Garten Haus Project - Assignment Example

Panaromic view of the community: Durand Street to the West. Synder Road to the North, Cornell Avenue to the west Site name: Garten Haus The new campus is aimed for construction at site RM 14 to RM 54, right in the lane of Linden Street. Applicants claims: The remodeling and construction would enable facilitation of more units, live up to the demands and expectations of the citizens, transportation facilitation. Garten Haus capacity and outlook: Presently Garten Haus consists of single seaters with total of 15. It also provides 35 units that are double or more seaters To the applicants view point, the entire project is aimed at mutual benefit and would enable facilitation of the both the people, and development of the community. Proposed modifications: The proposal includes 16 three storey structures development which would facilitate over 48 people in total in the new constructed areas. Other proposed technical details include raising the height from 40 feet to 50 feet, using the area of additional height expansion in the buildings. With previous standings at 45 percent permission for ground covering, the new model would allow for covering of over 85 percent of the overall ground area, as a result more adjustment of the people and population. While earlier had option of single family, these designs would be strictly for multiple families, considering the size of structures that are to be constructed, which are way beyond the single family usage. Potential advantages: The new construction would enable more parking spaces, at the same time reducing the licenses number from 52 to 48. The new construction takes into account aptly the congestion factor and ensures that the old construction and old standardized look of the community does not get effected, thereby it has reduced the licenses to 48 from 52. The aim is to adjust more vehicles, but without compromising on the balance in the parking areas. Considerations relevant to the new design and construction: While the new design is being proposed, considerations are to be taken into account relevant to the various factors which include: The public safety, fulfillment of the technical factors which include the height consideration, spacing factor, the pedestrians safety factor, ground usage percentage factor, and most importantly the traffic factor since with time, area has become congested and finding parking space for your cars has become a nuisance, thereby the new design must ensure facilitation of more vehicles, at the same time ensuring that the other factors are not compromised due to it. Characteristic of the neighborhood: The neighborhood is in such a state and outfit that change in one segment and one area would allow change in other areas of the community as well, therefore each of the action of amendment must be taken with due consideration of the surrounding factors. Removal/ replacement effect: The adjacent wall must be removed in the area to provide more space all around. Conformance of the request to overall community’s structure: No, the presently proposed changes do not stand conformant to the community structure. Director Public Works report: While the aforementioned factors are to be taken in to account, the Panel took each of these into consideration before reaching a conclusion. A penal of eight members was established for this purpose to adjudicate whether the proposed construction and modification would be any helpful towards the presently prevailing situation. According to his expert view and conclusion, the standardized and technical considerations are not being met by the project and would not be feasible in given circumstances. The report further states that the entire construction would be feasible if the Gunson Beech was reconstructed as well. GUnson Street present outlook: The structures are designed to facilitate multiple families in the apartments. These apartments are 3 storey apartments spread over roughly around 0.25 acres. The property has been in function since 1975. At that time the parking allowed for 9 units to be parked, however with time, the amount of vehicles and population increased, and as a result the area stands saturated in terms of parking and facilitation factor. Therefore need is being felt for further expansion and construction of more units from RM 14 to RM 54 which would not just provide more spacing for vehicles but also enable free spacing all over. The present parcel of Gunson Street can facilitate and accommodate only up to 10 structures of cottage pattern. This parcel accommodates parking of only up to 21 vehicles, which is again too low considering the present day requirements and the expansion it has seen in recent decades. Further consideration included the removal of the wall that is fencing the adjacent area, this removal of this wall would enable more space not just for the vehicles but the pedestrians and as a result overall community roads would see expansion and more suitable surrounding atmosphere for the people and for transport means. Commission made vigorous studies in this regard and a panel was created to provide their expert views over the entire feasibility and structuring of the design. Seeing the technical glitches, the penal vetoed it right away and declared it technically and physically unviable. However if the considerations were met, such as in case of Gunson Beech replacement and the erasing of the wall fencing the area, it would have some impact and would fulfill the purpose that is at hand. Without these considerations, the project is hardly viable and would not fulfill the demands that are being intended. Final verdict: A work session was summoned in September 2012 to determine the situation and based on the ground realities; establish a verdict which would determine the future outlook of the proposed modification in the community. The panel established that the proposed ordinance 1274 did not meet the requirements, and it could result in threat and weakness of any kind which may put the human life, human comfort and community outlook into some kind of jeopardy, as a result they found it wise not to provide permit for the construction and approval of the ordinance 1274. Read More