Okay - you like renderings?
Buckle up.
No new Toronto building we can think of has had so much attention paid to the way it will meet the street, rendering-wise, as Tableau has.
Let's start with a larger version of the rendering that Mike in TO posted above (and inadvertently triggered the avalanche below - thanks for the nudge Mike!)
We'll get closer to the corner of Richmond and Peter...
And zero in on the lower floors of the building. While the fourth floor is shown with office furniture behind the windows, this area will actually house the indoor amenities area for Tableau residents.
Floors two and three will have 25,000 square feet of commercial space, accessed via a Peter Street lobby in the heritage facade.
The table-like transfer slab floor allows for the retention on the heritage facade on the west, while providing a sheltered public plaza which widens toward the east.
The east end of the sheltered plaza will feature
Shayne Dark's monumental "Nova", which will rise five storeys, poking through an opening in the plaza's roof.
The same, seen from a more westerly vantage point.
Let's back out a bit.
Claude Cormier Paysagiste of Montreal, designer of Sugar Beach and HTO on the Weaterfront, is responsible for the landscaping of the sheltered plaza, as well as the plaza on the north side of Richmond.
The same, in detail, closer to
Nova again.
Here is Nova as it pokes through the roof deck outdoor amenity area.
And here is a fuller look at the fifth floor roof deck.
This plan shows you how the fifth floor will be arranged, with common areas in green.
Notice the "Open to Below" text? Here's what that staircase which links the fifth and fourth floor amenities will look. Wow.
We'll zero in on that seating area. We're not having a hard time picturing ourselves here.
Here are how the fourth floor amenities are arranged.
We'll end our visit by moving down to the lobby,
and back away from it,
with a look back at the plaza from across the street,
and finish with a look at the whole building.
Quite the tour, but our appetite has merely been whetted. Something we still want? A view from the east, looking at Shayne Dark's Nova and the public plaza as you approach Peter Street. Are you listening Gods of Renderworld (and you know who you are)? Thanks for the pics - so far!
