Toronto Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

[C-mac]

It's just a number I threw out there, instead of making it a stale proposal... the jury is still out if this will actually get built. I hope so... I'd hate to see it disappear from the diagram.

Sorry Koops, didn't realize your the adimin for that site. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[UrbanAffair]

I am surprised they still have not installed a concrete pump.

They seem to have one installed now. See recent photos.

 

[khaldoon]

They seem to have one installed now. See recent photos.

Must’ve been done this weekend.

 

[khaldoon]

Although they probably have not reached a point where the process is repeatable and optimized, the pace seems to be relatively faster now.

 

[nightstreak]

I saw a Great Golf ad on Instagram stories for Forma. It showed a little more of the podium than I had seen before but it was cropped off. Because it was a story, I couldn't save it. The renderings here don't show the podium. Is that on purpose?

I've visited Frank Gehry's buildings in Bilbao and LA and the impression I've gotten is that he builds these grand sculptures beautiful at a distance, but at human level, they're kind of like peeking behind the sets of a beloved sitcom. Disney Concert Hall is better at street level than the Guggenheim which looks like propped up fake walls. I'm a little worried that renderings haven't revealed the street level of Forma and even seem to strategically hide it behind other buildings in all the released materials. This thing is already under construction so it's increasingly worrying. Am I being crazy or is anyone wondering the same?

 

[nightstreak]

...and if anyone thinks I'm being paranoid, this is 8 Spruce Street. Grand building at a distance, ugly and pedestrian hostile at street level.

... and the Guggenheim:

Full disclosure, there are nice parts to the Guggenheim along the river where the stone facades are, but these grand wavy titanium panels are made to be viewed from a distance on a postcard, not up close.

Forma isn't an art gallery, it's meant to be lived in and arrived at by residents every day. Why wouldn't Great Golf show the entrance and lobby off if they were proud of it?

/end of paranoid rant

 

[Collingwoodbuildinglover]

Everything that I am seeing in the pictures is that the podium has the same cladding and form as the rest of the building

 

[nightstreak]

Everything that I am seeing in the pictures is that the podium has the same cladding and form as the rest of the building

Doesn't look like it:

Hidden:

Strategically darkened:

Maybe I'm being paranoid but every piece of promotional material seems to want to hide the podium. At the very least, they've made no effort to show off the entrance and lobby, a key piece in selling a residential building that is inexplicably never shown at best, hidden at worst.

I hope a Great Golf rep is around and wants to prove me wrong. Let's see a clear shot of the entrance, lobby and sidewalk presence. The building is designed and under construction, there's no reason to hide it.

 

[fanoftoronto]

Doesn't look like it:
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Hidden:

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Strategically darkened:
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Maybe I'm being paranoid but every piece of promotional material seems to want to hide the podium. At the very least, they've made no effort to show off the entrance and lobby, a key piece in selling a residential building that is inexplicably never shown at best, hidden at worst.

I hope a Great Golf rep is around and wants to prove me wrong. Let's see a clear shot of the entrance, lobby and sidewalk presence. The building is designed and under construction, there's no reason to hide it.

There is this image from the released renderings. Edit correction: Pictures of a model not a render.

Closest to showing us what it's going to look like. Seems bland and sterile for sure.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

^Actually the above is a model, not a render...and I think it came before the renders.

...either way, while the podium level looks more prosaic than the rest of the towers, at least according that model..there will be subtle curves, something we don't see a lot of at grade. So Is suspect it will be a bit less generic than we're thinking here. And for what that is worth.

 

[Tyrang]

^Actually the above is a model, not a render...and I think it came before the renders.

...either way, while the podium level looks more prosaic than the rest of the towers, at least according that model..there will be subtle curves, something we don't see a lot of at grade. So Is suspect it will be a bit less generic than we're thinking here. And for what that is worth.

This is a 2017 rendering... it doesn't seem bad? A bit hard to tell tho.

 

[Collingwoodbuildinglover]

The best part is all the people just walking down the street no s**** given somebody forgot how car centric Toronto is when they did this rendering

 

[Tyrang]

The best part is all the people just walking down the street no s**** given somebody forgot how car centric Toronto is when they did this rendering

I think there is a performance there in the rendering... I am guessing this is imagining TIFF?

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

This is a 2017 rendering... it doesn't seem bad? A bit hard to tell tho.
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We shall see when all is said and done here.

 

[nightstreak]

Heeeeere we have it!