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Originally Posted by Keith P.
Unfortunately that is what has to be done in this town to appease the heritage obstructionists and get a positive recommendation from HRM staff thanks to the absurd language in the MPS that states that buildings must be compatible with the surrounding structures (or words to that effect). I agree that it is ridiculous.
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That's not absurd language; that's good design. If you have no acknowledgement of the urban fabric you're working with or no feedback from the people affected when designing a building, that building might as well be in an empty field in the middle of nowhere. Vernacular environment is a critical design tool, not employing it reduces good design to a matter of raw dumb luck. That applies everywhere, not just downtown Halifax.
Unless 'compatible' is a more draconian term than I'm interpreting it as, of course.