project details

client:

City of Edmonton

location:

Edmonton, Alberta

team:

Planning: ParioPlan
Landscape Architecture: EIDOS Consultants Inc.
Architecture: Arndt Tkalcic Architecture
Transportation: Bunt & Associates
Civil Engineering: Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd.

project website:

www.edmonton.ca

completion date:

2007

Fort Road Urban Design Plan

As prime consultant, ParioPlan led an interdisciplinary team that created a redevelopment plan for Fort Road's Old Town area for the City of Edmonton. The Plan will revitalize Fort Road with streetscape and roadway improvements as well as compatible mixed-use zoning on both sides. A mixed use "urban village" with a TOD focus is planned for a brownfield site east of Fort Road. The walkable urban village proposes up to 1,000 rowhouses; mid, low, and high rise apartment units; and 80,000 sf of commercial space, increasing the density adjacent to the Belvedere LRT station. The Plan required 20% of all residential units to be affordable.

A village square and multi-use trail are key public amenities supporting a pedestrian network. The Urban Design Plan features a development concept, urban design guidelines, municipal improvement requests and an implementation plan. Consultation included stakeholder interviews, focus groups, a design ideas workshop, public open houses, newsletters and web updates.

Awards:

• National Brownie Award for Brownfield Development - Canadian Urban Institute 2008