Inglewood Junction

MASTER PLAN VISION Calgary, Alberta | June 2012

SASAKI / ATELIER TEN / BSEI / KASIAN / NELSON NYGAARD

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Executive Summary

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Site context + Design influences

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S it e L o c at io n a n d D e scr ip t io n Ur b a n C o nt e x t Ne ig h b o ur h o o d C o nt e x t O p e n S pa c e Ne t wo r k H er ita ge R e s o ur c e s d e s ig n in f l ue n c e s

Master Plan

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PLANNING PRECINCTS

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Pr e c in c t P l a n D ist r ic t 1 : C e nt r a l P l a z a D ist r ic t 2 : H isto r ic Pr e c in c t D ist r ic t 3 : 1 7 t h Av e nue Pr e c in c t D ist r ic t 4 : R a il T r a il Ne ig h b o ur h o o d

Phasing

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Municipal Development Plan

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Grid District master plan

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Street front retail

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Community water feature / skating circuit

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Performing arts centre

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Outdoor performance area

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Green roof

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Grid District will become a fresh framework for life in the heart of the City of Calgary. It will be a crossroads for diverse environments: residential, commercial, cultural, educational, and recreational. It will link the past with the future, respecting the history and character of the brewery district, while incorporating the most progressive approaches to architecture, technology, sustainable practices, and transportation. Above all, it will offer a network of pathways and venues that bring people together—in every season—to live, work, shop, meet, explore, discover, recreate, and celebrate.

Designed to create and encourage connections, the Grid District will become the living framework for a vibrant, energetic, diverse, active, and everevolving community.

design strategies

The master plan for the Grid District articulates a strategy that will transform the former Molson brewery site into a vibrant, mixed-use urban destination. Five foundational urban design strategies establish the framework for redevelopment of the district:

4. Establishing a sequence of urban spaces at the core of the district that link industrial and cultural heritage elements to the contemporary urban setting, and create a framework for redevelopment.

1. Connecting the district with surrounding urban systems including 9th Avenue SE and regional transportation corridors, the LRT and BRT transit system, and Calgary’s open space and trail network.

2. Integrating the district with the Inglewood community with compatible new development along 9th Avenue, and a new ‘rail trail’ park along the Canadian Pacific railway tracks.

3. Creating a comprehensive district open space network that connects with the rail trail through a transition of public and private spaces.

5. Connecting the west portion of the district to the core to create value.

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Design themes are inspired by the industrial processes that reveal the history of the site, evoked by former industrial buildings, a railway spur and other industrial artifacts; the 9th Avenue SE context of a vibrant urban destination; and the central role of water in the industrial and cultural history of the site, in particular the artesian well that served as the water source for the brewery and other major site activities.

The heart of the new Grid District development will be a new Central Plaza consisting of a sequence of distinct and memorable urban spaces with outdoor amenities for summer and winter.

The plaza will be framed on the east by former brewery buildings, repurposed for arts, cultural and commercial uses, and on the west by new mixed-use commercial and residential buildings containing live/work units with active ground floor uses.

The Central Plaza will connect 9th Avenue SE to an intimately scaled Historic Precinct at the south edge of the stie. The Precinct will contain the most iconic brewery buildings—the Engine Room, the Boiler Room, Horseman’s Hall of Fame—which will be restored for reuse as res-

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taurants, cafes, brew pubs, arts or other uses. The Boiler Room smokestack and adjacent grain silos will provide points of orientation that draw people to this area of the site. Relics from former industrial uses, such as the fermentation tanks, steel building structure or railway tracks, will inspire the design of public realm.

The Historic Precinct will open to a new rail trail park along the Canadian Pacific Railway corridor.

The rail trail will link the entire Grid District to the regional open space network, and planned new Bus Rapid Transit and Light Rail Transit stations.

The trail will accommodate storm drainage from the site, and will be planted with vegetation that is native to the prairie landscape.

The western portion of the Grid District will consist of a close-knit urban grid, with short blocks and an intimate, compact scale, and diverse, predominantly residential, building types. The road network responds to surrounding neighbourhood streets, encouraging a seamless integration with the new district. Building heights will transition from the neighbourhood scale of the adjacent Inglewood community, to mid-rise buildings in the central and southern portions of the

site. High-rise “point towers” next to the rail trail will create architectural interest, and will afford views towards the downtown skyline, as well as the Rocky Mountains beyond. Structured parking will be concealed below grade on the interior of each block.

A flexible mix of uses on the site will allow for change and evolution over time. New development will be moderately dense, and combine living and working with cultural and recreational opportunities. Approximately 65 percent of the development will be residential, or live/work space, and a variety of typologies will allow for a range of housing opportunities and choices. Other uses will include commercial, arts and entertainment, and institutional uses, complemented by neighbourhood scale retail, dining, and smallerscale cultural venues.

The plan presents a tremendous opportunity to implement the goals of the city-wide and districtlevel goals of the City of Calgary’s new Municipal Development Plan … .

Development within the Grid District will be sustainable and respond to the City’s Sustainabil-

ity Principles for Land Use and Mobility at every level. The plan will create a range of housing opportunities and choices within a pedestrian-scale environment. The new community will be distinctive, building on the industrial history of the site to create a strong sense of place. A compact mix of uses close to new BRT and LRT stations will provide a range of accessible transportation options and reduce worker commutes, as well as potential neighbourhood traffic impacts on the Inglewood community. New development will conserve energy through siting that optimizes solar access and responds to wind patterns, and will employ green infrastructure for stormwater management.

While the overall scheme will be built out over perhaps twenty years, and will naturally evolve, the broad framework will remain, and careful phasing will ensure that at each stage of development the integrity of the overall concept is maintained.

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Design Strategy Section A

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WALK

INGLEWOOD

PARKING DECK

LIVE / WORK

PARKING DECK

THEATRE

INGLEWOOD PLAZA

HISTORIC CORE

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

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PARKING DECK

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

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RAILROAD PARK

PARKING DECK

PARKING DECK

WETLAND SWALE

PARKING DECK

WALK

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

INGLEWOOD west housing district looking east

SPINE ROAD

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

TRAIL

RAIL PARK

RAIL ROW

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View of skating circuit during winter months

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View of Historic Core

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Site COntext + design influences

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Alyth / Bonnybrook

Inglewood Wildlands

Site Location and Description Main street in the Inglewood neighbourhood

Bow River

The 8.3 hectare Grid District site is located at the centre of the Inglewood community, approximately two kilometres east of downtown Calgary.

