Architectural and Urban Design

BArchitectural and Urban Design

B.1 Form of Development .................B-2

B.2 View Analysis ............................. B-11

B.3 Urban Design ..............................B-18

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B.1 Form of Development

Site Character Districts

Esquimalt Road

Victoria West Park

Sitkum Park

Songhees Hilltop

Dog Park

Lime Bay

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Saghalie R

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Kimta Road

Lime Bay Park

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DA-3

DA-4DA-5

Roundho

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Stores Building

Back Shop

Car Shop

Turntable

Housing Heart

Cultural Heart

Public Heart

Linear Park and Connections

Heritage Heart

Commercial/Residential Heart

• Apartment Rental District• Three Towers

• Performance Center• Two Signature Towers

• Rail to Sail• Mews to Ocean

• Roundhouse Twin Towers

• Turntable Center• Public Realm

• Roundhouse Market• Heritage District

ROUNDHOUSE AT BAYVIEW PLACE REZONING APPLICATIONB-2

B Architectural PackageB.1 Form of Development

Esquimalt Rd

Victoria West Park

Sitkum Park

Songhees Hilltop

Dog ParkLime Bay

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Lime Bay Park

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DA-3

DA-4DA-5

Roundho

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Stores Building

Backshop

Carshop

Tower Spacing and Building Heights

North Parcel

South Parcel

Tower Spacing

30 m

37 m

28 m

38 m

25 m

21 m

22 m

23 m

26 storeys

28 storeys

30 storeys

26 storeys26 storeys

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BArchitectural PackageB.1 Form of Development

Design and Planning Rationale

View Historic Buildings as a Collection

• Historic buildings to be viewed as a collection of buildings that are connected.

• Frame Historic buildings with open space that set the buildings in the site context.

• Infuse the public open space with elements that interpret the history of the site and buildings.

• Link buildings with open space and pedestrian connections.

Build up the Ends, Carve out the Middle

• Focus additional density at the west and east ends of the site.

• Carve out the middle of the site, particularly around the Turntable Plaza.

Visually Connect the Site and Context

• Create views that connect the interior of the site with its immediate and distant context.

• Maintain site porosity to create connections to the context and neighbourhood integration.

Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd



Create a Connected Landscape

• Connect the site to its adjacent, significant parks and open spaces.

• Create continuity of landscaped open space through the site.

Curated Rail Integrated Through Site

• Provide infrastructure for active, curated rail to be integrated throughout the site.

• Create hardscape character to open space associated with Historic rail activity.

• Create pockets of urban landscape distributed through the site to balance scale of open space.

Connected and Pedestrian Oriented

• Create a connected network of pedestrian links and pathways through the site.

• Route pedestrian activity along building faces to activate and animate buildings.

• Flank both sides of internal vehicle route with pedestrian circulation on both sides.

Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

B-5


New Buildings that Respond to Existing

• Site new building relative to existing Historic buildings and surrounding public streets.

• Mitigate shading and massing impacts on Esquimalt Road and adjacent park.

Background and Foreground Buildings

• Create distinction between background and foreground buildings.

• Historic buildings are foreground buildings that are all unique in form and type.

• New buildings are background buildings that serve as a contrasting background to foreground buildings.

• New buildings should relate to the historic buildings in their orientation, form, and character.

Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

Design and Planning Rationale (continued)



Massing: View looking South West

Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

B-7


Massing: View looking North East

Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd



Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

Massing: View looking South East

B-9


Esquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

Massing: View looking North West



The following views have been created to visualize the development within the future and existing skyline from various vantage points.

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Fairmont Empress

Fisherman’s Wharf Park

Laurel Point

Downtown Victoria

InnerHarbour

SongheesPoint

Johnson StBridge

Bayview PlaceHillside

Roundhouseat Bayview Place

LimeBay

West Bay

B.2 View Analysis

B-11

BArchitectural PackageB.2 View Analysis

Future Development

Promontory

Encore

Dockside Green

1 View from West Bay

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B Architectural PackageB.2 View Analysis

2 View from Fisherman’s Wharf Park

Encore

Promontory

DocksideGreen

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B-13


Encore

Promontory

Dockside Green

3 View from Coast Interwest

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Encore

PromontoryDockside Green

4 View from Laurel Point

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B-15


Encore

Promontory

Dockside Green

5 View from Ship Point

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Bayview One

Promontory

Dockside Green

6 View from Harbour Road

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B.3 Urban Design

Stores Building

Backshop

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Esquimalt Rd

Victoria West Park

Sitkum Park

Songhees Hilltop

Dog Park

Lime Bay

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Sitkum

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Lime Bay Park

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Car ShopPlaza

BackshopPlaza

StoresBuilding

Plaza

Turntable

Lime Bay Mews

E&N Rail Trail

RESIDENTIAL

LOBBY

LOBBY

LOBBY

LOBBY

SERVICECOMMERCIAL

BIKE STORAGE

FUTURE CULTURAL

LOBBY

LOBBY

LOBBY

PARKING

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AMENITY

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AMENITY

AMENITY

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

PARKING

PARKING

PARKING / SERVICE

PARKING

Esquimalt Edge

Lime Bay Mews

Backshop Entry

Stores Building Plaza

Turntable Plaza

E&N Tower

Public and Open Space Framework

Legend

Residential

Commercial / Community

Residential Lobby

Residential Amenity

Bike Storage

Future Cultural Space

Parking / Service

Parking

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B Architectural PackageB.3 Urban Design

Corten planters can provide seating and a space for community gardening, or a kitchen garden for a nearby restaurant.

