Toronto 1 Broadlands Boulevard | 10.88m | 3s | Artlife | GMB Architecture

[Paclo]

Application Details

www.toronto.ca

1 Broadlands Boulevard: a proposed 3-storey rental-townhouse building designed by GMB Architecture for Artlife Developments on the southeast corner of Underhill Drive and Broadlands Boulevard in Toronto's Parkwoods neighbourhood.

 

[Northern Light]

Application Details

www.toronto.ca

1 Broadlands Boulevard: a proposed 3-storey rental-townhouse building designed by GMB Architecture for Artlife Developments on the southeast corner of Underhill Drive and Broadlands Boulevard in Toronto's Parkwoods neighbourhood.

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I have no particular problem w/the scale/height/massing of his proposal, the box is a bit dull, but passable.

I do have an issue w/the lack of permeability on site, where as the renders show surface parking claiming almost the entire non-built portion of the property, and no green roof is shown either.

I want to see at least one high quality shade tree in lieu of a parking spot, if not two, I want to see interlock for the parking and a stormwater infiltration plan.

A green roof I can live w/o, but it would be a nice to have if going with a flat-roof.

As a side note for those who closely following the zoning thread, @smably and @allengeorge come to mind, while not on a major street, this is a pretty good representation of the 50% building on lot limit. Its also an illustration of how a proposal may meet that requirement without delivering the intended environmental benefit.

 

[AlbertC]

Artlife still around? If so, then I'm guessing they're zoning and this will linger around for awhile before they look to eventually sell this off to someone else.

 

[smably]

As a side note for those who closely following the zoning thread, @smably and @allengeorge come to mind, while not on a major street, this is a pretty good representation of the 50% building on lot limit. Its also an illustration of how a proposal may meet that requirement without delivering the intended environmental benefit.

Totally agree. Surface parking is the worst of all possible options here. I think this came up as a suggestion in one of the letters, but it seems wiser to focus the rules on permeable site area vs. building coverage.