The site is bounded by 9th Avenue SE and 17th Avenue SE to the north, 15th Street SE to the east, and the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) corridor to the south. The site is served by a network of arterial roads, including 9th Avenue SE, 17th Avenue SE and 15th Street SE. Blackfoot Trail, a four lane arterial road, is located just east of the 9th Avenue SE, 17th Avenue SE and 15th Street SE intersection. Current access to the site occurs from the north via 9th Avenue SE and 14A Street SE and from the east via 15th Street SE. 13th Street SE provides a secondary point of access to the site via 17th Avenue SE. The site slopes gently towards the Bow River from an elevation of 1043 metres in the southwest to 1038 metres in the northeast. The northeast portion of the site lies within the 100-year flood zone of the Bow River.

The site contains a collection of industrial buildings built over a 100-year period, beginning in 1892 with the establishment of the Calgary Brewing and Malting Company brewery. The brewery was sited next to an artesian well that served as the water source for beer making. Most buildings that were developed subsequently were used for brewery processes, although some additional uses were added over time, including a fish hatchery and ponds, an aquarium, the Horseman Hall of Fame, and the Inglewood Aquatic Center, a community pool that was built in the 1960’s on land leased to the City. More recently, temporary self-storage buildings were placed in the west portion of the site.

The brewery ceased operations in 1994 and other uses have also closed, so most buildings are now vacant. Active uses include the Zyn winery, a local wine and alcohol distributor that occupies the Horseman Hall of Fame building, the Aquatic Center, and the self-storage buildings.

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Building Site Characteristics A B C

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Structurally sound. Marquee on top of building possibly retained and restored Strong structural framework , potential for reuse, views from roof

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Historic Horseman Hall of Fame and current location of Zyn wholesale wine distributor. Potential for reuse

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Historic smoke stack to be retained as an architectural feature

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Historic one story sandstone building.

Proposed retention of facade for historic precinct

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One story building with artesian well located below building

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Grain silos in good condition and add industrial feeling to site

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Former Fish Hatchery is a one story building with original signage on facade.

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Possible site for Inglewood Aquatic Center relocation

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Retain railroad spurs as character feature

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Intersection improvements needed

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Buildings contribute to historic precinct

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Area of open space and mature trees

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Historic Administration building with sandstone buffalo carving. Possible preservation of original building, but demolish addition

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Buffalo sculptures

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Settlers cabin historic status to be confirmed.

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The most significant open space feature on the site is a park located in the area bounded by 9th Avenue SE, 14A Street and the former 17th Avenue SE right-of-way, which is closed and now forms part of the park. The park contains mature trees and ponds that were used for the fish hatchery, the ‘Settler’s Cabin’ a historic log cabin that was moved from the Fort Calgary site, and is believed to be one of the first houses in Calgary, and a buffalo statue. The remainder of the site consists mainly of asphalt pavement.

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Bottling Building (original)

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Bottling Building Loading

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Storage and Fermenting Towers

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Zyn Building (Former Horseman Hall of Fame)

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Smoke Stack

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Boiler Room

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Engine Room & Artesian Well

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Administration Building (original)

Industrial relics provide evidence of past activities on the site, and include grain silos located next to the railway tracks, a marquee on the roof of a former brewery building advertising the brewery, a 19th century smokestack, and a railway spur along the southerly boundary of the site. Several dozen large fermentation tanks that were used in the beer brewing process are located in basements of the brewery complex.

Neighbourhood Context 9th Avenue serves as a “main street” for the surrounding Inglewood community, and contains a mix of independent stores, restaurants and bars, and arts and entertainment uses. There are also a few automotive commercial uses and underutilized sites along 9th Avenue, including in the area immediate opposite and west of the Grid District site.

The area to the north of the site, between 17th Avenue SE and 9th Avenue SE contains a mix of residential and commercial uses, while the area to the north of 9th Avenue SE is predominantly residential. A new commercial office building and storage facilities are located to the east of 15th Street SE. The CPR corridor creates a strong physical boundary that separates Inglewood and the site from adjacent industrial areas, and carries up to 30 trains per day. Industrial uses including a railway yard, vehicle storage area and cement plant are located to the south of the railway tracks.

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Telus Spark

The Calgary grid shifts from a north-south axis in response to the Bow and Elbow Rivers. The rail corridor cuts through the urban fabric, but the disruption is concentrated between the two river systems.

St. Patrick’s Island

Downtown Calgary

Fort Calgary

Inglewood

Pearce Estate Park

LRT/ BRT

Stampede Park

Ramsay Park

Inglewood Wildlands Union Cemetery Alyth / Bonnybrook

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Inglewood Sanctuary

DOWNTOWN CALGARY

INGLEWOOD

ALYTH / BONNYBROOK

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Street Grid The Calgary street grid shifts from an east-west orientation through the Inglewood community in response to the Bow and Elbow Rivers, although 17th Avenue SE preserves the east-west orientation. The scale of Calgary’s urban blocks also changes in Inglewood from a typical dimension of 174 metres by 100 metres to 216 metres by 100 metres. This block pattern does not extend into the adjacent industrial area, which is characterized by much larger sites.

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Calgary Grid

The lines shown through site connect the surrounding roads with the Calgary grid.

Inglewood Neighborhood Grid

The lines shown carry the existing Inglewood grid through the site.

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Telus Spark

St. Patrick’s Island Fort Calgary

Calgary Zoo

DOWNTOWN CALGARY / CENTRE CITY

LRT/ BRT

Stampede Park

Union Cemetery

Pearce Estate Park

Ramsay Park

Inglewood Wildlands Inglewood Sanctuary

Open space Network

Pearce Estate Park

The Grid District site is centrally located within an extensive public open space network that includes the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Pierce Estate Park, Calgary Zoo, Fort Calgary, and the Calgary Stampede Park. A trail system connects these areas along the Bow and Elbow Rivers.

Several neighbourhood scale parks are also located within the Inglewood community. While the CPR corridor is an active railway route, it also has the potential to accommodate a connection with the City’s open space and trail network.

Bow River Trail

Bow River

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Heritage Resources In the spring of 2011, Matco Holdings commissioned Simpsons Roberts Architecture to prepare a Historic Resources Impact Assessment (HRIA) to establish the heritage value of the brewery buildings and other site elements. The HRIA documented the development history of the site (Figure XX), and established the heritage value of the various structures and landscape features. The principal recommendations of the study were to create a “Historic Precinct� containing the oldest brewery buildings in the south portion of the site, to acknowledge the cultural importance of the brewery to the Inglewood community, and to incorporate references to the fish hatchery and ponds within the site redevelopment.

