built Form

Architectural Features

Guidelines: Built Form

Framing the Streets

Guidelines: Public Realm

Range & Mix of Uses

Large Scale Projects

Guidelines: Public Realm

Range & Mix of Uses

Urban Tree Canopy

Guidelines: Public Realm

Range & Mix of Uses

Public Spaces

Guidelines: Public Realm

Range & Mix of Uses

Maintain Important Views

Guidelines: Public Realm

Range & Mix of Uses

Enhance Gateways

Guidelines: Mobility

Improved Walkability

Guidelines: Mobility

Downtown Street Character

Guidelines: Mobility

Complete Streets

Urban Residential Street Suburban Residential Street Arterial Street

Guidelines: Mobility

Cycling Infrastructure

Guidelines: Mobility

Increase Connectivity

The Urban Design Survey

Design Principles – Built Form

Range & Mix of Uses Neighbourhood Sensitivity Transitioning Heights Building Features Frame the Streets 96% 93% 92% 92% 69%

% Agree

Design Principles – Public Realm

“Daylighting” Jackson Creek Urban Tree Canopy Public Spaces Maintain Important Views Enhance Gateways 98% 96% 96% 91% 88%

% Agree

Design Principles – Mobility

Improved Walkability Downtown Street Character Complete Streets Cycling Infrastructure Increase Connectivity 98% 98% 95% 89% 71%

% Agree

Downtown Development & Heritage

Adaptive Re-use Building Addition Façade Retention Deconstruction Redevelopment /Demolition

Amount of original structure maintained

91% 80% 63% 67% 79%

% of participants indicating “Agree” or “Strongly Agree”

Likes:

• Sympathetic massing
• Use of similar materials/

colours for building additions

• Some prefer horizontal

additions more than vertical

Dislikes:

• Predominant use of glass
• Building additions with

setbacks/massing that detract from original building

• Mimicking heritage buildings
• Lack of affordability &

gentrification

Overall Comments on Downtown Redevelopment

• General acceptance for a range of development types
• Consider heritage, overall scale, form, character
• Preserve as much usable structure as possible
• Would like to land uses other than purely residential
• e.g., recreational, community facilities

Important Landmarks & Views

Waterways Liftlock Market Hall Church Row Armour Hill

% of participants selecting “Agree”

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99% 95% 92% 73% 73%

Important Landmarks & Views

Other Suggestions:

• Jackson Park
• Designated heritage properties
• e.g., PCVS, City Hall, Cox Terrace,

Cenotaph

• Historic churches and schools
• Some heritage register properties
• e.g., County Courthouse, Hunter

St bridge, General Electric

• Parks and trails
• George St corridor
• Quaker Oats
• Views from existing drumlins in

the city

• e.g., the museum, Fairbairn

south of Tower Hill

Community Benefits

93% 92% 90% 89% 77%

Energy Efficiency Heritage Preservation On-site amenities Affordable/ Accessible Public Art % of participants selecting “Agree”

1 2 3 4 5

Comment Sheet and Urban Design Posters

Questions?

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