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Building design and massing explanation
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John Woelfling from Dattner Architects explains the building design and massing for the proposed development.
- The R7-3 zoning district is deemed appropriate for the neighborhood.
- The design features a maximum base height with setbacks to reduce the perceived bulk from the street.
- Two buildings are proposed with a cohesive design along Neptune Avenue.
- The massing is sympathetic to existing buildings and creates a rhythm along the frontage.
- The design aims to balance density with sensitivity to the surrounding low-rise buildings.
John Woelfling
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Thank you, Carrie.
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My name is John Wolfling.
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I'm principal at Dattner Architects.
0:14:39
This illustration that you see here is a is a massing.
0:14:42
We have some renderings further into the presentation, but I'll talk about the zoning from this slide.
0:14:47
The R 73 is a very appropriate district for this neighborhood.
0:14:52
Carrie mentioned the the different scales.
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There's the low scale and the high rise scale.
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And the R 73 really requires that we create a maximum base height, which we've done.
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And then the rest of the mass of the building is really pushed back from that street line so that what you really perceive from the sidewalk is this mid rise mass ing and then the density can be achieved through that that setback bulk.
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The the the area in gray just to the north on the site plan in the lower left, that's the parcel that's outside of the the development area, but the wind Building to the right and the the area to the left is what we're gonna be be developing.
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What we have done with this massing is really created a a pairing of buildings, two buildings that aren't exactly the same, but there is a cohesiveness along that Neptune Avenue frontage where the buildings have this kind of rhythm and movement through that frontage.
0:15:50
So we've taken that r 73 massing and really made it sympathetic to the existing buildings and made or the existing building and made something that I think is a nice composition.
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Next slide, please.