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Candidate buildings for preservation Site boundary

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Smoke Stack

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Bottling Building

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Fermentation Tanks

Silos and Fish Hatchery

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Site Evolution 1892

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Administration Building

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Calgary Brewing & Malting Co.

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1891 Prohibition repealed

Brew House, Boiler House, and Smoke Stack

Tap Room / Pub

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Engine Room Artesian Well

1937 1923 Prohibition repealed

1914 World War I 1916 Prohibition

Community Garden and MĂŠtis Cabin

1929 Great Depression

1939 World War II

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Bottling Building

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1950s

1960s

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Aquarium and Horseman Hall of Fame opens

1960 1961 Cross Family sells brewery to Canadian Breweries

Fish Hatchery

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Fermentation Tower & Addition to Bottling Building

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Plant permanently closed

1975 Aquarium and Horseman Hall of Fame closes

1989 Molson’s Breweries takes over brewery operations

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Preservation Strategy Many of the principal structures and features were identified as having potential for re-use within an overall site redevelopment strategy:

Boiler Room and Smoke Stack The Boiler Room and the adjacent smoke stack were built in 1905, and are located within the cluster of historic structures in the southerly portion of the site that form the Historic Precinct.

These structures are architectural icons that represent the industrial character of the site, and have significant reuse potential.

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Boiler room Smoke Stack

Engine Room and Artesian Well Built in 1913, the Engine Room houses the pumps for the artesian well that supplied the water for all the brewery processes, including beer and soda production. The well was considered the source of the clean and refreshing taste of Calgary Beer: the logo of the brewery was "its the water". The Engine Room is located next to the Boiler Room building, and has reuse potential.

Engine Room

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Tap Room

Community Gardens

The Tap Room was added to the building known as the Malt House in the 1920s. This space could be reconstructed to contribute to the cultural memory of the site.

The Community Garden was built in the 1930s during the Great Depression to keep brewery workers employed during low production. The original gardens were eventually replaced with an informal garden with ponds to house fish from the hatchery. The pools have been in an out of operation over the years. Two buffalo carvings and the Settler’s cabin – thought to be the first house built in Calgary, and relocated from Fort Calgary – are also located in this area. The ponds are a reminder of the role that water played in the history of the site. The integration of a water feature as a site design element could help preserve that memory.

Fish Hatchery In the 1930s a secondary aquaculture industry was developed on the site, with a fish hatchery as a distinct and separate industrial operation. The hatchery shared with the brewery the high quality water supply from the artesian well. The fish hatchery moved from the brewery site, but is still in operation in the Inglewood community today.

The Fish Hatchery building is located within the Historic Precinct. The north façade of the building retains original signage and could be preserved as a cultural heritage element.

Horseman Hall of Fame and Aquarium

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The Horseman Hall of Fame and Aquarium were built in the 1960’s, and originally contained historical Calgary artifacts and an aquarium for the community. Both the museum and aquarium have been relocated and the main floor of the building is now occupied by Zyn Winery, a local beer and wine whole distributer and retail outlet. While the buildings are not historically significant, they do hold potential for re-use for commercial purposes, and are also located within the Historic Precinct.

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Fish Hatchery

Horseman Hall of Fame

Other Heritage Elements The site contains a number of other industrial artifacts and cultural heritage elements that could be preserved and integrated within the site design strategy, including the railway spur, fermentation tanks, the Settlers Cabin, the buffalo sculpture, and the grain silos.

Bottling Building and Addition

Bottling Building and Addition Located on the corner of the site at the intersection of 9th Avenue SE, 17th Avenue SE and 15th Street SE, the Bottling Building and Marquee advertising the brewery are iconic structures within the Inglewood community.

An addition to the Bottling Building in the 1980s was used for storing the brewery’s products before shipping. The buildings have large open floor plans that make them good candidates for adaptive reuse.

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DESIGN influences While the development and evolution of the Grid District site over time has been shaped by many forces, there are three themes in particular that provide inspiration for redevelopment:

Industrial Processes The Grid District site is perhaps most defined by its industrial history, and the industrial processes centered around the brewery. These processes are reflected in the former industrial buildings, the railway service that effectively defined the “front door� to the site, and the artesian well that provided the water for beer making and the fish hatchery. The industrial processes can be celebrated through the preservation of historic industrial buildings and artifacts and design themes that express: Process Gritty Wild Working Historic Storied

RAIL ACCESS WATER SUPPLY

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Urban Context

Water

The evolution of the Inglewood community and the eventual closure of the brewery have had a profound impact on the relationship of the Grid District site to the surrounding urban context. The emergence of 9th Avenue SE as an active commercial street creates a new front door for the site, and a new focus for redevelopment. Potential design themes that support this function include:

Water has played a key role in the industrial and cultural history of the Grid District site. The slogan for Carling beer “… It’s in the water…” continues to be relevant and could be expressed through several design themes:

Arts and Culture Events Crisp/ Taut Civic Interactive

Artesian well Beer, ale, soda water Fish hatchery Pond landscape Regional hydrology Stormwater

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MASTER

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Commercial Office

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Community water feature / skating circuit

10. Rail Park

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Community / cultural

11. cafe / terrace

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Performing arts centre

12. Multi-family residential

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Outdoor performance area

13. First floor retail / residential

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Green roof

Vision

Goals

The master plan for the Grid District articulates a powerful vision for the redevelopment of the former Calgary Brewery and Malting Company site into an exciting and distinctive new urban destination within the City of Calgary, with an authentic sense of place. Through redevelopment, the Grid District will become a fresh framework for life in the heart of the city. It will be a crossroads for diverse environments: residential, commercial, cultural, educational, and recreational. It will link the past with the future, respecting the history and character of the brewery district, while incorporating the most progressive approaches to architecture, technology, sustainable practices, and transportation. Above all, it will offer a network of pathways and venues that bring people together – in every season – to live, work, shop, meet, explore, discover, recreate, and celebrate. Designed to create and encourage connections, the Grid District will become the living framework for a vibrant, energetic, diverse, active, and ever-evolving community.

The master plan responds to four foundational goals: 1. Respond to the Grid District’s Unique Context The master plan should celebrate the heritage of the Grid District site through a strategy that determines how best to evaluate, preserve and reuse appropriate Calgary Brewery and Malting Company structures. The plan should also respond to the Inglewood neighbourhood context, and the site’s physical assets and constraints. It should also consider the city-wide plans and policies expressed in the City of Calgary Municipal Development Plan, and its goals to manage growth more sustainably: 2. Create a Vibrant District The master plan should articulate an appropriate mix of uses that balance the financial viability of development with community needs, while considering how the distribution of uses can create a sense of energy and vibrancy as the Grid District develops.

