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Knocking 4 or 5 inches off the floorplate's length isn't going to do much to speed up the process. It's still basically the same forming, and the concrete will have the same cure time.

I guess maybe after 20 floors of stepping back it might get a little faster?
 
I think it's a little more about consistency in floor plates than slight reductions in size that makes the difference in speed.
 
NY99 said:
Toronto architects, even the good ones, have this inexplicable obsession with asymmetry. So you get random cutouts like this breaking up what would otherwise be nice straightforward massing.
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In absence of any kind of coherent design gesture, I think it's their shortcut to creating visual interest. In reality it makes for nothing but a disjointed mess.
 
Ramako said:
In absence of any kind of coherent design gesture, I think it's their shortcut to creating visual interest. In reality it makes for nothing but a disjointed mess.
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I think thats what gets me the most. Its such an ingrained habit that even well-designed developments like this will do it. Another, even worse example, is the proposed College Park completion. For absolutely zero reason, they decided to separate the beautiful masonry podium from the handsome tower cladding by adding in a staircase-shaped curtainwall gap.

Why? I have no goddamn clue. It makes the building look worse!!

It has being repeatedly observed in studies that people prefer symmetry in building design. Not only that, but all else being equal, a symmetrical design is simpler, lowering construction complexity and therefore costs. Win-win!

Despite these facts, the pupils of the Toronto school of architecture have this to say:

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