Urban Design Guidelines - Employment Areas - Town of Ajax

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EMPLOYMENT AREAS URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES• Encourage principle public entrances to becovered with an entrance canopy or weatherprotection element.• Encourage other entrances that are regularlyused to have similar architectural vocabulary tothe main entrance.• Provide distinct and identifiable entrances toindividual units within multi-unit buildings.The following guidelines represent further strategiesfor developing positive streetscapes and identity bycreating excitement in building design.• Create interest using any two or more of thefollowing methods:ο use colour;ο incorporate historic references (seeSection 5.4);ο use dramatic lighting;ο incorporate energy efficient or greenarchitecture design or elements whichare visible from public spaces;ο incorporate artistic elements; and/or,ο utilize signage as an animating device.Animated signs create interestArtistic elements create interest• Mass or sculpt the building using any one ormore of the following methods:ο break the plane of the building;ο create layers in the façade; and/or,ο incorporate changes to the rectangularbox.Break the plane of the buildingChanges to the rectangular boxLayers in the facadeJULY 2006 45
• Create a cohesive image using one or more ofthe following methods:ο balance the elements and colours of thebuilding. This does not imposesymmetry, but a balance betweendominant and subordinate elements.ο bring some of the distinctive elements ofone part of the building into other parts,and vice versa.Distinctive elements from one part of the building are brought to the other46
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