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3. Connect the Grid District to the City

4. Ensure High Quality Design and a Sustainable District

The master plan should promote an integrated approach to vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle access, as well as parking. Streets should be designed to prioritize pedestrian and bicycle access over vehicular access, and visual and physical impacts of parking areas should be considered. The plan should connect the site to planned Light Rail Transit and Bus Rapid Transit stations to encourage transit use, and establish sensitive linkages to adjacent neighbourhoods. It should also strengthen connections to nearby open spaces, including Pearce Estate Park, the Bow River and the Elbow River.

The plan should promote high standards of design to ensure that the character of new development responds to Inglewood community context and architectural heritage, while incorporating preservation and adaptive reuse of historic brewery buildings. The plan should address open spaces and the public realm comprehensively, and it should embrace sustainability in neighbourhood design, building design, infrastructure and eco-technologies.

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LIVE / WORK

PARKING DECK

THEATRE

INGLEWOOD PLAZA

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

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PARKING DECK

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DESIGN STRATEGies

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Rail trail and 9th Avenue Main Street

to Future BRT/LRT and Downtown through Railway Park DRAFTConnect Line site with retail along major adjacent roads

Connect the rail park and trail into the site

The master plan for the Grid District articulates a strategy that will transform the former Molson brewery site into a vibrant, mixed-use urban destination that is connected to Calgary’s urban systems and fully integrated with the surrounding Inglewood community. The master plan for the district is founded on five principal design strategies: 1. Connecting the district with surrounding urban systems including 9th Avenue SE and regional transportation corridors, the LRT and BRT transit system, and Calgary’s open space and trail network.

Canadian Pacific railway tracks.

3. Creating a comprehensive district open space network that connects with the rail trail through a transition of public and private spaces.

4. Establishing a sequence of urban spaces at the core of the district that link industrial and cultural heritage elements to the contemporary urban setting, and create a framework for redevelopment.

5. Connecting the west portion of the district to the core to create value.

2. Integrating the district with the Inglewood community with compatible new development along 9th Avenue, and a new ‘rail trail’ park along the

Connecting the past and present: sequence of urban spaces

Future development linked to the core along new spine road

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Site Frameworks Redevelopment of the site will be structured around seven framework elements: 1. Site Development Constraints 2. Vehicular Access and Circulation 3. Development Parcels 4. Open Space 5. Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation 6. Stormwater 7. Climate Responsive Design

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Site Constraints

Site Development Constraints There are several constraints to the development of the brewery site that are reflected in the master plan.

The former 17th Avenue SE right-of-way contains an easement for local utilities, as well as overhead electric transmission lines. Buildings cannot be located within the easement, and ideally, the overhead lines should be buried. There is also a nine metre setback requirement from the CPR corridor along the south boundary of the site.

A planned new entrance to the site from 9th Avenue SE must maintain a minimum 60 metre separation from the existing 14A Street and 15th Street intersections. Turning movements would likely be restricted to a right-in right-out design.

Another planned entrance from 15th Street SE must maintain a minimum 30 metre setback from the CPR level crossing.

The Inglewood community pool is located on land

leased to the City. An alternative location must be found for the pool to facilitate the eventual redevelopment of the site.

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Vehicular Access and Circulation The vehicular access, circulation and parking framework introduces new entrances to the site and a new primary and secondary on-site road

Site Access

will be located a minimum of ten metres from the railway crossing, in accordance with City of Calgary standards.

network to accommodate planned development.

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Primary access to the site will occur from the existing entrances at 14th Street SE at 17th Avenue SE, and 14A Street SE at 9th Avenue SE, which will be improved to facilitate higher traffic volumes. Secondary entrances will be introduced at 17th Avenue SE towards the west edge of the site, at 9th Avenue SE between 14A Street SE and 15th Street SE, and at 15th Street SE, north of the CP rail crossing. The new 9th Avenue SE entrance will be designed as a right-in, right-out intersection to ensure efficient traffic flow along 9th Avenue SE, and the 15th Street SE entrance

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The on-site road network will consist of a primary road that connects the 14th Street SE and 14A Street SE entrances to a new east-west road – 18th Avenue SE – that runs roughly through the centre of the district, and a secondary road that links the new 17th Avenue SE, 9th Avenue SE and 15th Street SE intersections to the new 18th Avenue SE. The secondary road will also provide access to development parcels within the west portion of the site.

Several issues within the surrounding road network will need to be addressed to improve

broader regional traffic conditions, and to accommodate higher traffic volumes to the site. Chief among these is the need to improve or reconfigure the 9th Avenue SE, 15th Street SE and 17th Avenue SE intersection, which currently functions poorly. Access to Blackfoot Trail from 15th Street SE and 17th Avenue SE needs to be considered in the redesign of this intersection, and in planning new entrances to the site. These and other regional traffic conditions require further examination in consultation with the City, as part of the broader transportation planning efforts.

Development Parcels The planned network of primary and secondary roads facilitates the division of the site into eleven discrete development parcels, ranging in size from roughly 2,600 m2 to 10,400 m2, and with a total area of over 56,000 m2. Parcels 1 and 5 are configured to accommodate the retention of several existing brewery buildings. Parcels 3 and 4 are configured to accommodate the easement for the former 17th Avenue SE right-of-way.

The development parcel framework also establishes the rights-of-way for the primary and secondary roads, which are illustrated in Figure XX.

Development Parcels

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Open Space The open space framework establishes an integrated system of public, semi-public and private open spaces that together reinforce the overall vision for the Grid District site. Each open space element possesses a distinct function and character, which will be reflected in a range of specialized landscape strategies. The elements of the open space framework include the following: Open space typologies

Streets and Streetscapes consist of the primary and secondary road network public realm. These areas will accommodate vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle circulation, and will be designed with both hard surface and soft landscaping. They will integrate bio-swales and other sustainable stormwater management strategies.

Specialty Public Open Space is the sequence of urban spaces at the core of the Grid District – the Entry Plaza, the Central Plaza and the Historic Precinct. These spaces will be designed to support a broad range of outdoor activities and will con-

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tain such elements such as a stage and plaza for events, gardens and seating areas, outdoor dining and cafĂŠ space. A significant water feature that references the role of water in the history of the site and accommodates stormwater management will be integrated in the design of the space.

The Rail Trail is a linear open space that extends along the south boundary of the site next to the CPR corridor. The rail trail will accommodate pedestrian and bicycle paths that connect to the regional open space network, as well as stormwater management. The design treatment will be

informal and vegetation will consist of species that are native to the prairie landscape.

