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[AlvinofDiaspar]

There is very little said/rendered about that landmark building by Parliament Slip.

AoD

 

[Fad225]

Full sized Site plan:

(WT)

The timber "bar" building spanning 3/4 length of the site would be one of the most boldly urban moves in the city if built.

AoD

Is that a river stream crisscrossing Adjay's gigantic timber bar building?

 

[interchange42]

Who knows how much stock to put in the renderings at this point…

…but here are some close-ups from the northwest-facing aerial view.

The overall site:

The Adjaye-designed slab along Queens Quay E:

The cultural centre at the Parliament St slip:

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[AlvinofDiaspar]

Who knows how much stock to put in the renderings at this point…

The cultural centre at the Parliament St slip:
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That would be a place to tell someone to walk the plank.

AoD

 

[jxmith_]

That’s why I look at people whining about “density” in the Portlands project, like… do you not think we’re going to get density around us here? Seriously? That massive wall of towers west of parliament not enough? Nevermind what I imagine will be a wall of towers to the east once hybrid Gardiner unlocks land? Not seen in these shots are the three towers south of the distillery on the books, or the two towers coming in canary. Not enough yet?

 

[daptive]

When Alvin Speaks, WT listens!

LOL

We have a winner in the Quayside process.

Team from Canary District developer Dream wins bid to redevelop Quayside

Waterfront Toronto announced Quayside Impact LP, which also includes developer Great Gulf, will take over the project abandoned by Sidewalk Labs in 2020.

www.thestar.com

From the above:

Quayside Impact LP, a team consisting of Dream Unlimited Corp. and Great Gulf working together with lead architects Adjaye Associates, Alison Brooks Architects, along with Henning Larsen, has been named by Waterfront Toronto as the winning proponent to redevelop Quayside.

Here's the official Waterfrontoronto press release:

news archive

www.waterfrontoronto.ca

I think some of you are about to smile....

From the above:

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Renders incoming:

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@ChesterCopperpot has the others enlarged two posts below mine....so I'll leave these as is:

An artist rendering of the ground floor of the Western Curve and winter animation.
Image courtesy of Waterfront Toronto.

A rendering of the Timber House. Architect: Adjaye Associates.
Image courtesy of Waterfront Toronto.

A rendering of the Community Forest public space. Landscape Architect: SLA
Image courtesy of Waterfront Toronto.

A rendering of The Overstorey. Architect: Henning Larsen
Image courtesy of Waterfront Toronto.

A rendering showing Rooftop Urban Farming, community gardens, greenhouses with POPs space at ground level.
Image courtesy of Waterfront Toronto.

Quayside Impact Limited Partnership Concept Plan
Image courtesy of Waterfront Toronto.

Quayside Aerial - Full view of proposed development. Building heights and densities are conceptual
and subject to City approvals as well as review by the Design Review Panel and public consultation.
Image courtesy of Waterfront Toronto.

Sidewalk Labs?? Who’s that, never heard.

 

[evandyk]

Not enough yet?

Let's keep going until the price of a two bedroom apartment is less than 11X the median household (gross) income.

 

[smably]

While this is all extremely cool and exciting, I am more than a little skeptical about the trees shown in these renders, particularly the ones on the Western Curve building. The platforms look pretty thin for the soil volume required. Some parts of these renders feel more like fantasy than realistic proposals, but I guess we'll see.

 

[interchange42]

Here are a couple close-ups of Alison Brooks' Western Curve building.

Again, the final design could be very different, but let's take a little time to slobber over the details so far, like those screened double-height balconies, and what looks like green-glazed terra cotta at ground level (love the geometrically themed pattern):

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[urbanexplorer]

Wow, this (along with the Well) renews my hope in how the city is raising the bar for upcoming megaprojects. I hope this puts pressure on East Harbour to step up their game.

 

[interchange42]

Wow, this (along with the Well) renews my hope in how the city is raising the bar for upcoming megaprojects. I hope this puts pressure on East Harbour to step up their game.

What Harbour? Never heard of it! (You're right, this might mean they have to.)

Here's the winter-time skating rink planned for the east side of the Western Curve:

Love the sheltered arcades to the north and south of it.

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[Towered]

Who knows how much stock to put in the renderings at this point…

Zero to none. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love these designs...but they have yet to be properly Torontoed...

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Zero to none. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love these designs...but they have yet to be properly Torontoed...

Though Dream does have a reasonable track record so far - though of projects less ambitious/smaller in scale.

AoD

 

[Don Coyote]

Oh wow. I was just looking the other day at the Sidewalk Labs project and lamenting how beautiful I thought it was and how it was a shame we couldn't build something that beautiful at this site, not knowing what was to come. (The smart city aspect of that proposal was Orwellian and its better off it didn't happen)

But these renders are beautiful I have renewed hope at this site... while I know there's so much time to still cheapify it, Torontofy it, and mess it up, I am hopeful.

The western curve building is gorgeous! The plank is different, the cultural centre looks nice. All the wood. A 2 acre wooded park! And I still like the Parliament slip even though it is hardly featured here.

This looks very promising. I hope they don't screw it up!

 

[adHominem]

What beautiful fictions!