Station design is one of the most exciting -- and most critical -- components of The Crosstown construction. There are a number of major considerations for station design, including: accessibility for people with disabilities, development potential, integration with surrounding communities, and minimizing construction impacts. Visit www.thecrosstown.ca for more information about The Crosstown.
3. Bathurst Station Preliminary Design
Open House Overview
Part 1
• Introduction
• Crosstown Update
• Station Design 101 - Design Principles
Part 2
•Bathurst Station Preliminary Design
*Our partners in City Planning are here if you have questions
about existing development requirements in the Bathurst area
or the future Land Use Study around Crosstown Stations
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The Purpose of Tonight’s Open House
Provide a brief Crosstown project update
• Present the Crosstown station design philosophy
• Explain the anatomy of the station components and challenges
• Display the preliminary design of Bathurst Station
Most importantly:
*Get your input on the Preliminary Design early in this process.
• The architectural design will be prepared for Open House #2 in
Spring 2012. Significant outreach will follow on construction.
• Walls at the future station box are scheduled to begin at Bathurst in
2013 as part of the tunnelling process.
• Bathurst Station construction is scheduled to begin in 2014.
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Format for Feedback
• Please speak with the project team at the displays, we’re here to answer your
questions
• There are tables to write comments and for group discussions
• Please submit a feedback form tonight if possible , or send us comments
via e-mail, mail, or online at www.thecrosstown.ca by December 12, 2011
• A consultation report to inform the designers will be posted online at:
www.thecrosstown.ca
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* Final number and location of stations subject to review
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8. Bathurst Station Preliminary Design
The billion transit investment from the Province of Ontario through Metrolinx
• $8.4 Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Plan
• 25 km east-west transit corridor between Black Creek Drive and Scarborough
Centre
• 60% faster than bus service today (e.g. only 15 minutes from Keele to Yonge)
• 19 km underground tunnel (Black Creek Drive to Kennedy Station)*
• 6km seamless service will replace the SRT from Kennedy Station to Scarborough
Centre
• Up to 26 stations
*Exact alignment west of Keele Street and east of Laird Drive TBD
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First Construction Contract at
• Tunnel launch site preparation is underway
Keelesdale Park (between Black Creek Drive and Keele Street)
• Tunnelling will start in summer 2012 and head east
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Crosstown Construction Update
Crosstown tunnel preparation work at Black Creek and Eglinton in Keelesdale Park
Piling rigs are building concrete support walls for the future tunnel launch shaft
The shaft will enable tunnelling eastward in summer 2012
Soil testing for the tunnel and stations continues from Keele Street to Kennedy Station in Scarborough
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Conceptual Design of a Crosstown Station
Urban Design and Architectural Guidelines
have been developed:
• ensure positive change along the
corridor
• guide individual station designs and
achieve consistency
• guide configuration of surface
elements
• integrate surface elements with
existing and future development
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Stations 101
What’s needed to make a Station Work?
• Main Entrance
• Secondary Entrance
• Passenger Transportation (elevators, escalators)
• Mechanical and Electrical Systems
• Ventilation Shafts and Ventilation Fan Rooms
• Traction Power Substations
Guiding Principle:
Consolidate Surface Elements to enhance design & minimize impacts
•Reduce construction impacts (traffic, staging area, noise, dust )
•Preserve public space and development potential
•Save $
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Design Philosophy
• Integrate with surrounding neighbourhood
• Safe and enjoyable user experience
• Full accessibility
Accessibility for all users
• Preserve space for future re-development
• Enhance the local “sense of place”
• Long-term sustainability
• Reduce Construction Footprint & Impacts
• Reduce Costs
Compatible scale
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Accessibility Principles & Features
• Access for persons with all levels of mobility
• Elevators
• Escalators
• Low-Floor Access
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Safety and Security Features
• Monitored CCTV Security Cameras
• Urban Braille
• High Quality Lighting
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Architectural Design Approach
• Excellence in architectural/urban
design treatments
• Cost effective and maintainable
structures
• Standard station box configurations
• Creative use of materials, color,
textures, artwork, light
• Brand identification with graphics
• Use standard elements whenever
possible
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Surface Elements – Guiding Principles
• Surface elements are
most visible to public
• Integrate into local
community
• Minimize property
implications
• High quality design
• Major focus on
consolidating:
– Entrances
– Vent Shafts
– Substations
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The Approach to Guide
Detailed Design
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Integrated Artwork
• Any architectural finish can contain
integrated artwork, including:
• walls
• floors
• ceilings
• glazing
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Station Entrances
• Public spaces which fit into the
community
• Main & Secondary Entrance
• Main Entrance is fully accessible
• Use of height/massing to create
unique structure
• Highly visible, transparent,
sophisticated
• Promote Transit-Oriented
Development
• Maximize daylight opportunities
• Well lit at night
• Connect with Buses on street
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Traction Power Substations
What and Why?
• Required to provide power to the station system
• Every two kilometres, at stations
• Many different configurations
• Above ground, surface, below-ground
• Guidelines to integrate substations
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Presentation
Part 2:
Bathurst Station
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Bathurst Station Preliminary Design
Preliminary Design by:
Crosstown Consortium
IBI Group
LEA Consulting
SNC Lavalin
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Local Context
Population Density within a 10 minute walk to Bathurst Station
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Bathurst Station – Existing Uses &
Proposed Development
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Bathurst Station – Local Context
Upper Village Business Improvement Area (BIA)
•www.uppervillagetoronto.ca
•Represents merchants, venues and services from Allen Road to Bathurst Street
•Wide selection of shops, restaurants & services
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Bathurst Station – EA (2010)
(add property numbers)
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Generic
Rendering Only
Architecture
Concept TBD
Potential Future
Secondary Entrance
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Key Advantages of New Consolidated Design
Reduces construction footprint, cost & impacts
(roadway construction reduced by 21.5 metres)
Improves look and feel from street for community
Reduces number of properties affected
Preserves potential for investment and development with
more public space
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NORTH/EAST CORNER OF
BATHURST AND EGLINTON
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NORTH/EAST CORNER OF
BATHURST AND EGLINTON
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