Semi-public Open Spaces are transitional spaces that will link the streets and streetscape elements with the rail trail between private development blocks, providing overall connectivity within the public open space network. Landscape treatments will transition from the formality of the streetscapes to the more natural landscape of the rail trail.

Street Streetscape Specialty public open space

Streets / streetscape

Riverfront Semi-public open space Private open space Roof gardens

Specialty public open space

Rail Park

Private Open Spaces consist of courtyards that are internal to private development blocks. They will be designed with an appropriate mix of hard and soft landscape.

Semi-public open space

Private open space

Roof Gardens are encouraged within private development as open space amenities, and to support stormwater management, as well as energy conservation.

Roof gardens

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Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation The pedestrian and bicycle circulation system consists of primary and secondary routes that are integrated with the vehicular circulation and open space systems. The primary routes are located along the edges of the site, including 9th Avenue SE, 15th Street SE, and the rail trail, the new 18th Avenue SE, and through the Central Plaza.

Primary routes will contain wide sidewalks or dedicated lanes to facilitate bicycle travel.

Secondary routes are located along 17th Avenue SE, and the secondary north-south roads that connect 17th and the rail trail. Bicycle circulation on these routes will occur within the roads.

The City of Calgary is planning a new light rail transit station to the west of the Grid District site, and a bus rapid transit station to the east.

Both stations are within a five minute walk (400 metres) of the central plaza. The primary pedestrian route through the rail trail will provide access to the stations.

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Vehicular circulation

Proposed LRT Station

Proposed BRT Station

Pedestrian and bicycle circulation

Stormwater The stormwater management framework is conceived to channel water from a new high point that will be created with the construction of 18th Avenue SE, towards the rail trail on the south, 17th Avenue SE to the north, and the Central Plaza to the east. A swale within the rail trail will facilitate stormwater retention, and will physically separate adjacent development from the railway tracks. Another retention facility will be integrated within the water feature in the Central Plaza.

Stormwater flows

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Climate Responsive Design Prevailing winds have a significant impact on outdoor comfort, and the use of outdoor space. In the winter, outdoor space that is protected from the wind has the potential to be used more days, and in colder temperatures. In the summer, spaces that are open to cooling breezes are similarly more inviting for use.

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Prevailing winds impacting the Grid District are from the northwest in the winter, and the west in the summer. Areas that are sheltered from the winter winds and open to summer breezes are identified on the plan. In general, these areas occur in protected courtyard areas, and on the south sides of buildings.

A study of sun angles at different times of the year reveals where buildings will cast shadows, which also impacts outdoor comfort. For most of the year, the main public spaces within the Grid District and adjacent neighbourhood will be free of significant shadows from planned new development. Point towers along the south edge of the site will cast longer shadows at the winter solstice; however the slender design of these buildings will minimize their impact.

Spring Equinox (March 20th), 12:00 pm

Summer Solstice (June 21st), 12:00 pm

Autumnal Equinox (September 23rd), 12:00 pm

Winter Solstice (December 22nd), 12:00 pm

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Land Use Program and Parking Land Use Program In April, 2011, AECO commissioned a market study to test the overall viability of development on the Grid District site, and the potential demand for a range of program elements. The study found potential demand for a range of uses, including: • • • •

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Retail, such as local or boutique retail, urban grocery, brew-pubs and restaurants Arts and culture facilities Commercial office as an alternative to the downtown core and suburban market areas Residential uses, including townhouses, low-rise and mid-rise apartments and condominiums, and live-work units, in buildings with heights of 4 – 12 floors.

• The study recommended typical floor area ratios (FARs) of 3 to 4, and a total program of 138,000 GSM. The market study program is summarized in Table XX.

Potential Program (M2)

Retail

0.49

4,858

75%

3

10,930

Commercial

1.56

15,626

60%

4

37,504

Mixed-use

1.04

10,404

70%

3

21,849

Residential

2.82

28,257

60%

4

67,818

Total

59,146

138,100

The market study also recommended a program distribution strategy with higher intensity uses such as retail, commercial, and entertainment uses closer to the existing brewery buildings, transitioning to residential uses in the west portion of the site. The study further recommended a broad zoning of the site into five areas defined by their predominant uses, with commercial and office uses in the east portion of the site, retail uses along the 9th Avenue SE frontage, mixed and townhouse residential uses fronting 17th Avenue SE, and mid-rise residential uses in the west portion of the site.

The general program recommendations were confirmed through discussions with AECO, and tested on the site through detailed design studies, which found that the program could be comfortably accommodated. The design studies also demonstrated that, while some additional program was achievable, parking would eventually become a limiting factor. As the master plan evolved, the program was refined to include a finer grain of uses, with additional emphasis on community and cultural uses, such as aquaponics, a theatre and arts facilities.

The master plan program comprises approximately 164,000 GSM of retail, commercial, community, mixed-use, and residential uses, including approximately xxx,000 GSM of existing brewery buildings that are proposed to be preserved and repurposed. The program includes another 97,000 GSM of structured parking, or approximately 3,200 spaces. The master plan program is summarized in Table xx.

Table XX. Master Plan Program

Land Use

Percentage

FAR

Potential Program (M2 )

Coverage

Retail

Retail

7,902

4.8

Urban Grocery

1,192

.7

Entertainment and Dining

4,053

2.5

Commercial

Office

43,799

26.7

Community

Aquaponics

1,196

.7

Community

5,476

3.3

Live/Work

24,441

14.9

Mixed-use

Flex Space Residential

FAR

Parcel Area (M2)

Coverage

Parcel Area (HA)

Breakdown

Table xx. Market Study Program

7,511

4.6

Multifamily

68,866

41.9

Subtotal

164,347

Structured Parking

97,227

TOTAL

261,664

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The master plan illustrates how the program could be arrayed on the site, based on the overall design vision, and the master plan framework of development parcels, roads and open space. The master plan program accommodation strategy generally follows the market study recommendations, including: • Commercial and uses along 15th Street SE • Community, cultural, arts and entertainment uses concentrated around the Central Plaza • Specialized dining, entertainment and retail uses in the Historic Precinct • Mixed-use residential with ground floor retail along 9th Avenue SE • Low-rise residential fronting 17th Avenue SE, including live/work units • Mid-rise residential within the west portion of the site, with taller buildings along the rail trail • Provision for ground floor retail along the new 18th Avenue SE

retail multifamily residential live work Commercial community structured parking

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Parking Parking within the Grid District will be accommodated both on-street, and in parking structures.

Most north-south roads have sufficient width for one side of on-street parking, while the west portion of 18th Avenue SE can accommodate parking on both sides.

