55 Queenston Road – City Motor Hotel Site

June 26, 2014

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Afternoon Design Charrettes - Purpose

Developed, with citizens, conceptual designs for 55 Queenston Road (former City Motor Hotel site) that…

• illustrate how new development may be accommodated

– The size and height of building– The types of uses

• enhance the unique character of the area– Views from Main Street East– Lands surrounding the traffic circle– Irregular shaped lot with frontage on Main Street

East and Queenston Road

• minimizing potential negative effects on adjacent neighbourhoods

– Stepping back– Landscaping– Commercial frontage– Residential uses

Urban Hamilton Official Plan

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55 Queenston Road – Designated Mixed Use Medium in the Urban Hamilton Official Plan

Opportunities

This site provides a great opportunity to:

• Increase the population in an area

• Increase investment in an area

• Increase neighbourhood vitality and improve the public image

• Utilize existing services and infrastructure

• Access public transit

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Intensification – Which has the higher density?

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Intensification

Las Vegas - 92 units/hectare

New Orleans - 96 units/hectare 6

Past Intensification

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Recent Intensification Projects

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55 Queenston Road – Surrounding Area

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Nodes and Corridors Planning

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B-Line Corridor Land Use Planning Study

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Key Concepts• Many Urban design best practises were incorporated into the

design concepts, with the following receiving particular attention.

1. Provide continuous street wall and connect the ground floor to the street by putting active uses on the ground floor.

2. Step buildings back to reduce shadowing of adjacent properties.

3. Respond to prominent locations on, and axis of the site.

4. Create a minimum two storey street wall, stepping back the façade above the base podium.

5. Provide for vehicular and pedestrian circulation.

6. Provide parking in the centre of the block.

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Height

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www.wdgarch.com/portfolio/projects/the-kinzie

Treviso Condominiums – 319 Hwy #8, Stoney Creek

Maximum Building Height is 8 Storeys

Types of Development

Mixed UseResidential

Ground Floor Commercial14

Tools for Regulating Building Form

Building Address:

•Where is the front door?

•Which way do windows face?

•Who do they look over?

•Where is the back? (Where do they put out the garbage?)

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Tools for Regulating Building Form

Sun /ShadowWhere and when will a building’s shadow fall?

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Tools for Regulating Building Form

Stepping Back the Building

Tools for Regulating Building Form

Parking

• How much?• Where is it Located?

– Surface– In front– Behind– Beside– Inside– Below

Tools for Regulating Building Form

Landscaping

•Private and Public Spaces•Trees•Terraces•Green Roofs•Courtyards•Plazas•Walkways 19

Michelle Sergi – ManagerMichelle.Sergi@hamilton.ca(905) 546-2424 x1281

Shannon McKie – PlannerShannon.Mckie@hamilton.ca(905) 546-2424 x7491

Contacts

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