Report
to/Rapport au:
Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
Comité consultatif sur la
conservation de l'architecture locale
and /
et
Planning
and Environment Committee
Comité de l'urbanisme et de
l'environnement
and Council / et au Conseil
24 October 2007/24 octobre 2007
Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City Manager/Directrice
municipale adjointe,
Planning, Transit and the Environment/Urbanisme, Transport en commun et
Environnement
Contact
Person/Personne ressource : Grant Lindsay, Manager
Development Approvals/ Approbation des
demandes d'aménagement
(613) 580-2424 x13242, Grant.Lindsay@ottawa.ca
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee recommend that the Planning and Environment Committee refer to Council, for approval, the presentation of the Ottawa Architectural Conservation Awards for 2007/2008 to the projects identified in Document 1.
RECOMMANDATION DU
RAPPORT
Que le Comité
consultatif sur la conservation de l’architecture locale recommande au Comité
de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement soumette au Conseil pour approbation la
remise des Prix de la conservation de l’architecture d’Ottawa de 2007/2008 aux
projets désignés dans le document 1.
BACKGROUND
The City of Ottawa Architectural
Conservation Awards Program Guidelines were approved by City Council in
February 2002 in order to acknowledge and encourage excellent work in the field
of architectural conservation across the new City. An Ottawa Architectural Conservation
Awards Program was carried out by the former City of Ottawa from 1981 until
2001. Prior to municipal amalgamation, the former municipalities of Gloucester
and Vanier held similar competitions as well.
The Ottawa Architectural
Conservation Awards program (OACA) is carried out in conformance with the Official Plan that states "…the
City will support its objective to conserve heritage resources and to promote
the stewardship of those resources by: Commemorating cultural heritage
resources with heritage plaques, awards and other forms of
interpretation."
DISCUSSION
Submissions were received in
three main categories as follows:
Restoration: Returning a
heritage resource to its original form, material and integrity.
Adaptive Use: Modification
of a heritage resource to contemporary functional standards while retaining its
heritage character, with possible adaptation for new uses.
Infill: Addition to a
heritage building or all new construction within an historic context.
Some projects may incorporate
elements of one or more of these categories, for example, an infill project may
also combine aspects of building restoration and/or adaptive use. Where that is
the case the relevant categories are noted as appropriate.
An Award of Excellence can be presented
in each Category. An additional Award of Excellence may be awarded in
exceptional circumstances. A bronze plaque will be presented to the applicant
for installation on the winning project. Each member of the project team
including, but not restricted to, the property owner, project architect,
engineer, designer, major contractors, builders, as identified on the
submission will receive a framed certificate. A maximum of five framed
certificates will be presented for each project.
Certificates of Merit can also be
presented in each Category to projects deserving recognition but to a lesser
extent than the Award of Excellence. The certificates will be framed and
distributed as described above. More than one Certificate of Merit can be
awarded in each Category.
Presentation of the awards and
certificates will take place during Heritage Week, the third week in February,
2008 at City Hall.
CONSULTATION
The OACA competition was
advertised in local newspapers between July and September, and through notices
in the newsletter of the Ottawa Regional Society of Architects and on the
Ottawa-Carleton Home Builders Association web-site. Information about the awards program and submission forms were
available on the City's web-site.
Submissions for the OACA were reviewed by a sub-committee of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) in accordance with LACAC’s Work Program and Terms of Reference.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Funds in the amount of $9500 for the OACA plaques, certificates, display, and presentation ceremony will come from account 112762 507994, Director's Office, Planning Branch.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 - Description of
Projects
DISPOSITION
The Planning, Transit and
Environment Department will arrange for the awards, certificates, displays and
ceremony during Heritage Week, the third week of February, 2008.
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS DOCUMENT 1
1. AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Restoration – Rideau Hall Façade Restoration
The project involved the restoration of the 1913 Mappin Wing of Rideau Hall, official residence of the Governor General. The deterioration of the limestone façade due to the erosion of clay deposits within the stone itself required the filling in/consolidation of the voids in the stone, structural reinforcement/pinning of the stones and in some cases, the sculpting and replacement of new decorative stone elements. In addition to the façade restoration, a new copper roof was installed and air conditioning was introduced to the building interior in the Mappin Wing, Ballroom and Tentroom in an inconspicuous manner. The Award of Excellence recognizes the significant effort from an extensive team of architects, engineers, masons and project managers in carrying out the restoration of the Rideau Hall façade.
2. AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Adaptive Use – The Spa Day Retreat, 26 Castlefrank Drive
This project adapted an historic stone residence in former Nepean to a modern spa with an extensive range of facilities. The stone house was built c. 1824 for William Hodgins and in 1912 it was purchased by George Henry Sparks. The Sparks family lived here until 2001. The building was gutted as part of an effort to convert it to a school and later damaged by fire. The Spa project involved restoration of the front porch, repointing of the stone walls which are exposed in select interior spaces, interior millwork reproduced based on the 1920 period of the house and a sensitive addition at the south end.
3. AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Infill/Restoration/Adaptive Use- 131 Queen/132 Sparks Streets
This
new mixed-use office development is located within the Sparks Street Heritage
Conservation District. It has carefully restored and integrated five historic
building facades along Sparks Street and Queen Street into a unique, mixed-use
retail, residential and commercial development that steps back to protect views
and provide access to sunlight on the Sparks Street Mall. All facades were
stabilized and restored in-situ using creative engineering solutions. The
glazed terra cotta used in the Bowles Lunch façade was restored and missing
elements were ordered from Boston where the material is still manufactured. The
historic Hardy Arcade which runs from Sparks to Queen could not be retained
in-situ because of the extensive new construction around it, but key
architectural elements were removed, replicated and reintroduced so that the
Arcade functions again in its original location but with additional spaces for
stores. The project overall blends into the historic and architecturally unique
commercial streetscape of Sparks Street with a transition from the lower scale
of Sparks Street to the higher structures on Queen.
4. AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Infill- 700 Sussex Drive
This
10-storey, mixed-use condominium is located at the intersections of Rideau
Street, Mackenzie Avenue and Sussex Drive on the site of the former Daly
Building. 700 Sussex is recognized because of its respect for adjacent heritage
properties in terms of its design, massing, materials and fenestration. The
glass galleria along Sussex provides an interface with the retail corridor of
the Mile of History/Confederation Boulevard along Sussex Drive and the historic
By Ward Market Heritage Conservation District. The street level plaza facing
Rideau Street features restaurants and boutiques and provides a transition to
and from Confederation Square to the west and the historic quarter of Rideau
Street to the east.
5. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Restoration – 97-101 Rideau Street
This project involved the restoration of three heritage commercial building facades. The Atwood at 97-99 Rideau Street (c.1908), 101 Rideau Street (c.1871) and the Featherstone Building at 103-105 Rideau Street (c.1869). The restoration project involved restoring damaged brick and stone masonry, decorative metalwork, existing cornices and brackets and re-introducing secondary cornices above the storefronts. In the absence of historic evidence, the design of the secondary cornice was based on the existing upper or main cornice but at a smaller scale. There is now a continuous band of secondary cornices extending from William Street on the recently restored Robinson-Birkett Building westward across 97-101 Rideau to the Bay. The brick was repainted to match the colour of the original buff brick which had been painted over several times. The restoration of these three heritage commercial facades adds to the continuity of this historic part of Rideau Street.
6. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Restoration – 208-212 Bolton
The project at 208-212 Bolton involved restoration of the balconies and unusual wrap-around metal cornice. The lower parts of the original wood columns had rotted and been replaced with a square base. The original half columns which remained against the building served as a template for the fabrication of new wood columns. The porch had gradually separated from the building and it was jacked up and stabilized with new structural footings. The quality of restoration work is very high.
7. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Restoration –217 First Avenue, St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church was constructed between 1929 and 1931 to designs by Architect Cecil Burgess. Restoration work on this neo-Gothic building included extensive work on the exterior masonry that had been damaged through the application of a lead-based coating on the mortar that trapped moisture behind the stone, causing its deterioration. Stone roof parapets were dismantled and rebuilt with new flashings and mortar, the Bell Tower was restored and sections of the original slate roof were restored. Complex flashing details required the creative application of lead and lead-based copper. The restoration work on the church will be ongoing and will involve the hands-on participation of congregants in the restoration of more accessible areas such as lower wood windows.
8. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Adaptive-Use- 123 Metcalfe Street, The Indigo Hotel
The Indigo Hotel is a new incarnation of the former Ottawa YMCA which was previously renovated as the Roxborough Hotel. The recent work extended over three years and involved the creation of a new six-storey atrium in the centre of the building that brings daylight into the hotel core. Architectural details on the exterior of the building above the ground floor were preserved. The terra cotta secondary cornice above the ground floor had been extensively damaged through an earlier plywood and stucco application. The profile of the cornice was reproduced in a new material. The adaptive use of this historic building as a boutique hotel in the central core provides a bookend on this block to the historic Lord Elgin Hotel nearby.
9. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
Infill/Addition – 137 Stanley
137 Stanley Avenue is a brick, double dwelling located within the New Edinburgh Heritage Conservation District. Although the addition to this building is at the rear, it can be seen from Stanley Avenue, Victoria Avenue as well as Stanley Park. The design of this addition respects the main building in the proportion of windows, height and setbacks while differentiating itself in terms of building materials and details. It is an excellent example of how a sensitive addition can be made to older buildings within a heritage conservation district in conformance with the district guidelines and the heritage overlay provisions of the zoning by-law.
