alklay
Senior Member
For those who do not understand the concept, 'out of scale' means not the 'same' scale as the immediate surroundings. Pretty simply, huh!? For those who insist on an actual figure, how about 5 1/2 stories?
Yes, I'd like the "colonial-Williamsburg" crowd here to substantiate just how near/far is acceptable for highrise in the area. Apparantly the mythic line that represents taste and appropriate scale can be drawn somewhere between the Distillery and the clearly visible CBD in the background.
By alklay's definition, Rack House 'M' is out of scale with the buildings that house the Young Centre, and Rack House 'D' ( Zlander Hotel ) is out of scale with the Boiler House Complex opposite it.
Rackhouse M is part of the collection of historical structures. Personally, I don't think it's out of scale...however, I find it hard to believe someone can't understand how 50 storeys would be. Why not 100 storeys? How about a Burj Dubai right in the middle of the Distillery?
Rack House 'M' is being reduced in height while maintaining the same footprint, so it will more closely match the adjacent buildings in size. The tall/short match within the district, which will include the Clear Spirit condo that will rise at the south end of the former Rack house 'M', is also about a sense of scale - and a delightful one, as the photographs that have been posted so far indicate.
Rackhouse M is part of the collection of historical structures. Personally, I don't think it's out of scale...however, I find it hard to believe someone can't understand how 50 storeys would be. Why not 100 storeys? How about a Burj Dubai right in the middle of the Distillery?
No, we'll wait for the Al Burj. It will match the current smokestacks so well!!!
The windowless and useless hulk of Rack House 'M' is being replaced by more than a condo - a low, attractive, and useful podium building that will contain the entrance to the apartments, and retail space. Something fugly will die so that something useful and attractive will rise.
Might as well just bulldoze the entire Distillery then. You can make the argument that any new building will be more attractive than the one preceding it.
We have no idea what exactly will be in the new base either.
I remain unconvinced they haven't done everything they could to salvage and upgrade the current building, rather than bulldozing it and replacing it with an entirely new building.