Planners Report.pdf - Hutt City Council

applicant has since provided additional information on some of the design elements of
the proposal, notably the proposed louvers system on the principal façades of the
building. Mr Bowman has reviewed the louver information submitted by the applicant
and does not consider this to affect his assessment of the proposal. I therefore
consider that the proposal meets the relevant performance standards of the design
guide in terms of heritage.
7.30 While Mr Bowman notes the proposed design has no added decorative elements, but
I consider the lack of decorative elements to be acceptable in this case given the
overall modern interpretation of the design guide for the new building.
7.31 The proposed design has extensive display windows on the ground floor on Jackson
Street and the division of the façade above the shops matches that of the shops. This
is consistent with the relevant performance standard of the design guide.
7.32 Mr Bowman notes there are no large bands of glass uninterrupted by vertical
divisions. This is consistent with the relevant performance standard of the design
guide.
7.33 In considering Mr Bowman’s comments against the relevant performance standards,
while the new building fronting Jackson Street is utilising modern materials and a
modern design, the fixed nature of the external louvers will contribute to a solid and
monolithic appearance and will not appear to be a skin or veneer. I therefore consider
the performance standards are met.
Silhouette, parapets and cornices
7.34 Mr Bowman considers that the proposed design does not have a separately
expressed cornice or parapet on the street façade. The structural steel beam at roof
level could be interpreted as a cornice and its dimensions relate to the remainder of
the building as the structural street frame is expressed.
7.35 I consider the proposal is sufficiently consistent with these performance standards.
Decoration and colour
7.36 Mr Bowman notes that the proposed design modulates its façade into structural bays
but without decorative elements as described above. No decorative elements are
proposed to be introduced to the existing building at 352 Jackson Street and it is not
known if any decorative elements are missing from this building.