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Design Charrette
What is a Design Charette?
A charrette is an intense, short-term workshop that is a creative, participatory process intended to generate ideas, build consensus and solve issues within a particular community.
The design charrette for the Castlefield Caledonia Design and Décor District was held to develop a more appropriate, cohesive urban design framework for the area, to help enhance the market vibrancy and solidify the unique retail character of this area. The goal of the charrette is to produce a vision and implementation plan to address key development issues in the area. This includes determining how to:
- optimize and enhance existing retail patterns
- achieve adaptive reuse of existing industrial buildings
- harmoniously introduce new retail facilities
- improve the area streetscape and pedestrian environment
Process
The City Planning Division retained the planning and urban design firm of Brook McIlroy Inc./PACE Architects to prepare for and lead the charrette. The charrette was undertaken over a two-day period on May 10th and 11th, 2006 with participation from City staff and area stakeholders, including local landowners, businesses and residents.
Participants were divided into four teams. They focused on the urban structure and design features of the area, such as where new roads could be built, gateway entrance locations and enhancing the green space system. The teams also developed site specific concepts for key sites. Each team then prepared presentation materials to highlight the ideas generated throughout the two days.
A public meeting concluded the design charrette in the evening of May 11, 2006, where presentations were given to the public by each group. The public meeting also provided the opportunity to get feedback on each groups' concept for the area, answer questions and to advise the public of next steps the City will be taking.
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Background Information
 Study Area
The primary study area established for the Design Charrette is based on a 500 metre radius
from the intersection of Castlefield Avenue and Caledonia Road.
The larger context area for the charrette is the area bounded by Keele Street, Eglinton Avenue,
Dufferin Street and Lawrence Avenue.
Reports/Documents
| Charrette Summary Document |
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The Charrette Summary Document is available for review. The document provides a summary of the outcomes of the two-day design charrette that took place on May 10 and 11, 2006. The results of the charrette will assist in reviewing development applications. The results will also assist in the development of urban design guidelines and in improving the area’s streetscape. |
| Opportunities and Constraints |
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The Opportunities and Constraints document prepared for the design charrette is available for review. This document outlines the preliminary analysis of the area and provides the background context for the design charrette. |
Staff Reports
The following City Planning reports provide more detailed information on the Planning Study and Interim Control By-laws for the Castlefield Caledonia Design and Décor District:
How Can I Get Involved?
Community Consultations
May 30, 2007
A public meeting on the design charrette results and planning study is being held on May 30, 2007 at 7:00 pm at the Fairbank Middle School (Cafeteria). Come learn about the planning study and the charrette results and how you can contribute/provide feedback to these initiatives.
May 11, 2007
A public meeting was held on Thursday, May 11, 2006 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Fairbank Middle School. The meeting presented the different scenarios developed by the four design charrette teams throughout the two-day design charrette for the Castlefield Caledonia Design and Décor District.
Next Steps
A final report will be prepared by City staff on the design charrette which will make recommendations to City Council for the adoption of urban design guidelines.
A separate final report will be prepared by City staff making recommendations for implementation tools for the planning study. A future public meeting will be held at the City's Planning and Growth Management Committee to discuss the findings of the planning study and present any recommended zoning changes.
For more information
For more information on the charrette, please contact:
John-Barry Livingstone
Senior Urban Designer
North York District, City of Toronto
Tel: (416) 395-7125
Fax: (416) 395-7155
E-mail: jliving@toronto.ca
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