1754 Pendrell | 58m | 21Fls | Completed

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Yeah, full floor to ceiling windows would be nice, but I think LEED requires a reduction in solar gain, which is usually achieved by reducing window area (even if that creates gloomy interiors requiring use of electric lights in Winter).

As discussed earlier, spanderal isn't the only way to achieve a reduction in solar gain.

[officedweller]

Yeah, I'd like to see some rectangular blocks with wrap-around balconies in Vancouver (like in Burnaby),
but there don't seem to be many plain rectangular buildings allowed in Vancouver these days.
- nor tinted glass residential buildings.

[Changing City]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Yeah, I'd like to see some rectangular blocks with wrap-around balconies in Vancouver (like in Burnaby),
but there don't seem to be many plain rectangular buildings allowed in Vancouver these days.

It would be interesting to see if it's possible to design something that had wrap-around balconies with a thermal break from the main structure. The contemporary designs in the city are driven by the energy performance requirements. Those Burnaby buildings must perform really poorly in that regard - huge chilly concrete heat sinks wrapped round the building in winter. The pod balconies proposed in Oakridge are presumably a way of responding to the energy target the buildings must meet - and those targets don't seem likely to be abandoned, despite a change in Council control.

[officedweller]

That Westbank(?) project at Joyce (CNIB site) also has "hanging" balconies too, doesn't it? They're just staggered - so I assume they could be done for a wraparound balcony, unless the larger area creates more of a potential load issue (since bigger things could be placed on bigger balconies).

WRT the concrete balconies being heat sinks, how big an issue is it in Vancouver's climate.
(i.e. if you keep your condo on the cool side.)

The Concord Brentwood renderings show ceiling heaters on the balconies - like a Starbucks patio.
PS - will the City eventually ban patio heaters?

[Changing City]

[QUOTE=officedweller;8425596]

WRT the concrete balconies being heat sinks, how big an issue is it in Vancouver's climate.
(i.e. if you keep your condo on the cool side.)[QUOTE]

I think it's not so much that they're heat sinks, but (if there is such a thing) cold sinks. In other words in fall, winter and early spring the exposed slab is way colder than the internal floor temperature, so if there isn't a thermal break that transfers into the apartment, and then the energy load for the building is far greater as residents try to stay warm. I've owned a condo that happened to have a large wrap-round balcony, and that was certainly true around the edge of the building next to the balcony - the floor (even with insulated flooring) was always noticeably colder in winter.

[officedweller]

Sorry, I meant cold sink.
I guess my question is whether the colder floor near the balcony actually causes people to turn up the heat or not.

[skylinegazer]

isn't that a heat sink though?

the balcony would absorb heat from inside the apartment and dissipate it into the outside air.

[mcminsen]

Jan.31 '19, my pics

fullsizeoutput_6bd6 by mcminsen, on Flickr


fullsizeoutput_6bd5 by mcminsen, on Flickr


fullsizeoutput_6bd4 by mcminsen, on Flickr


fullsizeoutput_6bd2 by mcminsen, on Flickr


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[officedweller]

Crazy interplay of light with the glass, shadows and the steel beams.
A bit like a Borg ship.

This is the 2nd tower with the horizontal banding (with the one next to the Safeway site project)

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Crazy interplay of light with the glass, shadows and the steel beams.
A bit like a Borg ship.

This is the 2nd tower with the horizontal banding (with the one next to the Safeway site project)

Yes, I spent the longest time last night looking at a pic I had of 1188 Bidwell thinking it was 1754 Pendrell and I couldn't for the life of me figure out which side it was before it dawned on me that it was the other building.

[mcminsen]

1188 Bidwell, my pic

fullsizeoutput_6bde by mcminsen, on Flickr



1754 Pendrell, my pic

fullsizeoutput_6bd4 by mcminsen, on Flickr

[idunno]

It's crazy how much faster 1188 Bidwell has gone up compared to 1754 Pendrell.

Excited for all the new rental in this neighbourhood!

[BodomReaper]

1754 Pendrell is looking great - surprisingly slick glazing for a rental tower. I was expecting something similar to the other Henriquez-designed rental tower on Pendrell, at Thurlow.

[mcminsen]

The crane was coming down when I took these pics on Tuesday.



Feb.26 '19, my pics

[Otis_Van]

I would be curious to know the story behind all the missing windows.

[officedweller]

Looks like they will all be operable windows that will be installed later.
There was a building in Coquitlam near Lougheed (The Austin?) that had the same thing - missing windows for a long time.

[retro_orange]

Most likely a lag at the production facility.

[mcminsen]

April 14 '19, my pics

[GenWhy?]

Originally Posted by retro_orange

Most likely a lag at the production facility.

Yup. On both their buildings they're facing quite the delay. I think I heard it was a cost-saving measure to go with the windows they went with, but that's the risk you pay in a possibly delay. Pay now or pay later.

[SpongeG]

I wonder if people will walk out on the exterior cage looking thing for instagram or will they be enclosed?