ptbotrmpfn
Senior Member
Moving on.
More Friday Night Shots by me
buildup:
DRPs can't ensure excellence - they can only prevent disasters.
AoD
Your only legitimate reason seems to be poor materials. I don't think that's enough reason to make me hate a building passionately.
Great photo, but again - what is with those horizontal lines on those ground floor windows/spandrels? Why are they so utterly random in height - except for the last two, which for some reason match? Surely there's a more sleek way to put this building together. It *really* feels like, "Oh crap we need to get the drawings out to meet the construction deadline - don't worry that it doesn't make sense!"
Passing by this incomprehensible building makes me want to cry.
But he wasn't talking about what is enough to make YOU hate a building, he was speaking to why HE takes issue with it. He stated his reasons (and I agree with many points even though I've chosen to remain positive as much as I can because whether I like it or not, Aura is happening and I'd may as well focus on its positive points) because people put him on the defensive by criticizing those who take issue with this building.
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My "middle ground" argument between the people who hate this project and those who like/love it:
At the end of the day, let's all try to be polite and POSITIVE. Even if you don't like this building, there's no need to be negative and shit all over the situation and make it worse than it already is for you. That 1) doesn't make the building any better and 2) ticks off the people who are being positive about this project.
While that's true, I think what troubles some of us is that they would try to use that approach on a modern design where all the other horizontals stay constant/parallel across the entire Yonge Street facade.
The old College Park also has expanses of stone above the storefront windows which give "breathing room" for the change in grade and the change in the store-front heights as they move down the slope. Aura's podium has very stressed horizontal lines in its glass all around its storefronts, so it makes the change in alignment of those silver strips a strange sight.
Well at the end of the day, their pretentiousness and attitudes of being superior only reflects poorly on them and their personalities outside of these message boards and in the real world.
If they want to make everything about height, let them. I think for most of us, like I said in my post which you quoted, Ramako, it's a matter of trying to look at the glass half full. After all, Aura is going up whether we like it or not. Best to have a civil discussion about its pros and cons instead of posts like "They failed" or "Oh yeah, you guys just like it because it's tall!". Some people are "fanboys" and just like height. But there are many of us here who are VERY critical about architecture, yet we still know how to entertain civil conversation with other human beings most of the time.
If anyone wants to join me in having more of these civil discussions around here, that would be great. I'm not going to become bitter or pretentious because I like the great discussion that can happen when we are all respectful.
Anyways, back on topic!