haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Better than Riocan/Arris.
quite grey, but definitely a much needed improvement. Is the pedestrian bridge included in this project?
The towers, the podiums and, everything else are a bore. It's fine for where it is proposed. Damn flood plains. Has it ever been considered to raise the sidewalks as well to the height of the retail?
What's the deal with our floodplains and the silly steps up to buildings that are located in them? Surely there are countless cities around the world that are in flood plains but don't do these steps everywhere which do more to kill retail viability / street atmosphere than any flood actually would. I get that this design prevents or minimizes hypothetical flood damage every couple decades, but then what are other cities doing? is our flood risk actually that much more significant/common? Or are we just more sticklers engineering any possible risk out of buildings (as well as any possibility of a reasonable pedestrian realm)?
Can someone more well-versed in flood design, city comparisons and engineering help me out here as to why we are doing this and why (in my limited perception at least) no other place seems to try this hard? Much appreciated
I'm not well versed, but it's to prevent the overland flow of water onto main floors and parkades below. It's only a mitigating design element anyway. I remember the Union Square building on 1st St and 13th Av SW which wasn't flooded but rather water seeped into the parkade from the groundwater. They were pumping their parkade for 2-4 weeks. So even properties that don't flood, still flood if their parkade is deep enough.
Could you imagine the height of that curb? Wouldn't want to step off of it, or try to open the passenger side door of a car parked up against it.The towers, the podiums and, everything else are a bore. It's fine for where it is proposed. Damn flood plains. Has it ever been considered to raise the sidewalks as well to the height of the retail?
Could you imagine the height of that curb? Wouldn't want to step off of it, or try to open the passenger side door of a car parked up against it.
I'm guessing the pedestrian bridge is being thrown into the render until the 25th ave plan is finalised.quite grey, but definitely a much needed improvement. Is the pedestrian bridge included in this project?