The site’s high water table limits the potential for underground parking to a maximum of two levels, depending on future grading. All new buildings will contain as much underground parking as is technically feasible, with additional levels above grade, as required. Above grade structures will be wrapped by buildings and concealed from view.

Proposed on-street on parking structure locations are illustrated on Figure XX.

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A study of parking needs based on City of Calgary parking ratios for various land uses generates an overall parking requirement of approximately 3,700 spaces for the master plan program. However, to encourage urban infill development and transit use, the City has “relaxed� parking requirements by as much as 18 percent for projects meeting certain criteria, such as higher densities and proximity to transit. Applying a relaxation of 18 percent to the estimated master plan parking requirement generates a revised parking requirement of approximately 3,000 spaces. With two levels of below grade parking and up to three additional levels of above grade parking internal to development blocks, roughly 3,200 parking spaces can be accommodated on the site, which would exceed the relaxed parking requirement.

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3

2 1

2

2

4

4

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planning precincts

Planning Precincts Precinct Plan The master plan organizes the Grid District site within four precinct areas: 1. Central Plaza 2. Historic Precinct 3. 17th Avenue Precinct 4. Rail Trail Neighbourhood

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1

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PRECINCT 1 Central Plaza

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Precinct 1: central plaza Vision The Central Plaza will be the heart of the new Grid District development, and an iconic new destination within the City of Calgary and the Inglewood community. The Central Plaza will connect 9th Avenue SE to the Historic Precinct, introducing a sequence of distinct and memorable urban spaces with outdoor amenities for summer and winter. The plaza will be framed on the east by former brewery buildings, repurposed for arts, cultural and commercial uses, and on the west by new mixed-use buildings containing live/work units with active ground floor uses. The Historic Precinct will form the termination of the Central Plaza precinct.

A new vehicular entrance to the site will be introduced from 9th Avenue SE, between 14A Street and 15th Street SE. A restored marquee on the roof of the Bottling Building will mark the entrance from surrounding roads. The new entrance will lead to a new road along the western edge of the plaza that connects with new 18th Avenue SE and the internal street grid.

Architecture

Open Space

Materials

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Program

1 2 3

5

4

A five or six story residential building will anchor the 14A Street intersection on the 9th Avenue SE frontage of the site. Ground floor retail uses will enhance commercial activity along 9th Avenue. The block between the 17th Avenue SE right-of-way and the new 18th Avenue will contain another five to six story mixed-use building with live/work units and additional ground floor retail. Former brewery buildings on the east side of the plaza will be renovated and expanded to accommodate theatre, arts, cultural and commercial uses.

6 7 Program Elements 1.

Bottling Building Residential Addition

2.

Bottling Building

3.

Theatre

4.

Community Plaza

5.

Public Fountain / Skating Circuit

6.

Mixed-Use Retail / Residential

7.

Retail / Commercial Office

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Design Strategies • The Central Plaza will be designed around an integrated water feature that will reveal the story of water in the history of the site. The water feature will be designed for year round use, including skating in the winter.

• The Plaza will be designed as a multi-functional destination with areas for programmed events, cafés and dining, and a walking/ skating circuit for passive recreation.

• Industrial relics, such as fermentation tanks, steel from the fermentation tower, and other remnants of former industrial processes, will be preserved and integrated in the site design.

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1.

Entry Plaza

• • • • •

Summer fountain/winter ice rink Cultural venue drop-off and entry Grid District marquee Incorporation of buffalo, other icons Public art installation

2. Central Plaza

• Water systems as an integral element of site history and evolution • Fermentation tanks • Water feature • Plaza and park areas • Outdoor performance spaces

3. Historic Precinct

• Terrace with pub and restaurants • Aquaponics demonstration project

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PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE

5 STORIES

50’ MAX

65’ MAX

central plaza

2 PARKING LEVELS

HARDSCAPE VARIES

WATERWAY VARIES

78’ LANDSCAPE ZONE

HARDSCAPE 15’ - 50’

4’

10’ 10’ DRIVE LANES

8’ PKG

28’ CARRIAGEWAY

4’

CAFE / WALK 16’

20’ SIDEWALK ZONE’

COMMERCIAL / RETAIL

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The Water story Water is and has always been a central metaphor for the site. The original brewery was located at this site because of the special aquifer and the high quality water it provided. The Cross family, who started the brewery in the 1800s, worked with the community to develop ponds on the site during times of economic hardship, and that sense of community ownership of the site continues today. Later, a fish hatchery was built on site, and the fish stocked the ponds.

Now, the master plan reinterprets the water features and keeps water as the heart of the design, both as a community gathering place and as a functional, sustainable system for filtering rainwater on site.

RECREATIONAL/ CIVIC WATER

STORMWATER INFILTRATION/ RAIN GARDENS

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Interactive water

The Artesian Well “the source”

The Hatchery

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The Skating Circuit The Recreational/Civic Water feature is designed to be dynamic throughout the seasons. During the Winter months, bridges can be removed and the water feature can be used as a skating circuit.

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Skate rental

cafÉ pavilion outdoor dining Skating circuit

The community plaza The Community Plaza is made up of several different components that create good urban space: cafes, retail, the central water feature, and an event plaza with a stage, where the community can enjoy cultural events and outdoor performances.

rain gardens

stage water story promenade

event plaza (1,500 people)

Seating

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Twinkle lights The Skating Circuit In the winter, the Recreation/Civic Water feature will provide a recreational skating circuit.

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Warm, iconic groundplane

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community plaza In the summer, the water feature transforms into a splash park for the community. The plaza is lined with ample seating for people to rest, enjoy the sun, and take in the scene.

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Interactive fountain

Interpretive water story

Performance/ event space

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PRECINCT 2 Historic Core

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Vision The intimately scaled Historic Precinct will become a landmark destination within the Grid District, celebrating the industrial past within a contemporary urban setting. The Historic Precinct will be located at the termination of the Central Plaza and will contain the most iconic brewery buildings – the Engine Room, the Boiler Room, Horseman Hall of Fame, and the preserved north façade of the Fish Hatchery – which will frame an intimately scaled courtyard. The buildings in the precinct will be restored for reuse as

restaurants, cafes, brew pubs, arts or other uses, and the courtyard will be designed to accommodate outdoor seating for adjacent venues. Other historic elements such as the Boiler Room smoke stack, the grain silos, fermentation tanks, steel structure from former brewery buildings, and railway tracks, will be integrated into the design of the public realm. The permeable Fish Hatchery wall will provide a gateway to the adjacent Rail Trail at the south edge of the courtyard.

