Fantasy Renderings

[ahmad.m.atiya]

This thread is incredible. I have no idea how I've missed it thus far!

[urbandreamer]

^Hey thanks for discovering it! Hope you enjoy more of our fantasies...

Here's an idea I'm working on, v1.0 which could possibly fit in the new Alexandria Park area.



And then there's 155 King Street South Waterloo, a hideous faux classical monstrosity is planned for the site. Here's the direction I'd go:



(Nothing radical, it's Uptown Waterloo afterall. Simple box building with a cool facade.)

[urbandreamer]

Another concept for the Waterloo site, this time influenced by the "Waterloo School of Modernism"--think aA, KPMB etc. NimbyTect-style means introducing colour! 12 regular lofts, 1 or 2 double (or perhaps even triple!) floor PH lofts and 2 CRU at base.

[urbandreamer]

Urbanshocker's retirement home?

[urbandreamer]

NimbyTect moves to the 905/519, suburban-stye row housing proposal under development:





(One day I'll get over my black brick with red obsession, but you get the idea I hope.... I think it would look great in Galt, Guelph, Fergus or even Montreal. What do you think?)

[innsertnamehere]

my fantasy building to replace the pizza pizza beside the flatiron;

it is 10 floors, and a boutique office building, with one large penthouse condo on top. 41.5m tall.

[someMidTowner]

Downloaded sketchup at 2 AM last night so this is obviously my first try...got really carried away. Ended up with an ugly 320m wannabe streamline moderne mess sitting over the former eglinton station bus terminal...once again this is my first attempt at sketchup

[innsertnamehere]

pretty good for your first sketchup! might be a bit too big for yonge and eglinton, but not too bad! I suggest making the roof of the building a different texture next time though.

[someMidTowner]

The "too big for yonge and eglinton" part is the only thing i set out to do in the beginning that i actually accomplished in the end. Thanks I guess putting it at 10 york and cutting off about 50 meters would be a bit more appropriate

[someMidTowner]

kinda hooked on sketchup now... heres my 2nd sketch so far. decided to put something tall in a more appropriate place this time. heres my take on 45 bay. scratched together in about 45 minutes:

319m to roof, didnt measure to spire because spires dont count


the offset box on the west facade adds a bit of context at street level in relation to nearby buildings...but

i gota work on my context especially in the street level department

[someMidTowner]

decided to "e-develop" the lot on Yonge street just north of the Toronto Star Building for my 3rd attempt at sketchup. started this after lunch today and more or less finished. 2 towers, one faux deco style and one "toronto style"



just started entrances, heres the beginning of the east side

[innsertnamehere]

I decided to make an extremely basic model of what The waterfront could look like at complete buildout. I added a 345m tower at one yonge, and a 250m building on the LCBO lands to go along with the 75 floor condo rumour that has been flying around for that site.

[urbandreamer]

Good to see others into this geeky hobby.

I've been hitting the sketch pad after a few months in the depths of misery. (A great stress reliever at any rate.)

1)Market Squared, a proposal for the St Lawrence Market area. Peaked roofs should make a comeback I think. Afterall, peaked roofs are great for getting rid of snow. And I think they look damn cool after all the flat roofs of the past condo boom.









Think red brick, simple shapes yet striking silhouette. Buildable.

2)ConservaBOX at King & Spadina. Core Architect's 401-415 King St West proposal was sent back to the boards after the June 2012 Design Review Panel rejection. Besides, the market's shifting, so can the area really absorb another 400+ units? So let's whack it down a bit, under 250 units but it could be more. ConservaBOX describes this massing study: A conservative box-like shape broken down into interesting facades. A peek at what I'm working on:



This is the warehouse district, so a modern interpretation of classic red brick industrial Toronto would be a logical choice when standing at this corner, right?



Clarence Square is literally just right next door, so why do we need balconies again? Which is why you'll only get French balconies with a ledge for your plants.



The tower massing is still being sorted--although I'm sick of all glazed solutions, it could reflect the new built form around the site with a steel and glass facade broken down into simple forms. The goal is one midrise slab-style building internally with some unique yet unifyingexterior design features. ConservaBOX: conserve your box today!

[innsertnamehere]

part one of a building complex I am currently modelling:

[urbandreamer]

Cool. Are you using sketchup pro?

This morning I turned my attention to the Hungarian House site which appropriately (and tongue in cheek) am calling goulasHAUS. Knowing the developer is Urbancorp and the architect TACT, I decided to be tactless and tackle the urban core of this St Clair West block. (Essentially, I am keeping to the TACT aesthetic of modernism using their approach working with the developer to keep costs down.) My sketch tops out at 16s as it slowly steps up in height allowing for generous penthouse suites with large terraces. Once again I am going for the eco-trend of reducing glazing coverage and eliminating messy exposed balconies in favour of French balconies and ledges for growing plants. I break down the varying black precast brick and exposed concrete facade into classic storefronts 30 feet wide. It's a trick though--it's really one building but I like to break down everything to what I call "on foot by the foot" scale. The CRU at base are framed with splashes of colour to enhance the pedestrian experience. Here's a look at the Southeast corner: