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The rejuvenated Bayview Yards heritage building will get its much-needed window replacements, but not the ones that are most appropriate for the heritage character of the building, council’s planning committee decided Tuesday.
To save $100,000, the committee voted to install two different window designs at 7 Bayview Rd. — a city-owned building that will eventually become part of the new Innovation Centre.
City heritage planner Lesley Collins showed the committee two window options for the building. One was to replace only the windows on the south-facing front wall with replicas of the building’s historic patterns, while the other option included replacing all the windows with those historically accurate copies.
The large multi-pane windows are among the building’s key heritage attributes outlined by city staff in heritage designation talks last year.
City planners said both options were compatible but that the second option would better replicate the original architecture of the building, which would be more appropriate for the heritage structure.
“Most of the windows in the building are proposed for replacement with new aluminum windows that have a compatible pattern, but aren’t exactly the same,” said Collins.
“The building is not only going to be seen from the front … and so having two different types of windows was seen as not very unified for the design of the building.”
However, the planning committee decided it was not worth the price tag of roughly $100,000 extra for the heritage-appropriate windows, which would have added 25 per cent to the original $400,000 window-replacement budget.
The matter will go straight to city council Wednesday in order to expedite the heritage permit so that construction can be finished in time for Invest Ottawa to move in next year.
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To save $100,000, the committee voted to install two different window designs at 7 Bayview Rd. — a city-owned building that will eventually become part of the new Innovation Centre.
City heritage planner Lesley Collins showed the committee two window options for the building. One was to replace only the windows on the south-facing front wall with replicas of the building’s historic patterns, while the other option included replacing all the windows with those historically accurate copies.
The large multi-pane windows are among the building’s key heritage attributes outlined by city staff in heritage designation talks last year.
City planners said both options were compatible but that the second option would better replicate the original architecture of the building, which would be more appropriate for the heritage structure.
“Most of the windows in the building are proposed for replacement with new aluminum windows that have a compatible pattern, but aren’t exactly the same,” said Collins.
“The building is not only going to be seen from the front … and so having two different types of windows was seen as not very unified for the design of the building.”
However, the planning committee decided it was not worth the price tag of roughly $100,000 extra for the heritage-appropriate windows, which would have added 25 per cent to the original $400,000 window-replacement budget.
The matter will go straight to city council Wednesday in order to expedite the heritage permit so that construction can be finished in time for Invest Ottawa to move in next year.
afeibel@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/adamfeibel
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