ushahid
Senior Member
I know what they are, I mean the one on top is thicker than the one on lower floors. That look abnormal. Both should have same thickness.
Toronto Union Centre | 298m | 54s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group
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Superstar
Why? They service different portions and aspects of the building. Why 'should' they be uniform?
ushahid
Senior Member
^It wouldn't hurt to. Would it?
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The rooms / levels do different things, have different loads, house different equipment and serve different floors.
smably
Senior Member
The mech floors are all 8m -- there's one on the 10th floor, one on the 31st floor, and one on the 32nd floor.
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Yep. 10 serves the data centre, 31 serves the lower floors, 32 serves the upper floors.
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urbanflight
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Oh Gosh I really hope they don't put any grates.
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RickyBobby
Active Member
I still think that the biggest issue is that the building will not be transparent as they've shown in all of their renders. The elevators need to be fire rated. It will be a 400' wide opaque wall. I am very upset it is not a narrower building.
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Do you think you can't rate shafts transparently??
ericmacm
Active Member
That may not necessarily be the case. Fire-rated glass exists already, and it can provide up to 2 hours of fire resistance, which covers the highest required fire-ratings for elevator shafts in the Ontario Building Code. It would probably be a lot more expensive than an opaque wall, but I've never known BIG or Westbank for really cheaping out on their buildings.
daptive
Active Member
The well is also getting transparent exterior elevator shafts so it's definitely feasible.
JasonParis
Moderator
I do really like this project but I still wish the Front Street-facing data centre could be reimagined into something attractive and not street-killing.
AlvinofDiaspar
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The building doesn't really face Front Street though - the existing data centre does.
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Yegger
Active Member
i can't really decide how i feel about the mechanical floor treatment. On one hand, it breaks up the relentless glass wall with some solid materiality. On the other, their different proportions look messy and make the result looks unpolished...