maestro
Senior Member
They do control how fat this tower is which, I think is its biggest deficiency
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They do control how fat this tower is which, I think is its biggest deficiency
innsertnamehere
Superstar
It's a standard 750sm floorplate - it's not fat. Just poor tower articulation makes it look like it is.
Automation Gallery
Superstar
Shame on that and worry more about section 37 funds, oh yeah and height
maestro
Senior Member
The lot limits what they can do with the massing. 750sm is large. Everyone building to this maximum standard doesn't change that.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
So essentially every tower going up in this city is "fat" then?
maestro
Senior Member
And, height is just a number. It's as superficial as a women's bust size. 30 more metres is not going to do a thing.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Oh, but it will. It will significantly increase shadowing onto Allen Gardens.
March 21st at 3:18pm:
another 30m will extend that shadow much further into the park.
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maestro
Senior Member
Comparably, yes. Most cities have lower maximums for residential floor plates. Fat can be beautiful too. You often get these situations where developers push the maximums on sites too small limiting what they can with the design. I can't offer a solution except to say I wish we didn't have generalized maximums.
maestro
Senior Member
Building design wise. The developer didn't have to completely redesign the tower to drop a few metres.
I've updated the database file to reflect the new stats… but one of them is only approximate at the moment: the architectural plans do not yet have the height of the screen at the top of the building. In the renderings, the two or three uppermost storeys aren't actually storeys: they're just hiding the mechanical penthouse and/or elevator overrun behind them. Essentially, those elements up top are not fully designed yet, so there are no details regarding total height. For the moment, 147 metres is just an approximation.
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Automation Gallery
Superstar
Haha, good one
stjames2queenwest
Senior Member
Really? Yikes. The original was so much better.
cd concept
Senior Member
Here we go again why change something that looks a little different that works ! Take the easy way out and build another box building !
condovo
Senior Member
The old version was awkward and derivative. It was like a poor man's Hearst Building. At least this is a little more cohesive if not inspiring.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
What required the redesign was the shifting floorplate to increase the setback to 4m from the townhouses to the south, the Hearst like design wouldn't have worked any more.