Tuscani01
Senior Member
LOVE the lighting feature and so glad it is actually happening!
ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
I don't think it'll be much of an issue - similar to the lights on the bridge at Parade in Cityplace
Tuscani01
Senior Member
There's been some complaints about the lights there, as they do shine into units. The lights on Aura, however, do not face any units, so it shouldn't be an issue at all.
TheKingEast
Senior Member
I hate this building at ground level, but aside from that it has gone from blech to nice! The lighting feature just puts it over the top for me. I have a great view of it from my balcony. I'll try to check it out tonight.
maestro
Senior Member
My comment has nothing to do with Aura itself but, with these lower cost LED bars connections deteriorating in no time. You see it the world over including Toronto. As a tight budgeted condominium, I don't see top quality LEDs used which aren't maintenance free to keep them lit either.
Tuscani01
Senior Member
It all depends on how and what the LED lighting is being included for. If it is part of the building's public art contribution, the condo board has no choice but to maintain the lights. They can be taken to court for not maintaining them. A few of the older CityPlace buildings had started shutting down their lights (incandescent though), due to cost. When approached by Concord Adex and the city to re-light their buildings, the boards ended up having to replace their lighting systems with LED's in order to lower their costs, as opposed to eliminating the feature altogether as they intended.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
That's my concern too. Roof top light features are generally poor in my area, and are not maintained well so they look like hell (ROCP 1 & 2, Murano twins etc.) after a year or two.
The public art installation atop The Met condos, "The Harbinger", hasn't worked since November or December of 2012. Then there's TRUM's failed installation.
steveve
Senior Member
yep. I hope Aura doesn't suffer the same fate,
Fantastic photos everyone on the lighting!, it's crazy how we ain't even seen nothing yet, I count 13 strips across on the east side as per the renders. Gonna be one bright building at night if they keep to the renders! I understand it's angled away, but wonder if any of the lighting will actually leak through for the residents on those floors.
Bayer
Senior Member
Those strips seem to be quite bright; there will inevitably be light leakage in the apartments. This will be turned off, with good reason.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Surely these are designed so as not to direct any light into the residential units. As for them being too bright I was thinking that too, but I think that once the building is fully occupied lighting from the interior through the windows will help balance those strips out and still maintain their prominence on the building. At least that's my line of thinking right now.
ptbotrmpfn
Senior Member
Wow Looking Fantastic (JMO). Thanks for the Photo posts guys. As for the Lighting being a problem... not for those living in Aura no cause the building is curved and two cause they are blocked from behind and sides like fitted into small brackets (speculation) so light faces out and not just everywhere. But I do wonder, those in collage park if the light could be a problem for them?
NBGtect
Active Member
The upper floors of Aura were designed specifically for those who wanted to feel what it's like to live in a neon sign.
Hamiltonian
Active Member
Do ya think the lighting strips will reach all the way to the boxy part like in the renders?
urbandreamer
recession proof
Cheesy lighting--like that green at Limelight in MCC--does not make a bad design any better.
officedweller
Senior Member
And any future tall projects that get built nearby will have been built knowing that these lights existed - so hopefully they wouldn't be able to complain.