Toronto Aquabella at Bayside | 50.9m | 14s | Tridel | 3XN
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skycandy
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Starting to pop from the waterfront...
...here's why!!..
Insulation installation...
Beginning to add light framing trim on podium...
And vertical white banding visible from the waterfront, enhancing the segmented motif (as well as identical treatment on podium as balcony separators)...
In mountain climbing/hiking, there are often 'false peaks'. Can't think of an autumn that has had such amazing colour...and just when you think the colour has peaked, it then gets better. The westernmost (mature) trees have indeed lost more of their leaves but their younger eastern cousins were just brilliant this morning, especially in the rich depth of lighting on a moist day.
Looks like virtually all of the cladding frames will be covered in those white panels...
...here's why!!..
Insulation installation...
Beginning to add light framing trim on podium...
And vertical white banding visible from the waterfront, enhancing the segmented motif (as well as identical treatment on podium as balcony separators)...
In mountain climbing/hiking, there are often 'false peaks'. Can't think of an autumn that has had such amazing colour...and just when you think the colour has peaked, it then gets better. The westernmost (mature) trees have indeed lost more of their leaves but their younger eastern cousins were just brilliant this morning, especially in the rich depth of lighting on a moist day.
Looks like virtually all of the cladding frames will be covered in those white panels...
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WeirdFishes
Active Member
Wow. This is working its way towards an 'A' for me. More excited to see the treatments added to the West face with the slanted balconies, it will be much more dramatic.
Benito
Senior Member
Today.
skycandy
Senior Member
From far and near....morning and afternoon...
An ingenius way to hide a mechanical area if you ask me (assuming that's what it is).
Prepping panels for the north face.
Meanwhile along the waterfront...more white panels...
The last vestiges of colour...
An ingenius way to hide a mechanical area if you ask me (assuming that's what it is).
Prepping panels for the north face.
Meanwhile along the waterfront...more white panels...
The last vestiges of colour...
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TheSix
Active Member
Lovely. Finally nice to see something beautiful on the waterfront.
Dr. Snoot
Active Member
It's great to see liveable and useable outdoor space on both terraces and balconies. I wish there were a lot more buildings like this in Toronto.
skycandy
Senior Member
Taken yesterday afternoon..
Horizontal and vertical white banding will enhance the honeycomb effect...(even the balcony divider colours look honeycomb-ish.
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Framing in place for horizontal band placement..
Horizontal and vertical white banding will enhance the honeycomb effect...(even the balcony divider colours look honeycomb-ish.
)Framing in place for horizontal band placement..
syn
Senior Member
Not quite sold on this one yet.
I think the best addition to our waterfront in the past 20 years is the trees.
I think the best addition to our waterfront in the past 20 years is the trees.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
For me, there's a lot of detail here emerging that this suggests this project has been well thought out. As well as the lack of spamdrel is starting to push my thumbs way up on this one. I would still like to see it more competed before before I sign off on it, but yeah...this one is continuously surprising me.
TheSix
Active Member
Agreed, I think it's only uphill from here. Looking forward to seeing the west face come to life and the sky gardens in the spring.
This is a big win for 3XN as their first design in North America. A promising new relationship with Tridel and I can only expect we'll be even more impressed with their next project together to the east of here.
This is a big win for 3XN as their first design in North America. A promising new relationship with Tridel and I can only expect we'll be even more impressed with their next project together to the east of here.
skycandy
Senior Member
WeirdFishes
Active Member
Beautiful.
A Torontonian Now
Senior Member
Fixed that for you.
Otis_YVR
Active Member
I walked by this the other day. It’s looking great, but one smallish quibble.... I‘m not sold on the stripey balcony panels. Did anyone else think they were going to be wood/wood-esque? What they‘ve gone with is suggestive of the tiled mensroom walls in my local multiplex.
(render from Urban Toronto project database)
(render from Urban Toronto project database)
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