Skyline

A SKYLINE IS THE HORIZON THAT NATURE, OR A CITY'S

OVERALL OUT LINE OF WHICH STRUCTURES CREATES.
CITY SKYLINES SERVE AS A KIND OF FINGERPRINT AS
NO TWO SKYLINES ARE ALIKE.

Visual Interest
To create an attractive skyline along the Centers and
Corridors, provide a variety of design expressions to
articulate the top of tall buildings, including articulated
rooftop designs with varying heights and setbacks.
Design the upper portion of the building to promote
visual interest and variety across the Towns skyline.
Dynamic building tops are encouraged, and transparency
of materials and controlled reflectivity are possible
opportunities to create visual interest. Designs are
encouraged to be bird-friendly.

Sky View
To avoid view blockage and preserve sky exposures that enhance the pedestrian
realm at street level, mass and site buildings to maximize solar access and views
both within and around the site. Some design treatments to maintain sky view
include maintaining a minimum separation distance of 25m in all directions between
high-rise buildings, using smaller floor plates, avoiding long, continuous building
forms without spatial breaks, and designing buildings with step backs and sculpted
tops.

Massing
The tops of buildings contribute to the skyline that will come to define.
Design the tops of buildings to be distinct, within the planned context of the
Towns skyline. The uppermost floors and the penthouse levels of tall and
mid-rise buildings should be designed as part of a buildings top.