Toronto Studio and Studio2 on Richmond | 131.06m | 41s | Aspen Ridge | BDP Quadrangle

Miscreant · Apr 27, 2014

Yeah it does a bit, but that street wall is nothing to sneeze at.

Jbxy · Apr 27, 2014

The street wall does look cool, although I wish they would have chosen brick exterior to blend in better with the OCAD building next door. Would they give the precast some treatment?

AlvinofDiaspar · Apr 27, 2014

From the photos, it actually looked fairly decent, almost like limestone. The project gives off an almost Merchandise Building kind of vibe.

AoD

buildup · Apr 27, 2014

isaidso said:
That's another big plus: getting shade from the elements. Toronto doesn't have enough streets like that, but it's getting better all the time.

I hope you weren't being ironic, because I literally agree with you. More often that not I prefer shade.

SLOCRO · Apr 27, 2014

Jbxy said:
The street wall does look cool, although I wish they would have chosen brick exterior to blend in better with the OCAD building next door. Would they give the precast some treatment?

The precast looks horrid up close. A few pages back someone had mentioned that the podium was going to have the appearance of multiple facades, so as to break up the length of the podium and not have it appear too overwhelmingly monolithic. Unfortunately that's exactly what's happening here. It's as if the inspiration were the crappy "Infinity" towers: http://livehigh.com/uploads/condos/slideshow/Infinity_I-highrise-Conservatory_Group-1855-30_Grand_Trunk_Crescent-Toronto-Downtown-Waterfront-Condos-15.JPG

Such a shame. I hate how Richmond and Adelaide get treated like "ass" arteries/streets.

urbandreamer · Apr 27, 2014

27 April 2014: I agree the precast looks appalling up close. Time to pull out that Galaxy Camera 2 I guess?
Ok why not

Davidackerman · Apr 29, 2014

News story here

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2014/04/podium-cladding-taking-shape-studio-and-studio2-richmond

Miscreant · Apr 29, 2014

Yeah, that precast. Not sure what I think about it. Perhaps the installation of the windows will add some perspective.

aiekon · Apr 29, 2014

From the article, "A slight variation in shades has been used for the precast which helps to break up and articulate the almost block-long north podium faÃ§ade."

It must be a VERY slight variation. The two sections of precast appear to be the same shade...