Toronto Queen & Ashbridge | 60.15m | 17s | Context Development | Teeple Architects
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flonicky
Senior Member
Gates are gone and new sidewalks are in progress all around the site.
Northern Light
Superstar
One can never be angry with @flonicky 's fine photo-taking.......... but OMG what a hatchet job............what a waste of material and effort.............Why not just empty your bank account and place the cash in the middle of the road and burn it?
Faster, less labour required and costs the same.
The architectural quality at-grade here is just hideous, the material quality almost as bad......
Faster, less labour required and costs the same.
The architectural quality at-grade here is just hideous, the material quality almost as bad......
Lenser
Senior Member
They royally screwed up, didn't they? Or is that giving them too much credit. It must have been intentional, this unfortunate compromise of a build.
unrealestate
Active Member
?? Real brick at grade looks well done. There are so many worse projects
Northern Light
Superstar
Problems:
Blank street-facing wall:
Appearance of pre-cast:
Notice the seems between the bricks over the ground floor glazing. Either they used pre-cast in that spot or the crew doing the work doesn't know how to lay brick properly. No visible seams!
Multiple Items:
No visible dividing line or signage band above the ground floor to differentiate it from the second floor.
Use of a small section of spandrel between the brick and the oil canned panels further allong
Oil Canned panels.
Two different styles of 'window's in order to accommodate zero-value Juliet Balconies that look terrible.
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Brick is ok, but reads cooler than it should.
Crap panels that shouldn't even exist are a poor colour outright and worse when contrasting w/the abutting brick.....err spandrel.
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Is there worse? Sure............but this is sub-par at best and a deep disappointment.
PL1
Active Member
"Hot mess" may be an apt description
flonicky
Senior Member
I think I mentioned before that the quality of the grade-level architecture was raised at the public meeting and the guy who asked the question received the most patronizing response possible.
maestro
Senior Member
The ground floor is mostly brick and curtain wall with the awnings and windows still to receive trim. It's a step above the rest of the tower. It isn't just a sheet of glass. There's a section of the street front that is just brick. I don't find it that big of a deal. It could be a blessing in disguise depending on the interior layout. Brick beats windows plastered in vinyl advertisment. Alternatively, a blank wall is a great spot for a streetcar stop and shelter.
Again. It's a step above the rest of the complex.
Again. It's a step above the rest of the complex.
AlbertC
Superstar
Can't get any respect for trying to address architectural integrity standards during public consultations in this city.
flonicky
Senior Member
Oh, they promised the world at that meeting. They really promised something good for the public space at the side, so I'm expecting a repeat of Baseball Place.
AlbertC
Superstar
Setting low expectations seems like the way to go.
egotrippin
Senior Member
It's something else that they managed to make real brick look like precast panels- dare I say impressive, but like, not in a positive way.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Sort of like a mini-Aura. Looks cool from afar but mediocre up-close.