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Chapter II - Development Standards & Urban Design Guidelines 8. Water Edge Orientation - Occupied building space should be oriented to water edge public access ways, including the Redwood Creek frontage. This will enhance supervision and encourage the use of these public spaces. Parking garages adjacent to water edges should be faced with townhouses and/or tower lobbies. Water edge public access should in- corporate a mixture of linear urban spaces, informal fore courts and other building entry-related semi-public spaces. Arcades and other architectural treatments that ac- cent pedestrian ways should be incorporated along portions of the water edge. B. GENERAL BUILDING DESIGN AND MATERIALS - The guide- lines below apply to all building types anticipated in the Precise Plan Area. Variations of texture and color should be employed to highlight building composition. 1. Complementary Forms - Buildings should be complemen- tary in terms of architectural massing/form, materials, fen- entire ground floor for a building of two or more floors, estration, rooflines, etc. or by a setback of the upper floors. 2. Massing - Buildings should exhibit a variety of massing ap- b. Pattern of Windows, Doors, and Surface Features - Win- proaches to respond to program and site context; for ex- dows, doors, wall panels, pilasters, building bays, and ample, massing should vary to accent main building en- storefronts should be based on a segment derived from trances, building corners adjacent to street intersections, and the building's structural bay spacing. Features based on open space axes. this segment should be carried across windowless walls to relieve blank, uninteresting surfaces. 3. Facade Composition - All building facades should exhibit a 3-part composition, with base, middle, and cap. Different Door and window openings should be aligned and com- surface materials, textures, and/or colors should be used to posed vertically to create an interesting and attractive accent the composition. facade. In general, first-floor window openings should be larger, with upper-floor window openings smaller a. Building Base - The base may be as simple as a small and somewhat different, yet complementary, in form. projection of the wall surface and/or a different material or color, such as a tile panel for a storefront building. It 4. Building Entrances - Entrances should be prominent and may be created by a heavier-appearing material for the easy to identify. At least one of the following treatments is recommended: Final Plan - June 2004 - 50 -