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HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB200800129 Review Comments 2012-05-03 N A Lk . , ~ f tr COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126 October 24, 2008 Dominion Development Resources c/o Janet Miller 172 South Pantops Charlottesville, Va 22911 RE: ARB- 2008 -129: Hollymead Town Center (Area Al) Tax Map 32 Parcels 44 Dear Ms. Miller: The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on October 20, 2008, completed a preliminary review of the above -noted request to construct a shopping center with related site improvements. The Board offered the following comments for the benefit of the applicant's next submittal. Please note that the following comments are those that have been identified at this time. Additional comments may be added or eliminated based on further review and changes to the plan. Regarding the Kohl's design: 1. Provide legible, to- scale, black and white line drawings of the Kohl's building. 2. Revise the Kohl's design to establish balanced elevations with elements combined in a way that provides for an overall coordinated appearance. Consider incorporating horizontal elements, like a water table in brick, to help tie the elements together. 3. Reduce the size of the Kohl's signs to eliminate the billboard appearance. Eliminate the sign from the truck route elevation. 4. Coordinate the plan with the elevations regarding footprint, building projections, trellises, etc. 5. Provide details on the design, scale, construction and treatment of the trellises, or provide a different solution and appropriate details. 6. Provide brick samples for the Kohl's building. Indicate the material of the coating system for the tilt -up panels. Clarify its texture and finish. Provide samples. 7. Clarify on the elevations that all proposed windows use clear glass and that they are true windows — not display windows or sign areas. If the windows do not provide views into the active space of the building, provide details on their design, construction and treatment. 8. Applicant has indicated the windows in the towers were not true windows. Alternate treatment of those areas and the tower accent utility brick should be considered. Regarding the Shopping Center building design: 9. Include directions (north, south, east, west) in the labels on the architectural elevations. 10. Reduce the tower elements in the shopping center to 30' tall maximum. Adjust other elements accordingly to maintain proportions, ensuring that rooftop equipment won't be visible. However the drawings shown at the meeting showing 33' may be acceptable. 11. Coordinate the plans and the elevations for Building J, particularly regarding the location of the entrance. 12. Revise the design of the EC elevation of Building J, by incorporating projections or other architectural treatments, to reduce the mass and increase coordination with the other buildings located along the EC. 13. Revise Building J to use the architecture of the building to screen the loading area, then supplement with planting. Provide an additional section illustrating the necessary screen wall and landscaping. Show that trucks won't he visible from the EC. identify those changes in the r io also. Highlighting the changes in the dr, 'rig with "clouding" or by other means will facilitate review anu..�,pproval. If you have any questions concerning any of the above, please feel free to call me. Sincerely, k % %• Margaret Maliszewski Principal Planner CC: Octagon Partners P.O. Box 5548 Charlottesville, Va 22905 NBJ Architecture 0/0 Neil Bhatt 11537 -B Nuckols Road Glen Allen, Va 23059 HM Acquisition Group LLC P 0 Box 5548 Charlottesville Va 22905 Page 1 of 2 Margaret Maliszewski From: Margaret Maliszewski Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:58 AM To: 'NEIL BHATT' Subject: RE: Hollymeade Town Center Phase 2 - Retail Development We should have 8 sets of the elevations and 8 sets of any details we decide to send on to the ARB. By the 19t From: NEIL BHATT [mailto:nbhatt @nbjarch.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 5:21 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski Subject: RE: Hollymeade Town Center Phase 2 - Retail Development Nlargaret: 1 will work on this. We do not have any more drawings than what 1 have submitted but we will create the 1/8" elevations, profile of cornice etc. and I will review the comments and will get back to you ASAP. How much time can you allow me and how many copies would you need? Thanks. Neil Bhatt From: Margaret Maliszewski [mailto:MMaliszewski @albemarle.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 4:00 PM To: NEIL BHATT Cc: Janet Miller Subject: RE: Hollymeade Town Center Phase 2 - Retail Development Neil, I've only looked through the submittal very quickly, but I can offer the following extremely preliminary comments: 1. The 1/24" site elevations are useful to show how the buildings relate to each other, but I think the ARB will want to see the buildings at a larger scale. The checklist calls for at least 1/16 ". I think they prefer 1/8 ". In the past the ARB has asked for drawings that use a standard architectural scale. 2. When the ARB reviewed this project in June 2007, they made a number of comments related to the architecture and site design. I have attached the action letter from that meeting. Do you know if the items under "site and building design" have been addressed in the current submittal? 3. Regarding wall sections /profiles, if these are available, you could send me a copy and then I could know better if the ARB would benefit from having the drawings at this time. Thanks. Margaret From: NEIL BHATT [mailto:nbhatt©nbjarch.com] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 6:10 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski; Brent Nelson Subject: Hollymeade Town Center Phase 2 - Retail Development 9/10/2008 Page2of2 Margaret: We provided Architectural Exhibits for the above submission submitted by Janet Miller of DDR. We have provide 3D views and Elevations but not included any construction details. Would please let us know if you would like us to submit any wall sections or profile information for the facades? Thanks for your help. Neil Bhatt, AIA President nbj Architecture Grove Park Square 11537-B Nuckols Rd. Glen Allen, VA 23059 Tel. (804) 273 -981 1 ext. 105 Fax: (804) 273 -9843 Mobile: (80-4) 514 -6007 www.nb arch.com This communication is confidential and intended only for the recipient (s). 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