DAZ MA
APPING
TOWER RENEWAL
TRANSIT
SOCIAL SERVICES
EMPLOYMENT
OVERLAY
SITE CO
ONTEXT
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pr pr ex
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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
pr se en
m re
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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