New Ottawa Civic Hospital [930 Carling Ave + 520 Preston St] | U/C

[phil235]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

For 2.0, you mean field side? Cause we lost the edgewalk that would have given us 360 degrees of new views.

As for access at the Civic Hospital parking park, here's the slide. Each of the orange arrows are a vertical circulation tower with stairs and elevators. This does not count the ramp system, the bridge to the hospital or the bridge to Dow's Lake Station (though that will probably be plugged into the north orange arrow).
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Yeah, I was still thinking that views from the top concourse would be pretty sweet.

As for Carling, I really don't love what is there. I think for that park to be successful, it should be as integrated as possible into the surrounding parkland. There is a good subset of users who won't take that meandering ramp or climb 4 stories of stairs to get up to the roof. The bridges will be used, no doubt, but it risks becoming like a private yard for the hospital rather than an expansion of the parkspace around Dow's Lake.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by phil235

Yeah, I was still thinking that views from the top concourse would be pretty sweet.

As for Carling, I really don't love what is there. I think for that park to be successful, it should be as integrated as possible into the surrounding parkland. There is a good subset of users who won't take that meandering ramp or climb 4 stories of stairs to get up to the roof. The bridges will be used, no doubt, but it risks becoming like a private yard for the hospital rather than an expansion of the parkspace around Dow's Lake.

So you'd want a gentle ramp to Commissioners Park? Otherwise, I can't say I know how you'd better connect it with surrounding park land.

I hope the future Carling towers have direct access to the roof top park.

[phil235]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

So you'd want a gentle ramp to Commissioners Park? Otherwise, I can't say I know how you'd better connect it with surrounding park land.

I hope the future Carling towers have direct access to the roof top park.

Yes, something like a gentle, wide ramp leading from the park to the roof, going over the road in an ideal world. But even if that is a bridge too far (no pun intended) something straight that creates a clear visual link between the two, so you can see the park from Dow's Lake.

[J.OT13]

Updated DevApps: https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applica...6-0008/details

Description : The City received the site plan control revision application for The Ottawa Hospital new campus development at 900 Carling Avenue as part of the detailed design development planning process. The overall building placement and approved master plan remain unchanged; the updates reflect refinements resulting from the final detailed design.

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