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Pier 8 Block 16 Urban Design Guidelines
Published by City of Hamilton
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- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Date
- July 2021
- For
- designer
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 127
Overview
Urban design guidelines for Block 16 on Pier 8 (65 Guise Street) in Hamilton's West Harbour, dated July 2021. After a settlement of appeals to the 2017 Pier 8 approvals, the City studied a mid-rise or high-rise building on the former institutional block; these guidelines, an addendum to the Pier 7 + 8 Urban Design Study (2016), set its site organization, public realm interface, residential and sustainability guidance, mid-rise and tall building massing envelopes, implementation, demonstration plans, shadow studies and an urban design checklist.
What it covers
- Preamble
- Introduction & Overview
- Contextual Considerations
- Site Organization
- Public Realm Interface
- Mid-Block Pedestrian Connection (Pedestrian Mews)
- Residential Building Design
- Family Sized Units
- Sustainability
- Bird Friendly Design
- Mid-Rise Building Design
- Tall Building Design
- Tower Placement and Separation Distances
- Implementation
- Demonstration Plans
- Visual Analysis and Shadow Studies
- Tall Building Analysis
- Urban Design Checklist
- Implementation Chart
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