Architecture

Open Space

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1

3

2 4

8

5 6

Program Elements

7

1.

Silos

2.

Smoke Stack

3.

Rail Park

4.

Fish Hatchery Facade

5.

Terrace cafe

6.

Engine Room

7.

Entry Plaza

8.

Horseman Hall of Fame

Program The Historic Precinct will contain restaurants, cafes, brew pubs, arts or other uses located in preserved and restored brewery buildings. Other historic elements will be re-used, including the faรงade of the Fish Hatchery, which will frame the south edge of the precinct and provide a gateway to the rail trail park, the Engine Room smoke stack, and the grain silos, which will be relocated to the edge of the precinct.

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Design Strategies • The Historic Precinct will consist of several preserved brewery buildings that frame an intimately scaled courtyard. • Other preserved historic industrial structures, such as the Fish Hatchery wall, the Engine Room smokestack and the grain silos, will contribute to the character of the precinct. • Other relics of industrial processes, such as fermentation tanks, steel from former brewery buildings, and railway tracks, will be integrated in the design of the public realm.

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Tank Play Glass Plaza

Rain Gardens

Terrace

Artesian Well Fountain

Smoke Stack

Terrace

Cable Hung Lights

Hatchery Wall

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terrace cafe The Terrace Cafe gives you a sense of being enclosed in a historical realm, with views of all of the historic buildings on the site. In the summer, the space is transformed into a cafe, surrounded by twinkle lights, recycled glass paving, and ambiance defined by industrial relics.

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Terrace cafe In the evening, the illuminated silos make the Terrace Cafe the glowing beacon of the Inglewood neighbourhood.

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Lighted industrial structures

Cablehung lighting

Space activated throughout the day

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PRECINCT 3 17th Avenue Precinct

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Vision The 17th Avenue Precinct consists of the area bounded by 17th Avenue SE, 14A Street, the new 18th Avenue SE, and new 13A Street at the west edge of the site. This area will contain predominantly residential buildings that transition from the lower density Inglewood neighborhood to new development in the Grid District. Building heights will transition from three to four stories along 17th Avenue SE, to four to six stories along 18th Avenue SE. Ground floors of buildings fronting 18th Avenue will have sufficient floor-to-floor heights to accommodate compatible non-residential uses in live/work units.

Three north-south streets – 13A, 14th and 14A – will connect 17th Avenue SE to 18th Avenue SE and the rail trail beyond. 18th Avenue SE will connect the precinct to the Central Plaza.

Architecture

Buildings in the 17th Avenue Precinct will frame private courtyard spaces that serve surrounding residents, and green roofs will be integrated in building designs, where possible. Parking will be located below grade and in structures behind the buildings.

Open Space

Materials

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Program The 17th Avenue Precinct will contain three to four and four to six story residential buildings with a mix of apartments, condominiums, and live/work units. Buildings along 18th Avenue SE will be designed to accommodate compatible non-residential uses in live/work units.

2 1

Program Elements 1.

Live-Work Lofts

2.

Mid-rise Condos

3.

Spine Street

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3

Design Strategies • New low and mid-rise buildings will transition in height from 17th Avenue SE to 18th Avenue SE. • Buildings will be configured in courtyard arrangements to create private amenity areas for residents and building designs will accommodate green roofs, where possible.

• 18th Avenue SE will connect the precinct with the Central Plaza. Buildings will be designed to accommodate ground level commercial uses.

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1 PARKING LEVEL

5 STORIES

50’ MAX

5 STORIES

Street Sections typical north/south lane

1 PARKING LEVEL

LIVE - WORK UNITS

LIVE - WORK UNITS

RESIDENTIAL PLAZA 30’ - 50’

5 STORIES

50’ MAX

50’ MAX

5 STORIES

typical north/south street

1 PARKING LEVEL

1 PARKING LEVEL

10’ 10’ DRIVE LANESPKG

LIVE - WORK UNITS

10’

4’

8’

28’ CARRIAGEWAY

LIVE - WORK UNITS

4’

10’

2 2

3 1

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1

Live work housing

3

Interior courtyard

3

Interior courtyard

2

Roof Garden

2

Roof Garden

3

Interior courtyard

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PRECINCT 4 Rail Trail Neighbourhood

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Vision The Rail Trail Neighbourhood is the area bounded by the new 18th Avenue SE, the CPR Rail Trail park, and the western edge of the Historic Precinct. This neighbourhood will contain mid- and high-rise residential uses that transition in height from four to six stories along 18th Avenue SE to ten to twelve story point towers along the Rail Trail.

The road network serving the Rail Trail Neighbourhood will consist of 18th Avenue SE, which will connect the neighbourhood with the Central Plaza, and three north-south streets – 13A, 14th and 14A Streets. All three north-south streets

will terminate at intimately scaled parks that open to the Rail Trail beyond. Pedestrian paths within the north-south streets will connect to the Rail Trail pathway system.

Architecture

Buildings in the Rail Trail Neighbourhood will frame private courtyard spaces that serve surrounding residents, and green roofs will be integrated in building designs, where possible. Parking will be located below grade and in structures behind the buildings.

Open Space

Materials

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2 1

Program

pROGRAM ELEMENTS

The Rail Trail Neighbourhood will contain four to six story and ten to twelve story residential buildings with a mix of apartments, condominiums, and live/work units. Buildings along 18th Avenue SE will be designed to accommodate ground level commercial uses in live/work units.

1.

Rail Park

2.

Semi-Public Open Space

3.

High-rise Residential

4.

Mid Rise Residential

5.

Spine Street

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Design Strategies • Buildings will transition in height from four to six stories along18th Avenue SE to ten to twelve stories along the Rail Trail park. • Buildings will be configured in courtyard arrangements to create private amenity areas for residents, and building designs will also accommodate green roofs, where possible • 18th Avenue SE will connect the neighbourhood with the Central Plaza.

Buildings along 18th will be designed to accommodate ground level commercial uses in live/work units.

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18th Avenue SE

4 STORIES

40’ MAX

50’ MAX

4 STORIES

5 STORIES

25’ SETBACK

1ST FLOOR RAISED 3’ ABOVE STREET LEVEL 1 PARKING LEVEL

8’

6’

6’

20’ SIDEWALK ZONE

8’ PKG

10’ 10’ DRIVE LANES

8’ PKG

36’ CARRIAGEWAY

6’

6’

8’

20’ SIDEWALK ZONE

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1

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`3

3

Building typologies

1

2

the tower

3

mid-level residential

Mixed use residential for the spine road

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2

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Rail trail

Public rail trail

1

1

Public rail trail

2

Wildflower wetland swale

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PHASING

Phasing Development of the Grid District site will occur incrementally over an expected ten year period, depending on market conditions, the complexity of the planning and development approval process, and the timing of on- and off-site infrastructure improvements. Infrastructure, public realm and landscape improvements will be scheduled to align with the different phases of development in order to balance development costs and revenues over time.

