Well ultimately approval is up to council. It would just be up to an advisory board to present findings that say either "yeah mate this building complex will be incredible!" or "These architects ought to have their licenses revoked". Depending on the city, it could be only in prominent areas (downtown cores, important transit notes, heritage neighbourhoods and so on). It's uncommon in "regular" areas of a city, unless it is in an area that is soon to be facing increasing densification or has been identified as prime for improvement over the next few years (Kitchener PARTS plan areas could benefit).
For our region, I'd love to see one for each city. Then maybe only have them focus on certain neighbourhoods? Or perhaps certain new building heights. Or for proposals seeking to drastically change an existing urban neighbourhood fabric. Lots of options, really. I promise if you let me and some architect friends and similar colleagues brainstorm some things over a week we could come up with great ideas to suggest and by 2050 I promise this region would look incredible; it'd win awards (or I'd hope!) :'P
Would the cities listen? You'd have better luck betting on a Reddit pennystock lol. Sadly I don't think enough people care. I do. I know a lot of people in this field of expertise - other architects, landscape architects, urban planners, transit planners, artists, grassroots people. Is there a realistic chance of gathering them together to form something? Nope...at least not for now. Doing this sort of work really isn't something we benefit from directly in terms of pay, career - but it can result in nicer cities. That squishy area of ???? makes it hard to find people willing to participate and to obtain funding.
For our region, I'd love to see one for each city. Then maybe only have them focus on certain neighbourhoods? Or perhaps certain new building heights. Or for proposals seeking to drastically change an existing urban neighbourhood fabric. Lots of options, really. I promise if you let me and some architect friends and similar colleagues brainstorm some things over a week we could come up with great ideas to suggest and by 2050 I promise this region would look incredible; it'd win awards (or I'd hope!) :'P
Would the cities listen? You'd have better luck betting on a Reddit pennystock lol. Sadly I don't think enough people care. I do. I know a lot of people in this field of expertise - other architects, landscape architects, urban planners, transit planners, artists, grassroots people. Is there a realistic chance of gathering them together to form something? Nope...at least not for now. Doing this sort of work really isn't something we benefit from directly in terms of pay, career - but it can result in nicer cities. That squishy area of ???? makes it hard to find people willing to participate and to obtain funding.