Toronto 2189 Lake Shore West | 195.97m | 59s | Marlin Spring | Wallman Architects

UtakataNoAnnex said:
...so you're saying you don't like the squiggly bits? 🙀
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Im more surprised that he doesn't like what Marlin Spring is proposing here, they always provide us top notch quality work. So top notch it's like the more work they do, the better their work becomes.

Cant you see, Marlin Spring has changed their ways!

*Note: All of the above statements I mention above are not true.
 
Amare said:
Im more surprised that he doesn't like what Marlin Spring is proposing here, they always provide us top notch quality work. So top notch it's like the more work they do, the better their work becomes.

Cant you see, Marlin Spring has changed their ways!

*Note: All of the above statements I mention above are not true.
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Duly noted Amare-san. I did detect a hint of /sarcasm in your post before reading the disclaimer. 😼
 
Radiator fin style buildings (wraparound balconies) are so depressingly poor when it comes to thermal performance of the building envelope. If this was a mid-rise, whatever, I wouldn't be too bothered. But for a building of this size, what a colossal waste of energy! IIRC (correct me if I'm wrong as this could be outdated), SB-10 of the OBC permits projections such as balconies to not be thermally-broken as long as they're under 2% of the envelope area. I'm not sure where this building falls in relation to that 2% figure tbh. Either way, the thermal performance of the building can be much better if they didn't have wraparound balconies. Architects should be forward looking, seeking to meet TGS. How do we plan to meet our green goals if we keep churning out buildings like this? Having witnessed so much conversation through school (not even as an architect) / industry events that try to redefine the status quo for energy efficient design, this is thoroughly disappointing.

My other beef is with the longstanding Toronto tradition of using balcony slabs as the main instrument of building form modulation. It's overdone and plain lazy. As an example, although I and many others like Pinnacle One Yonge's building form, I really don't enjoy the fact that balcony slabs were used to accomplish it. At this building though, they didn't even try. Just square...seriously?

The squiggles make me a bit woozy. Just thinking about it makes me want to regurgitate the ramen I didn't have. And who's idea was it? A 5-year old? SMH.

I realize that a lot (if not all) of the aesthetic decisions were likely vetoed by Marlin Spring. But I'm still not letting Wallman off the hook.
 
This one is the subject of a settlement offer (revised application w/prejudice) coming to next week's Council meeting.

The revised plans don't materially alter the height, but do include more generous setbacks along Lake Shore and Marine Parade Drive:


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The Gas station looked 100X better than the crap that's about to be bestowed on this site.

And the best part is, this thing wont even add one useful thing to the neighborhood as a whole. At least the gas station provided value.
 
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No demo permits for the gas station yet.

So this must be remediation...........but w/the structure still there? Hmmm

Seems odd.
 
Northern Light said:
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No demo permits for the gas station yet.

So this must be remediation...........but w/the structure still there? Hmmm

Seems odd.
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Could it be like the gas station at Bathurst & Wilson, which was similarly closed down and fenced off a few months ago, without any permits in sight? Perhaps the gas station decided not to renew the lease and the site will sit dormant for a while
 
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