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Originally Posted by Built Form
I hope you don't mind wrenegade. Here are my pix.
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Don't mind at all. I'll go through mine and see if I have any other angles, otherwise that pretty much does it. I'm guessing you were there last night as well?
Also, as for the "soviet bloc" comments, it was brought up by members of the panel that the project did look somewhat like a housing project, and that the podiums were too large in relation to the tower. One panelist said the project looked liked something you might see outside of Shenzhen, and that it wasn't a compliment. They also commented on how there was too much sameness going on between towers 1 and 2, and not enough difference with the Vanness tower (which would be built as a second phase). A number of the panelists mentioned that it would have been preferable to add height to the towers in order to reduce the size and lessen the effect of the podiums, but the height has been set under the approved CD-1. The panel was in agreement that the density (5.5 FSR) is the right number for the site, but there is a lot of work to be done on how it all fits.
I honestly don't know where to start with the project. It is so large and very overwhelming. Unfortunately with the building heights essentially fixed under the zoning we won't see too much difference, apart from potentially separating the bridge/podium on towers 1 and 2, and hopefully an improvement on the mews and landscaped area. In my opinion it would have been preferable to have one or two of the towers to become a couple floors higher to spread out the density as well as vary the height of the Ormidale mid-rises, instead of having a 6 storey streetwall the entire way down.