We Weren't Born Yesterday

DAZ MA

APPING

TOWER RENEWAL

TRANSIT

SOCIAL SERVICES

EMPLOYMENT

OVERLAY

SITE CO

ONTEXT

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city with a population of 50 000 will ave finest quality infrastructure, ervices and construction

rivate estates and apartments will rovide homes for workers and xecutives alike

major industries will employ housands of residents and contribute o a self sustaining community

etail and cultural amenities within walking distance will serve the ommunity

MASTER PLAN 1969 “a harmonious arrangement of industrial, commercial and residential areas which permits easy movement between homes, plants, offices, stores, schools and recreational facilities�

72% residential 19% industrial Sites 1.5% commercial 8.5% parkland

NEIGHBORHOOD LETTERING each neighborhood given a alphabetical value from A-P excluding I and O each neighborhood was constructed by one developer who designed the unique character and vision for that area

HOUSING (1960-1990s)

ZERO LOT HOUSING (1972-1975)

CONDOMINIUM TOWERS (1970s-1980s)

SEGREGATED ENCLAVES

1970s Zero Lot Homes

1980s Townhomes

1980s Condominiums

CIVIC CENTER (1969) "the civic center will provide most of the cultural and civic amenities needed by the community; it will express its vitality and generate a sense of civic pride"

CITY CENTER (1973)

BRAMALEA’S CENTER REALITY (1970s)

Bramalea City Center

Bramalea Civic Center

COMMUNITY TRANSIT dial a bus (1972 -1974)

routed buses (1974 onwards)

PLANNING POLICY Development since 1990s

2006 official plan

POPULATION GROWTH

INCOME INEQUALITY very high high middle low very low

DEMOGRAPHIC

a do ne

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city with a population over 120 000 ominated by car infrastructure and in eed of transit upgrades

rivate estates and apartments in egregated neighborhoods and nclaves with few connections between

major industries closing and being eplaced by retail strip malls

etail and cultural amenities serving he region rather then the community

RE - IM a new city center that and provide many of amenities needed

INTEG living, working, soci while developing new easy movement be renewed nei

MAGINE t will generate vitality the cultural and civic by the community

GRATE ial and civic spaces w systems that permit etween existing and ighborhoods

SITE AN

NALYSIS

Dixie

Queen St. East &

Dixie Street DAZ

Queen

rk

Central Pa

Clark

N

(2006) Queen Street Corri

idor Redevelopment Zone

N

Tower Renewal N

Neighborhoods

N

Existing

g Zoning

N

Barriers to Pedes

Parking Lots

strian Walk-ability

Physical Barriers

N

New Bu

uildings

N

MASTE

ERPLAN

Existing B

Buildings

N

Demolished

d Buildings

N

New Propose

ed Buildings

N

Public S

Existing

Services

Proposed

N

Tran

Existing

nsit

Proposed

N

Pedestrian & C

Existing

Cycling Paths

Proposed

N

Public

Existing

c Parks

Proposed

N

N 0

500m

Master Plan

CITY CE

ENTER

Gross floor area: 245,873.8 meters sq.

Curb area: 352,325.2 meters sq.

Parking area: 191,913.4 meters sq.

FAR: 0.3 Lot coverage: 89%

Retail GFA: 189,707 meters sq.

Residential GFA: 245,370 meters sq.

Office GFA: 136,354 meters sq.

Recreation and civic GFA: 25,015 meters sq.

GFA: 596,448 meters sq.

Total plot area: 451,095 meters sq.

FAR 1.3 Lot Coverage: 23%

Reshaping

g the mall plot

Finding axial vie

ews toward key areas

Resulting in

nterior corridor

Result

ting plaza

Resulting pathways for c

cycling, jogging, and walking

Building

g footprints

Stitching in pe

edestrian corridors

Existing Civic

Office towers

Underground parking

Pathways

Recreation hubs

Residential

Retail

Water feature

Housing Typology

Longitudinal section

Cross section

Site plan

Summer

Winter moat

QUEEN INTERSE

& DIXIE ECTION

RE - IM a new city center that and provide many of amenities needed

INTEG living, working, soci while developing new easy movement be renewed nei

MAGINE t will generate vitality the cultural and civic by the community

GRATE ial and civic spaces w systems that permit etween existing and ighborhoods