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7. The building architecture is encouraged to contain a series of 11. Expansive blank and blind walls at the ground floor are 17. Where rooftop solar panels are not installed and are not
overlain orders. Belt courses, horizontal expressions such as prohibited. Frontage should not be used for utilities, storage, greened, use roofing materials that have a Solar Reflectance
a frieze band, cornice line at the parapet or eave of the roof, and refuse collection wherever possible; where they must Index (SRI) equal to or greater than 78 for low sloped roofs (>
water tables, stone or brick ornamentation as well as details be on the street, they should be integrated into the overall .2.12) and 29 for steeply sloped roofs (< 2.12) for a minimum
at the head and sill of windows are strongly encouraged to articulation and fenestration of the façade or hidden with of 75% of the roof surface of all buildings within the project.
achieve these ends. notched-in sidewalls perpendicular to the street. 18. Physically intimidating security measures such as window
• The “top” of the building shall emphasize a distinct 12. 360 degree architecture. Generally, to ensure that buildings do grills or spiked gates should be avoided; security concerns
profile or outline with elements such as an extended, not display unembellished walls visible from key public travel should be addressed by creating well-lit, well-used streets and
cantilevered cornices, upper level setback, or pitched corridors, all sides of a building shall be given architectural active residential frontages that encourage ‘eyes on the street.’
roofline. treatment to meet the intent of this section by using two or
• Building facades should be articulated with a strong more of the following: 4.2.4 PUBLIC OPEN SPACE Architectural Treatment: Example 1
Strong horizontal elements, banding of operable windows; pronounced
rhythm of horizontal elements and three-dimensional Intent: As a part of the public realm network, the proposed open entrance; 360 degree architecture.
detailing to cast shadow and create visual interest. • varying rooflines with one foot or greater changes of
height at least every fifty feet; spaces shall be designed to increase the sense of connectivity,
8. Building Materials. Generally, Materials should be durable and access and permeability between adjacent neighborhood
high quality. Buildings are preferred to be predominately of • transparent windows that comprise at least 25 percent of development and community parks, greenways and other designed
the visible façade;
masonry construction; appropriate materials include stone, open space areas. The smaller urban spaces should complement
masonry, ceramic tile, pre-cast concrete, and high grade • secondary entrances that include glazing and landscape the expansive nature-oriented open spaces on either side of the
traditional “hard coat” Portland Cement-based stucco. treatment; office park campus.
Inappropriate materials include vinyl siding and lower grades • awning/canopy;
of stucco, including Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems • planted trellises; Standards:
(EIFS). Use of stucco should be used moderately and not 1. Public open space within the office park campus should be
relied upon as the singular or major finishing material. • at least two surface treatments, including masonry, stone,
stucco or other textured surfaces; intimate in scale and tie fluidly into the street network. As a part
9. Building openings. Building entries should be located so that • projecting eaves at least 36 inches from façade; of the public realm network, the proposed open spaces are to
they are easily identifiable with convenient public access. increase the sense of connectivity, access and permeability
Each project should provide a well-defined entry sequence • variation in form and materials approved as meeting the between buildings. The small intimate urban spaces should Architectural Treatment: Example 2
for pedestrian and vehicular uses from the street to the intent. complement the expansive nature-oriented open spaces Scale (building parts related to the whole); horizontal and vertical
building. Exterior openings may vary in size and pattern but 13. Privately developed new construction projects and major within the campus. articulation; solar orientation.
are encouraged to be of vertical proportion of one horizontal alteration to existing buildings shall meet or exceed the highest 2. Open space should be maximized and provided in cohesive,
to two vertical (1:2). level of current green building standards. usable spaces that become an organizing principle for
14. Architectural details, ornamentation, articulations and surrounding development, not in the left over spaces between
10. Windows. Generally, windows should be operable and organized buildings. Open spaces should be part of a larger network of
in strong horizontal bands. Smaller, equally proportioned projections should be used to create visual interest from the pedestrian connections that help lead residents and visitors
windows should be used as accents only. Punched window street; should create a harmonious building composition; and through the neighborhood and connect to larger City and
(windows other than storefront or curtain wall systems) must be consistent throughout the building, so that the building regional open space resources such as Valparaiso’s Greenways
be recessed by at least three inches from the wall plane. appears as a unified whole, and not as a collection of unrelated
parts that add to the impression of bulk. program and the proposed Dunes to Kankakee bicycle trail.
• Windows should incorporate treatments to control / 15. Lighting fixtures attached to a building or utilized elsewhere on 3. The development’s provision of open space should emphasize
improve heat loss/gain (glass type, window film, etc.). site are encouraged to be architecturally compatible with the public space over private space. Open space should be visually
Treatments should allow for visibility from the outside (no building style, with each other, and with the adjacent public and physically accessible to the public from at least one, and
mirror finishes, etc.). preferably more, streets, sidewalks and recreational trails, with
streetscape.
• Reflective glass is also strongly discouraged, as is 16. The use of exterior shading devices above the ground level the interior of the open space visible from the street. It should Architectural Treatment: Example 3
aluminum siding, vinyl siding, glass curtain walls, or at proper orientations to augment passive solar design and to not be gated. Solar orientation; low impact development applications (rain gardens);
concrete masonry unit building walls. 4. Designated public open spaces should be active, accessible strong horizontal facade treatment, window shading from pronounced
provide solar control is strongly encouraged.
and safe. Open spaces should be publicly accessible at all roof line; clear window glazing.
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