Waterworks Building Redevelopment | 47.55m | 13s | MOD Developments | Diamond Schmitt

kozak · Nov 16, 2020

Working into the night in a unit on the north side of the building.

GreenCity · Nov 17, 2020

I gotta say I had higher hopes for this... it's looking like every other boring window-wall building out there..

ProjectEnd · Nov 17, 2020

It really does not, but thanks for playing.

GreenCity · Nov 17, 2020

ProjectEnd said:
It really does not, but thanks for playing.

Maybe I'm missing something, but beyond the podium, what's different about it?

ushahid · Nov 17, 2020

It's not always design, look at the quality for this one. And I mean design is not bad either.

ProjectEnd · Nov 17, 2020

GreenCity said:
Maybe I'm missing something, but beyond the podium, what's different about it?

Next to no spandrel;
Small, tasteful spandel where required;
No knee mullions on windows;
Wall assemblies with porcelain backing where opaque surfaces are required;
Excellent build-up detail on balcony surrounds;
Black paint on balcony undersides;
Etc., etc., etc.

ADRM · Nov 17, 2020

ProjectEnd said:
Next to no spandrel;

Small, tasteful spandel where required;

No knee mullions on windows;

Wall assemblies with porcelain backing where opaque surfaces are required;

Excellent build-up detail on balcony surrounds;

Black paint on balcony undersides;

Etc., etc., etc.

Yeah, I was going to say: if you have to do window wall, this is how you should do window wall. I don't love the north side massing -- I think it could've used loads more articulation, but the other three frontages look good to really good, and the window wall is clearly above average everywhere it's used.

isaidso · Nov 18, 2020

ProjectEnd said:
It really does not, but thanks for playing.

I agree that it's well executed but do you have to be so nasty and condescending when you responded to him? Thanks for playing? It's neither appropriate or witty. It's just rude.