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City of Roseville MN [w'n Lakes Design Checklists - DRAFT ESTABLISHING A STRONG PUBLIC REALM: A list of Urban Design Principles to ensure Livability. Walkability and Sustainability. Revised: December 19. 2002 Checklist 4 BUILDINGS (Private Realm) o 1. DURABILITY - Buildings throughout the development will be built to last for generations of users. This can be done through the proper use of durable, energy efficient building materials. Suggested materials include glass. architectural metal. masonry manufactured or natural stone, and pre-cast color impregnated concrete. o 2. ADAPTABILITY - Buildings throughout the development will be built to suit the first users while being flexible to allow varying uses over time. Adaptability can be achieved by using simple. modular plans (bays) and allowing complex and less adaptable design to take place at the edges of the buildings. The reason for applying flexibiliry to building design is that over time. it is much easier to move the walls within a building than to move an entire building or make the building bigger or smaller. This approach will also lower the costs of retrofining and remodeling for future uses. Designing for flexibiliry within the building allows for efficient and cost effective retrofining and remodeling as well. o 3. BEAUTY - Building walls will be well designed, beautiful. highly valued. and worthy of preservation. Buildings will convey timeliness and a sense of pride through the visible presence of good proportion, careful detailing. and thoughtful composition of architectural elements. This can be done with a qualified architect for each building. o 4. MIXED VERTICAL ZONES - Buildings - through good design, will allow different uses to occur on different levels within the same building. This is done through sensitive planning of transitions and separations. o 5. DISCOUNT RETAIL USE vs. BIG BOX BUILDING TYPE - The Twin Lakes goals are flexible and allow for large fonnat retail facilities but discourages the single level large footprint concrete box building types. Larger fonnat retail buildings will need to minimize adverse effects on the public realm such as blank street walls, large exposed parking lots and inward orientation. Options to solve this problem can be as follows: . Discount retail uses are located on the ground level of multi-level mixed use buildings. . Shared parking to the rear (second front) is provided with other uses on a larger block with a distinct exterior or interior - i.e. fonning an 'urban side' and a 'suburban side'. . Incorporating the use of common wall (liner) buildings around the outside with independent retail fronts facing the street. A ..:.. @ 2002 ChorretteCenter.col11 Inc. ~~