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Undead
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Highlighting the George Brown College entrance. From the Building 1A - SA docs:
Northern Light
Superstar
ZBA was updated here March '24 with a target of being approved at the June Council meetings. Renders below.
For these blocks the notable change is in height with buildings 1A and 1B seeing modest increases.
These next 3 are in black and white, I put that down to aA's influence as A of R ; they had to take the colour out somewhere..... LOL
@Paclo will be along with any other pertinent details in due course.
Link to the ZBA:
www.toronto.ca
For these blocks the notable change is in height with buildings 1A and 1B seeing modest increases.
These next 3 are in black and white, I put that down to aA's influence as A of R ; they had to take the colour out somewhere..... LOL
@Paclo will be along with any other pertinent details in due course.
Link to the ZBA:
Application Details
www.toronto.ca
Koops65
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nimby407
New Member
There should be rules about limiting the amount of unrealistic vegetation from renderings, or have a requirement to ensure that developers follow through on what is shown on the renderings.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Who would 'enforce' this and how? Using which legal mechanism? What's the 'punishment' for noncompliance? Who pays if the adjudicator loses?
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Developers will have to write "We shall not render fake shrubberies on a proposal!" a thousands times on a blackboard in front of their peers...
Natika33
Active Member
Community forest? Not sure this even meets the definition of a "woods", but perhaps it might look closer to the renderings over a 20-50 yr time frame.
Really like that one curvy irregular building! Hope the final result doesn't veer too far from the rendering (said with as straight a face as I can muster).
Really like that one curvy irregular building! Hope the final result doesn't veer too far from the rendering (said with as straight a face as I can muster).
nimby407
New Member
The city could update their terms of reference for renderings submitted as part of zoning applications. It would be pretty easy to refuse a submission that includes ferns growing out of the slab edges up the facade, or 60' tall birch trees planted in 0.8m deep soil cells on the roof of a podium.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
That's just a stupid idea. Plain and simple. You're actually advocating for this?
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
what a bizarre design. looks like somebody was trying way too hard. this is like a modern version of baroque.
nimby407
New Member
To clarify, I think submissions should be limited to what is being contemplated for constructed. For example, if they are going to plant mature trees as part of the initial works, then that should be acceptable to show in the renderings. I think its dishonest to show an unrealistic vision of the built form in an attempt to sway public opinion.
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Superstar
I agree with the meta point - if 'zoning' is about an invisible entitlement box, it should just be that, nothing more. I don't get why 'design' is imbued in something at that point (subjectively, I do, objectively, I don't).
There are ToR for that, and I think at a zoning stage it shouldn't go beyond this level of detail: https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/8f6f-Appendix1_Views_AODA.pdf
Natika33
Active Member
I could understand that. Even better (though unrealistic, probably), would be renderings that show how the build is expected to evolve over time.