Posted Jan 25, 2024, 8:25 PM
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"The panel was encouraged to see a mixed-use development proposal for this location, and noted various strengths of design in the proposal – however, there were also strong concerns with certain design decisions that the panel did not feel would benefit the proposal and liveability of the proposed building.
The panel would like to see less paved surface areas by rearranging the lay-bys at the building entrances, reducing the amount of surface parking, and relocating the garage ramps to be closer to the entrances.
The panel felt these site revisions would give opportunity to revise the siting and massing of the 12-storey buildings so they are not so uniform in height and façade facing the street – adding space for landscaping and trees along Rymal Rd. With these revisions and added site space, the panel felt there would be opportunity to reduce some of the buildings height in more meaningful ways to provide better transition to the surrounding lower-height and density community.
The panel would have liked to hear more sustainable building design strategy and see this reflected in the modelling of the design. The panel strongly encourages the design team to include sustainable design strategy at early stages of design to achieve the most benefit and best results."
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