Urban Design Guidelines - Employment Areas - Town of Ajax

This building provides a purposeful change inmaterial between the office and warehousecomponents• Provide purposeful termination of buildingfaçade materials, through plan changes (jogs inthe building), projections, or other elements.Changes of façade materials within the sameplane on any elevation are not acceptable.• Avoid continuous roof lines through the use ofprojections, changes in vertical plane, andprominent building elements, particularly atentries, on street axes, at pedestrian walkwaysand at site entrances.Preferred: dynamic roofline through changes invertical plane, building element, colour andmaterialTo be avoided: monotonous roof line• Anchor key streets and prominent corners byproviding noticeable architectural forms. In thisregard, buildings will “turn” the corner, i.e., havearticulated facades facing both streets.• Provide built elements that acknowledge viewtermination axes of streets, or vehicular orpedestrian circulation routes, for example,through a change in shape or material.• Ensure that portions of buildings abutting streetcorners are a minimum of 6 metres in height.• Incorporate a high proportion of windows in theelevations of office components to afford clear,unobstructed sight lines from the office area toadjacent roads, outdoor pedestrian amenityareas and parking areas.42