flonicky
Senior Member
Even with all the chain stores, 875 Queen E feels very urban at street level. It's good to see something similar here.
Idk I think the multiple facades is kind of goofy looking.
I’d rather they did one well detailed treatment instead of 4 potentially bad ones.
Scale is great though!
Why? (serious question); I thought it was what most us like about Mirvish (Bathurst). I can't recall your thoughts on that now.........but didn't remember anyone disliking it.
Well sure...........but again..........are they bad? There's a couple of details I'd like to see refined, but I'm down w/the bulk of the idea here.
Agreed.
The architectural quality at Mirvish seems to be a substantial step above what is being proposed here (each facade has depth and enough variation to really sell through the idea of multiple facades, and these treatments are carried up beyond the podium to the towers)
I just think if you're going to go this route you need to think really carefully about each facade treatment - three shades of brick, some rearranging of windows and varied parapet heights just isn't enough in my opinion. I'm ok with more broad facades that aren't as "fine grained" if the pedestrian experience, materials and details are really well thought out. It's ok for buildings to look as big as they actually are if the design is good.
Id rather see the whole thing in red brick. The whole notion that red brick should never extend higher than surrounding historic buildings is ridiculous. All it's done is resulted in neighbourhoods with a colder aesthetic, which is especially apparent in winter months.The architectural quality at Mirvish seems to be a substantial step above what is being proposed here (each facade has depth and enough variation to really sell through the idea of multiple facades, and these treatments are carried up beyond the podium to the towers)
I just think if you're going to go this route you need to think really carefully about each facade treatment - three shades of brick, some rearranging of windows and varied parapet heights just isn't enough in my opinion. I'm ok with more broad facades that aren't as "fine grained" if the pedestrian experience, materials and details are really well thought out. It's ok for buildings to look as big as they actually are if the design is good.
Pardon my hack photoshop job but I think it's mostly just a matter of simplifying things. I know this is less flashy, but it reads (at least to me) as a lot more cohesive and balanced.
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The new rendering is updated in the database. The unit count changed from 68 units to 69 units. The total car parking was reduced from 17 car parking to 12 car parking. Total bike parking was reduced from 78 bikes to 70 bikes.
Rendering taken from arch plan via Rezoning submission:
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