Planning 2017-03-02 Item 4 - Inspirus Credit Union - Attachment E - Applicant Response to Design Review Criteria

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We are not specifying any new exterior lighting on the site except for a small fixture over the access to the garden plaza. It will have a 90 degree cutoff and will be focused towards the pathway to provide adequate lighting security. 4. Building Design a. Architectural style is not restricted; evaluation of a project should be based on quality of design and relationship to surroundings. The new addition and improved creek buffer zone landscape create a much warmer and inviting visual presence on a corner that is currently an unattractive entry point into the City of Tukwila. The neutral color palette balances well with the surrounding buildings. b. Buildings should be to appropriate scale and be in harmony with permanent neighboring developments. The new addition complies with the height restrictions in the City of Tukwila municipal code. The scale of the addition is in harmony with both the existing building and those on surrounding sites. c. Building components, such as windows, doors, eaves, and parapets, should have good proportions and relationship to one another. Building components and ancillary parts shall be consistent with anticipated life of the structure. The windows share the some proportions as those of the existing with very few exceptions where either the height or width is different such as the upper windows on the East and North Facades of the addition. The parapets where the addition meets the existing building maintain the some height as those on the existing. The few aspects of the massing that differentiate from the existing building are in large part because of program demands and site constraints but do in turn create visual interest where there currently is none. d. Colors should be harmonious, with bright or brilliant colors used only for accent. The color palette is neutral with no bright or brilliant colors and draws inspiration from the surrounding buildings and landscape. e. Mechanical equipment or other utility hardware on roof, ground or buildings should be screened from view. The mechanical units on the roof will have a screen that compliments the materials and color palettes used on the building facades. f. Exterior lighting should be part of the architectural concept. Fixtures, standards and all exposed accessories should be harmonious with building design. Ikti.,O.SC314IIMAIN ARf CPI1UP,IR1,P ";;. '411i11i?,] V` ",ASh' ;i,+1rii,v1,L, 9B 104 W'VVW 1�1 J, v4'�i i�uP VI "n"OM f 206 32 Y "l OO 1 20C, ,'x28(E4 50 ATTACHMENT E