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Originally Posted by esquire
^ Hrm. I agree with the theory in that maybe that isn't necessarily the best place for highrises, but 6 storeys seems unreasonably low. I'd bump it up to at least 10 storeys since residential buildings have relatively low floor heights... that would be like maybe an 8 or 9 storey office building which is hardly a dominating height.
6 storeys would be fine if they were building them Europe-style side by side one after the other, but how do you get much density when they inevitably build them in the standard Winnipeg manner of towers standing completely separate and apart from each other with plenty of wasted space in between?
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the plan is that they will be side by side. It will be high density set around narrow streets and courtyards....eurostyle.
It is pretty well documented that anything over 6 stories loses its connection to the sidewalk, needs greater space between buildings and wider streets to get sun to the sidewalk. Look at the exchange district as an example.
The design decisions had nothing to do with views to the downtown....it had everything to do with creating a dense, human scaled urban neighbourhood.
6 stories is perfect.