Posted Apr 18, 2013, 8:39 AM
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: 94109
Posts: 853
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The Panel supported the height but felt there might be too much density which had created a rather bulky building. They noted that the proportions didn’t feel right and that the 10,000 square foot floor plates were too large for this neighbourhood.
on the one hand, it's great that the developer will have to come back with a better-designed building to keep that fsr and make the project pencil, but on the other hand, that language is just chilling. couldn't the udp members tease out what was simple poor design from some basic, project-breaking lines of criticism? aren't they architects and planners? the design is horrible, hard to believe that it could have come up in 2013, just phoned in, sure - so critique the thing along those lines, not lines that threaten the entire project. damn.
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