Early phases of development will focus on the Central Plaza and Historic Precinct areas of the site (Parcels 1 to 5), and will involve demolition of obsolete buildings, and the required site improvements to support restoration and reuse of the brewery buildings that will be preserved, as well as new development. Subsequent phases will focus on the 17th Avenue Precinct and Rail Trail Neighbourhood (Parcels 6 to 11) and will include the improvements necessary to support development within these areas.

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Three broad phases of development are anticipated, as follows:

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Proposed Demolition

Phase 1

Proposed Demolition surface parking

Phase 2

Phase 3

Proposed Demolition surface parking

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

• Demolition of obsolete brewery buildings, the former Fish Hatchery ponds and adjacent landscape • First phase implementation of road and utility infrastructure, public realm and landscape within Parcels 1 - 5 to facilitate development within the Central Plaza, Historic Precinct and Rail Trail • Restoration and reuse of buildings within the Historic Precinct • Renovation of and possible addition to the Bottling Building • Development of a new residential building with ground floor retail on Parcel 3 at 9th Avenue SE and 14A Street • Development of temporary surface parking on Parcel 4 to support Phase 1 uses

• Further development of Central Plaza, Historic Precinct and Rail Trail public realm and landscape • First phase implementation of the Rail Trail utility infrastructure, public realm and landscape • Development of new mixed-use commercial and residential buildings with ground floor retail on Parcel 4 • Development of new commercial buildings on Parcel 2 • Demolition of obsolete buildings within parcels 6 - 11

• Further development of Rail Trail public realm and landscape • Implementation of road and utility infrastructure, public realm and landscape to serve development within the Parcels 6 - 11 • Development of new residential and live/work buildings on Parcels 6 – 11

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MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Calgary’s Municipal Development Plan (MDP) is the City’s statutory plan, which was prepared and adopted by bylaw in accordance with Alberta’s Municipal Government Act. The MDP describes the vision for Calgary’s long-term growth over the next 60 years and provides policies to guide development of the city over the next 30 years.

The MDP establishes seven interrelated goals to manage growth more sustainably:

2.1 A Prosperous Economy “Build a globally competitive city that supports a vibrant, diverse and adaptable local economy, maintains a sustainable municipal financial system and does not compromise the quality of life for current and future Calgarians.”

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2.2 Compact Urban Form

2.5 Connecting The City

“Direct future growth of the city in a way that fosters a more compact, efficient use of land, creates complete communities, allows for greater mobility choices and enhances vitality and character in local neighbourhoods.”

“Develop an integrated, multi-modal transportation system that supports land use, provides increased mobility choices for citizens, promotes vibrant, connected communities, protects the natural environment and supports a prosperous, and competitive economy.”

2.3 Creating Great Communities “Create great communities by maintaining quality living and working environments, improving housing diversity and choice, enhancing community character and distinctiveness and providing vibrant public places.”

2.4 Urban Design “Make Calgary a livable, attractive, memorable and functional city by recognizing its unique setting and dynamic urban character and creating a legacy of quality public and private developments for future generations.”

2.6 Greening The City “Conserve, protect and restore the natural environment.”

The master plan for the Grid District responds directly to the MDPs goals tom manage growth more sustainably. The following is a summary of some of the key opportunities that will be realized through the development of the Grid District site:

Sustainability Principles for

Land Use and Mobility The master plan for the Grid District fully aligns with the MDP’s Sustainability Principles for Land Use and Mobility: • Create a range of housing opportunities and choices • Create walkable environments • Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place • Provide a variety of transportation options • Preserve open space, agricultural land, natural beauty and critical environmental areas • Mix land uses • Strategically direct and manage redevelopment opportunities within existing areas • Support compact development • Connect people, goods and services locally, regionally and globally • Provide transportation services in a safe, effective, affordable and efficient manner that ensures reasonable accessibility to all areas of the city for all citizens • Utilize green infrastructure and buildings

Land Use and Mobility: • Achieve a balance of growth between established and greenfield communities • Provide more choice within complete communities • Direct land use change within a framework of nodes and corridors • Link land use decisions to transit • Increase mobility choices • Develop a Primary Transit Network • Create complete streets • Optimize infrastructure

The plan also supports the Key Directions for

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Municipal Development Plan Goals For each of the seven MDP goals, development of the Grid District will:

2.1 A Prosperous Economy • Attract educated and creative workers • Provide an innovative environment for forward-thinking businesses • Optimize existing municipal infrastructure by developing within Primary Transit Network and redeveloping a post-industrial site Insert image from slide 50 or similar

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2.2 Compact Urban Form

2.4 Urban Design

• Is located within the 9th Ave Neighbourhood Corridor and the Primary Transit Network • Could become an Activity Center • Will provide a mix of unit types suitable for families, young professionals and seniors • Will provide a transit-supportive land use framework that directs population and job growth within walking distance of transit Insert urban expansion graph from slide 51

• Be a highly-attractive, walkable and unique neighborhood built at the human scale • Site tall buildings to step down to neighborhood context and avoid casting shadows on open space • Be designed for pedestrian comfort and safety, adhering to CPTED • Preserve historically significant architecture and reinterpret cultural heritage Insert image from slide 53, or other urban design image

2.3 Creating Great Communities

2.5 Connecting The City

• Exceed Municipal Reserve requirement by providing new plaza and rail corridor park • Ensure a choice of housing forms, tenures and affordability • Respect and enhance Inglewood’s sense of place through historical preservation and adaptive reuse Insert municipal reserve graphic from slide 52

• Prioritize sustainable modes of transportation, and be accessible to the Primary Transit Network and Base Transit Service • Extend connections to the regional open space and trail network • Employ the principles of Complete Streets • Bring together jobs, housing and amenities Insert primary transit network from slide 54

2.6 Greening The City • Use green infrastructure to filter stormwater runoff and reduce sewer loads • Introduce urban agriculture through aquaponics • Employ urban design to mitigate the microclimate • Divert urban growth from greenfield sites • Enhance existing biodiversity by creating a new patch of open space Insert cross section of rail trail that illustrates swm pond

Framework for Growth and Change Development of the Grid District will meet or exceed the City of Calgary’s Core Indicators for Land Use and Mobility, in most areas:

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