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Halifax CLC Design Charette Group Ideas:
Monday, February 17, 2003 – George Dixon Recreation Centre
Common Themes
Predisposition to historic
Arches as an entrance/gateway
Multi-use trails
Commemoration site
Outdoor performance space
Market space
Tourism
Link between downtown to the north
Entrance to the city
Working Group Ideas
Group 1
Multi use trail, biking, walking from the McDonald Bridge to downtown. The trail could be located on the upper side of the plan.
Garden/green space, formal garden, could link in with future park design.
Trail interpretative centre, Tourist information centre and trail shop, bike rentals, roller blade, café.
Top of building - Interpretive Centre, Hydrostone market like shops, convertible outdoor plaza with drama theatre in summer and skating in winter. Historical arch – gateway to downtown, some parking that does not interfere with trail, alternate parking lots – can they be configured differently, building on stilts, water feature, pedestrian bridge over Cornwallis St.
The architectural style should look historical, ironstone, greenery, trees along a boulevard, trees and planter on top of the building that can be seen from the street.
Group 2
Idea #1:
Break up buildings, different buildings with different textures
Drive through tourist info. centre
Discovery Centre
Cunard Museum
Trans Canada Trail through the parking lot or the expansion area
Bus stop pavilion
Urban furniture
Lots of landscaping, shrubs and trees
Paint the power plant
Historical significance like St. Georges and St. Patrick’s Churches
Georgian architecture
Call it Cunard Gate, incorporate gate (arch) from original building
Archway with an atrium
Public fountain and plaza area
Harbour Solutions office, locate office to organize tours of the STP
Signage to welcome people to the downtown – on side of building like the Morse Tea building
Gateway to downtown
Idea #2:
Atrium and the bay – arch should be big enough for horse and carriage
copper roof
Georgian style – 6 over 6 or 8 over 8 windows
Shared entrance
See water through arch.
"Halifax Arch" Common on the Waterfront
Group 3
Multi use – attractive to the whole community
Bandstand, market, theatre
Grandville market like street, outdoor mall idea, glass atrium roof courtyard with arch at each end
New location for Farmers Market
Conduit from central Halifax to downtown
Transportation hub – commuter rail terminal, bus terminal, water taxi stand
Festival sites
Outdoor concert space – use natural elevation for amphitheatre like seating (expansion area)
No pavement – cobblestone, granite pavers
Historical stones - sandstone, ironstone, corner stones
Promenade on harbour side of building for outdoor access to mall
Lots of landscaping trees, shrubs
Group 4
Significant public building
Significant architecture
Linear park, bike trail, walking trail from Cornwallis St. to Water S. – wide promenade that would connect to downtown,
Want people to walk from downtown up to Gottingen
Parking closer to building away from the trails and paths
Sculptural roof – beautiful to look at with lights on at night with a bridge to the roof (have a design competition)
Roof –variegated with modern architecture – glass and metal
Building should reveal what’s going on inside the plant
Roof swoopy, pointy
Interpretative centre
From Warrington should see sculptural roof
NSCAD public art on roof
Lots of landscaping
Group 5
Museum dedicated to those who gave of themselves
Heritage park (like Brewery Market )
Memorial for members of this community who have passed on
Large aquarium – Island Park
Open market court
Something more than a story high
Parking lot (2 story’s high)
Botanical garden
Mix of architecture, heritage style
No commercial signs
Observatory – lookout
Millennium Park, skate boarding, art work
Archways leading in to roof
Memorial for those who served in the war
Ship design
Building should be historical in appearance - ironstone
Want it to look modern and something that will be exciting to look at
Should not look like a barn, military building, warehouse, jail, or other institution
We would like windows to be either arch shaped or octagonal and larger, we want the sun to get in.
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