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[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by george

11-29

^ So I take it that the entrance ramp to the parking garage will be from that L shaped drive just north of Aqua?

That's good to see, that means no curb cuts from any other streets, I would assume

[ardecila]

Well, the only other potential street is Upper Wacker, and that's the "showy" side of the building with the main entrance. Lower Wacker's traffic is too fast for a garage exit. There may be a secondary exit to Lower Lower Wacker, though. I'm sure the loading dock will be there.

[harryc]

Originally Posted by ardecila

Well, the only other potential street is Upper Wacker, and that's the "showy" side of the building with the main entrance. Lower Wacker's traffic is too fast for a garage exit. There may be a secondary exit to Lower Lower Wacker, though. I'm sure the loading dock will be there.

There are currently 2 garage exits and an entrance immediately W of the site (Aqua and ?).

Ramp to Lower Wacker Oct 25


Mystery exit.


Looking W on Lower (middle) Wacker

[george]

[Zapatan]

God I freaking love Chicago's skyline, so perfect.

[Tom Servo]

i leave for six months and come back to this?! KEEP IT UP CHICAGO!!!

[ardecila]

Yea, exactly the kind of rigorous design you love to drool over.

[caltrane74]

Nice to see this one getting above ground level!

I luv me some Aqua!

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by ardecila

Yea, exactly the kind of rigorous design you love to drool over.

hell yeah, if you ask me, B + L does beautiful buildings and some of my favorite in the city.

[Rizzo]

Couple of quick cell phone shots taken today 12/05/11

[Nowhereman1280]

The size of those flying forms is making me wonder if the balconies won't be cantilevering further than we think. I'm not sure why they would be so huge if that weren't the case. They look even deeper than the ones used on Aqua where the balconies cantilever in excess of 12' in places.

[Rizzo]

Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280

The size of those flying forms is making me wonder if the balconies won't be cantilevering further than we think. I'm not sure why they would be so huge if that weren't the case. They look even deeper than the ones used on Aqua where the balconies cantilever in excess of 12' in places.

They probably won't be any greater than 6' from the face of the building

[Nowhereman1280]

^^^ That's what the renderings suggest, but the forms they are putting together just seem to be wayyyy deeper than that. I know they'll need a good deal of the form to be supported inside of the building in order for them to hold up, but those look like 24' long which is a lot bigger than 6', more than I'd assume you'd need at least. Perhaps the columns will be set back from the curtain wall or something to open up views more? I doubt it, but I'm just trying to figure those forms out.

[Rizzo]

The balconies will be close to 6' regardless

[Nowhereman1280]

That's got nothing to do with my question. I'm trying to figure out why the forms are so damn deep. Any ideas? I think these are the exact same flying supports that were used on Aqua (for the first time) and I haven't the slightest clue as to why they are necessary or so big here. I was just throwing some kind of tinkering with the balcony depth out there as a possible reason, but I'm asking a question here, not trying to claim the balconies have been changed.

[Ed007Toronto]

Interesting addition to Chicago.

[roadrunner2154]

The flying forms you are seeing are for the elevator core of the building not the perimeter of the tower. The footprint of the garage is much larger than the apartment tower. You'll see what I mean if future pictures are posted in the next 3 or 4 weeks.

[ardecila]

Kamin just gave the details on the BKL breakup...

Apparently Brininstool and Lynch grew uncomfortable with the process of working overseas. They prefer to work on local projects where they can have a greater involvement in the design and construction process. The article made it sound like they were returning to a boutique residential market, but they did several successful highrises in Chicago before teaming up with Kerwin, so I wouldn't be surprised to see them taking on more large projects in Chicago/the Midwest.

BKL will continue to be called BKL (only the initials) while Brininstool + Lynch will begin operating simultaneously. Actually, yhis is not uncommon in architecture, since firms are hesitant to change their name and lose recognition every time a partner leaves.

Tower of Jewel disappeared from the BKL website, so perhaps Brininstool/Lynch are taking that project with them. In the renderings, it didn't seem to have much of that SOM influence you can see in the BKL projects, while it had much more in common with older projects like 1620 S. Michigan, etc.

[Nowhereman1280]

Originally Posted by roadrunner2154

The flying forms you are seeing are for the elevator core of the building not the perimeter of the tower. The footprint of the garage is much larger than the apartment tower. You'll see what I mean if future pictures are posted in the next 3 or 4 weeks.

Maybe I'm using the wrong term with the flying forms thing, but I'm talking about the huge forms they are assembling on the ground right now. There is no way those are for the elevator core as they look to be about 15-20' wide and 30-40' long and there are like 15 of them already assembled. They are pretty clearly for floor slabs based upon the beams with diamond punch outs that are holding them together.

[chicagoisepic]

how much of space will this building occupy? im hoping that 375 east wacker will be reight next to it and have enough space