Built Environment

Site Design

S1 Natural Systems

S2 Wildlife Habitat

S3 Unique Features

S4 Built Environment

S5 Systems of Movement

Complement and contribute to the built environment and local identity

INTENT

Buildings and open spaces should be designed to create a sense of place and contribute to neighborhood identity. Projects should be built to feel like they "belong" to their site and context, becoming part of the fabric of beloved places on Bainbridge Island.

Guidelines

a. Site access and new structures to complement patterns in the built environment with attention to setbacks, spaces between buildings, scale, and entries along the street.

b. Create or reinforce a well-defined rhythm of intervals of built and open spaces, designed for the human scale.

c. Develop frontages with quality, interest, and variety, using multiple smaller scale buildings if needed for to fit with neighborhood character.

d. Avoid visually impermeable fencing, high fencing or other monolithic features along publicly visible edges of the site.

Bainbridge Island City Hall is distinct but not out of place, with a frontage that fits well with the proportions of nearby buildings and a clear public entrance.

The San Juan Building on Ferncliff Avenue in Bainbridge Island keeps the rhythm and scale of it surroundings with a primary facade broken into to smaller sections.

S6 Public Realm