Overview:
Vaughan Council recently approved a new Design Review Panel pilot project whose members will provide professional recommendations to the City on proposed high density development projects in Vaughan. The City of Vaughan is the first to establish such a Panel in York Region.
The Design Review Panel will act as an advisory body to the City’s Planning Department and meet on a monthly basis depending on the number of development applications. As a volunteer advisory group, it will make recommendations only. Applications to the Panel were received in 2011 with approved members providing professional experience in the following areas: planning, urban design, landscape architecture, architecture, ecology, heritage, and social/cultural issues related to design.
Panel Members: |
Firm: |
Antonio Gomez-Palacio (Chair)
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DIALOG |
Bruce Cudmore |
EDA Collaborative Inc. |
Janis Fedorowick |
Wavefront Planning & Design
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Brad Golden |
Brad Golden + Co. Public Art Consulting
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Lisa Harmey |
Architecture For Humanity
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Mansoor Kazerouni |
Page+Steele/IBI Group Architects |
Santiago Kunzle |
Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc.
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Sheldon Levit |
Quadrangle Architects Ltd.
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Harold Madi |
The Planning Partnership Ltd.
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Paul Nodwell |
Schollen & Company Inc.
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Sony Rai |
Diamond Schmitt Architects |
Michael Rietta |
Giannone Petricone Associates Architects
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Drew Sinclair |
planningAlliance & regionalArchitects
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Richard Witt (Vice-Chair) |
Quadrangle Architects Ltd. |
Panel Duties:
• assist Council in fulfilling Official Plan objectives relating to urban design and sustainability of the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, the City’s proposed downtown development, and other areas of urban intensification within Vaughan;
• aid development proponents to deliver design excellence through the development approvals process, including high quality architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and environmental sustainability;
• promote an understanding of design excellence;
• foster an effective working relationship with the development industry.
Design Review Panel - Procedures and Protocols
2011-2012 Meeting Dates:
The Design Review Panel is scheduled to meet the last Thursday of every month on the dates listed below. Meetings are open to the public and start at 9 a.m. in Committee Room 244 at Vaughan City Hall, 2141 Major Mackenzie Drive. A maximum of three projects will be scheduled for each meeting to allow appropriate time for members to evaluate presentation material, discuss and formulate their recommendations on each project.
Click below for meeting agendas and minutes.
Schedule of Design Review Panel Meetings 2011-2013
October 27, 2011 - Agenda | Minutes
November 24, 2011
- Agenda | Minutes
December 15, 2011 - Agenda | Minutes
January 26, 2012 - Agenda | Minutes
February 23, 2012 - Agenda Minutes
March 29, 2012 - Agenda
April 26, 2012 - Agenda
May 31, 2012
June 28, 2012
July 26, 2012
August 30, 2012
September 27, 2012
October 25, 2012
November 29, 2012
December 13, 2012
Contact:
Rob Bayley, Manager of Urban Design
City of Vaughan,
Development Planning Department
905-832-8585 ext. 8254
rob.bayley@vaughan.ca
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