Planters are scattered through the plaza like artifacts of the site’s industrial past.

Corten sculptures frame the stores building and create a bridge to the historical building.

1 Carriage Lane looking East Heritage public realm design elements

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BArchitectural PackageB.3 Urban Design

Stores Building

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Car ShopPlaza

StoresBuilding

Plaza

E&N Rail Trail

RESIDENTIAL

LOBBY

LOBBY

LOBBY

BIKE STORAGE

LOBBY

AMENITY

AMENITY

AMENITY

AMENITY

AMENITY

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

PARKING

PARKING

PARKING / SERVICE

PARKING

Legend

Residential


Residential Lobby

Residential Amenity

Bike Storage


Parking / Service

Parking

Legend

Residential


Residential Lobby

Residential Amenity

Bike Storage


Parking / Service

Parking


Esquimalt EdgeUrban in nature, the Esquimalt Edge is largely residential, enlived by lobby and amenity areas. Made level with the adjacent sidewalk, these spaces are universally accessible which helps ensure continuous use.

Esquimalt Rd

Kimta Rd



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Car Shop

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Victoria West Park

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BackshopPlazaTurntable

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PARKINGEsquimalt Road

Kimta Rd

Section A Building 1 on Esquimalt Road Looking East

Section B Stores Building Plaza Looking East

Esquimalt Edge

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Section C Car Shop Plaza Looking East

Esquimalt Edge

Esquimalt Edge Looking West PrecedentEsquimalt Edge Looking East Precedent

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Kimta Rd

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Stores Building

Car Shop

Esquimalt Rd

Victoria Wes

Cat

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Car ShopPlaza

StoresBuilding

Plaza

Turn

E&N Rail Trail

RESIDENTIAL

LOBBY

LOBBY

LOBBY

BIKE STORAGE

LOBBY

AMENITY

AMENITY

AMENITY

AMENITY

AMENITY

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

PARKING

PARKING

PARKING / SERVICE

PARKING

Stores Building PlazaA public open space connected to and level with Esquimalt Road, the Stores Building Plaza provides the Stores Building itself greater presence and accessiblity, connecting it to the urban context.

Esquimalt Rd

Kimta Rd


Legend

Residential


Residential Lobby

Residential Amenity

Bike Storage


Parking / Service

Parking

Legend

Residential


Residential Lobby

Residential Amenity

Bike Storage


Parking / Service

Parking

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Stores Building

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Car Shop

Esquimalt Rd

Victoria West Park

Sitkum R

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Car ShopPlaza

StoresBuilding

Plaza

Turntable

Lime Bay Mews

LOBBY

LOBBY

SERVICECOMMERCIAL

BIKE STORAGE

LOBBY

LOBBY

LOBBY

PARKING

LOBBY

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AMENITY

PARKING

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AMENITY

AMENITY

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

NG / SERVICE

PARKING

Legend

Residential


Residential Lobby

Residential Amenity

Bike Storage


Parking / Service

Parking

Legend

Residential


Residential Lobby

Residential Amenity

Bike Storage


Parking / Service

Parking


Turntable PlazaTurntable Plaza is the heart of the community and accessible to pedestrians via Roundhouse Gateway, which connects the community to Victoria West Park.Framed by active commercial and cultural spaces, public space design is intended to highlight the Roundhouse, the site’s historic centrepiece.

Esquimalt Rd

Kimta Rd

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Backshop

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Car Shop

Esquimalt Rd

Victoria West Park

Sitk

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BackshopPlazaTurntable

LOBBY

LOBBY

PARKING

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PARKING

PARKING

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COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

Backshop PlazaThe Backshop Plaza is the site’s pre-eminent pedestrian entry point, offering a direct link to Turntable Plaza. Definition of a plaza and adjacent residential lobby activates the Backshop while elevating the residential tower provides continuous views of historic structures.

Esquimalt Rd

Kimta Rd


Legend

Residential


Residential Lobby

Residential Amenity

Bike Storage


Parking / Service

Parking

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3 Sitkum Road at Esquimalt Rd, looking south to Backshop

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Stores Building

Back

Roundh

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Car Shop

Esquimalt Rd

Victoria West Park

Sitkum Park

SonghHillt

Lime Bay

Cat

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Lime Bay Park

Ro

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Car ShopPlaza

StoresBuilding

Plaza

Turntable

Lime Bay Mews

E&N Rail Trail

RESIDENTIAL

LOBBY

LOBBY

LOBBY

LOBBY

SERVICECOMMERCIAL

BIKE STORAGE

FUTURE CULTURAL

LOBBY

LOBBY

LOBBY

PARKING

LOBBY

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AMENITY

PARKING

PARKING

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AMENITY

AMENITY

AMENITY

AMENITY

AMENITY

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL

PARKING

PARKING

PARKING / SERVICE

PARKING


Esquimalt Rd

Kimta Rd

Lime Bay MewsLime Bay Mews, bordered by active commercial spaces and E&N Tower entry points, connects the site to the waterfront by providing a direct link from Turntable Plaza to Lime Bay Park.

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Legend

Residential


Residential Lobby

Residential Amenity

Bike Storage


Parking / Service

Parking



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BackshopPlaza

E&N Rail Trail and Sitkum Park

Completion of this portion of the E&N Rail Trail will connect cyclists and pedestrians to downtown Victoria while fortifying a strong regional connection. The trail is anchored by Sitkum Park, designed to provide residents and visitors flexible and programmable park space.

Lime Bay Mews character precedents4 Lime Bay Mews looking south

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