Wonder what has been happening in terms of the planning and design of Lansdowne Park? Take a look at presentation materials prepared for the Urban Design Review Panel. They are the latest plans made available by the city. Try not to be distracted by pretty pictures of happy people, of places that have no relationship at all to the project, and views from non-human perspectives.

You may particularly enjoy the presentation on the mixed-use area by lead City planner John Smit which shows lots of concrete and stores and makes observations about the site being returned to the public realm (as if it weren't right now) and extolls the virtues of having a 'road run through it'.

UDRP 1 Lansdowne Presentation Overview (1MB)

http://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Image%20Referencing_Site%20Plan%20Application_Image%20Reference_Dev%20Rev%20UDRP%201%20Lansdowne%20Pres%20Overview%20John%20Smit%20D07-12-10-0220.PDF

UDRP 2 Lansdowne Presentation Stadium Design (3MB)

http://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Image%20Referencing_Site%20Plan%20Application_Image%20Reference_Dev%20Rev%20UDRP%202%20Lansdowne%20Pres%20Stadium%20Cannon%20Design%20Rob%20Claiborne%20D07-12-10-0220.PDF

UDRP 3 Lansdowne Presentation Park (9MB)

http://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Image%20Referencing_Site%20Plan%20Application_Image%20Reference_Dev%20Rev%20UDRP%203%20Lansdowne%20Pres%20Park%20PFS%20Jeffrey%20States%20D07-12-10-0220.PDF

UDRP 4 Lansdowne Presentation Mixed Use (7MB)

http://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Image%20Referencing_Site%20Plan%20Application_Image%20Reference_Dev%20Rev%20UDRP%204%20OSEG%20mixed%20use%20John%20Smit%20D07-12-10-0220.PDF

UDRP 5 Lansdowne Presentation Public Realm (1MB)

http://webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Image%20Referencing_Site%20Plan%20Application_Image%20Reference_Dev%20Rev%20UDRP%205%20Public%20Realm%20John%20Smit%20%26%20Gerry%20Corush%20D07-12-10-0220.PDF

And here's the January 6, 2011 Urban Design Review Panel's long list of recommendations to the city:

http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/planning/dev_review_process/urban_design/panel_recommendations/january6_en.html#P32_4132

Anxiously awaiting the city's response...

A picture is worth a thousand words …

These striking computer visualizations, produced by Allan Teramura of Watson MacEwen Teramura Architects, show both what the development at Lansdowne Park could look like and how much of the park is being de facto privatized under the Lansdowne Partnership Plan (LPP).

The visuals graphically illustrate a plausible development scenario based on a combination of the building footprints approved in the site plan and the maximum permitted height for each building permitted by the recently-approved zoning laws. Teramura’s computer models are then superimposed on Google Earth, and integrated with photographs of existing buildings near and within Lansdowne Park to help clarify the impact of the proposed development in the context of its surroundings. Everything is to-scale.

Teramura produced these visuals on his own initiative as neither the City of Ottawa nor the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) has provided the public with detailed visuals showing the proposed scale of development at Lansdowne Park.

It should be noted that the recently-approved zoning permits even more intensive development than is shown here. The zoning has been appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board.

Credit : All computer visualizations by Allan Teramura of Watson MacEwen Teramura Architects