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Fantasy Renderings

I threw my P+S hat in the garbage. Today I'm trying on my aA cap--does it fit?
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Inspired by the modernist aesthetic architectsAlliance is known for: thanks!
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Delete Portland Variety--insert Portland Condovenience--at King & Portland:
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Brick, stainless steel, wood, precast and glazing: are you ready for the Rob Ford selfiegram?
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The idea: sliding perforated metal screens define the angled "bay windows."
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I'm slowly adding more details to my sketches--interiors to come sometime later this year I hope, with your blueprints to follow in 2015?

As I walked by Portland Variety and Lee this morning I couldn't help but think what an improvement something like this would be oneday:
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Delete 800 Bay Street. Insert Bay Street Bore by NimbyTect:
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Why is it a bore?
1)It's on
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2)It's by
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3)It's got acres of window wall and spandrel and a cheesy hat
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4)It's got one of those lame ass mixed use podiums
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5)It's way too tall--80 storeys of nimbyhell!
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6)It's one of those g-d-mn balcony towers ... sigh. Therefore it's a 100%
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The beautiful thing about having an original idea--haven't found a building like it yet on google--have you?--is I get to remix it into something different ... like NimbyTect's grey eh (rumour has it's going on Adelaide ;))
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Concrete slabs, concrete columns and glass--how freaking simple can it get, eh?
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Sure, it needs an interior and possibly a tower to pay for all that concrete; but, that's what separates a genius from a dreamer.
 
Found: the perfect location for NimbyTect's greyed eh logfts: Adelaide Street West near Strachan--parking lot:
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Wouldn't it look rather smashing here?
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Meanwhile, the other day caught me staring at Honest Ed's and wondering: WTF should go here?
STRIKE ONE - 30 minutes in sketchup gave me one possible idea:
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Welcome to the Suburbs by NimbyTect - inspired by the '60s, BIG and Studio Gang - 21 storeys to rise above Bloor and Bathurst?
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What every "suburban" Annex dweller dreams about: a cute little bungalow in the vertical 'burbs :p
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The "house" inspired facade pattern is just an appliqué; in section the building is the same old residential pancake/ stacking of floors, but with a pattern applied in front of it. I think the concept of houses put together to make a larger building is interesting but it would be more effective if you made the theme relate more to the actual layout of the building / the spaces within. The pattern extrusion is also pulled way too far out; why so heavy? (the structure certainly does not require such a heavy extrusion/frame); what is behind all those little spaces that are too small to be floorspace? Space = money. You need to be maximizing it where possible.

The vessel/"building" is less important than the spaces that you create. The volume/void/space is what people are paying for.
 
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Um, maybe. That was just a quick sketch--needs a ton of work--maybe I'll work on it more if I ever have any time to think.

Anyhow, back to Honest Ed's site so the nimby game must continue, right?

STRIKE TWO - Honest Nimbies
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Mass'n concept in progress--holy nimbies thou shalt seek 31 storeys of bargains here!
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I'm a sick nimby today but I roughed in the Bathurst streetwall doctor style:
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More setbacks probably needed in reality to please the planning department but whatever, here's the basic design idea:
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I love Swiss cheese--it's lactose free and I was eating some when I thought--why not here?!
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