Rogers Arena Complex | 104m, 100m, 97m | U/C & Proposed

[dleung]

The south tower clearly appears to be the "flagship" now. The office tower seems to have been cheapened (with 2 of the 3 curved sides straightened out). East tower is meh, and the North tower is just an extrusion/placeholder at this point.

[Yume-sama]

Oh darn, and I wagered dleung would like this one, too.

[officedweller]

Thanks for posting,.

Yeah, the south tower definitely is the most interesting (but it does look like a bit of an orphan)

The west tower never did have 3 curved sides - those two were always straight. BTW the link needs to be corrected.

Interesting that there's a curved ramp between the Georgia Steps and the Arena steps.

[invisibleairwaves]

I'm a little worried about noise complaints with condos so close to the arena, but I guess if Spectrum hasn't had any issues then this should be fine. And it's just more proof that the viaducts are not a serious obstacle to development.

I like it. A lot.

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

Wow, looks nice!

Also note how they are amazingly able to build around the viaducts and incorporate them into the design!

Almost as if the viaducts are not the bogey man some make them out to be!

In fact, they can offer a great service to the plazas planned below them by offering cover during the rain and being used to project light against or even add art exhibits against!

And then we can adequately reduce the traffic volume on the surface roads to a local level of traffic

It is almost as if we have a chance to build a unique urban neighbourhood in this area *cough* Grandville Island *cough* instead of yet another Yaletown wannabe.

HEAR HEAR! you say it brother man!

I'm in full agreement!

[jlousa]

Link fixed for the West tower in the original post, thanks for noticing OD.
I'll include it here too for people that don't want to search back.

West tower
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/plannin...WestTower1.pdf

[wrenegade]

I think it's a pretty damn good looking development, excellent integration with the Viaducts. I wonder, the soon Aquilini gets to building these, the sooner we can forget about removing the viaducts? I believe the east tower (not in this application) was to be positioned directly above the Dunsmuir viaduct on stilts, perhaps it wasn't included because things are still up in the air?

[Yume-sama]

I agree with the sentiment that it's nice this proposal takes in to account that Vancouver is a major city.

It's not particularly difficult to design around the viaducts, but it is nice to see it in action.

I think the plaza could actually have some really cool effects just based on the viaducts being above it.

There is something very "city" about it that sets it apart from sleepy Yaletown.

[SFUVancouver]

Source | Copyright Walter Francl Architects and PWL Partnership

[Coldrsx]

very impressive i must say... god i hate you vancouver

[vanman]

I like the design of these towers themselves, and especially the ridiculously efficient use of land. My fear is that the glazing will turn out to what we're all too familiar with in Vancouver: A monochromatic mix of silver, beige and grey + spandrel that will just blend in with all the other Concord crap in the area.

[Yume-sama]

But of course the glass will be the same. In the PDF it mentions that it will fit with the design guidelines the city has put out for the NEFC area.

[squeezied]

Originally Posted by vanman

I like the design of these towers themselves, and especially the ridiculously efficient use of land. My fear is that the glazing will turn out to what we're all too familiar with in Vancouver: A monochromatic mix of silver, beige and grey + spandrel that will just blend in with all the other Concord crap in the area.

Agreed. Though I have yet to see a development from Aquilini that disappoints.

[crazyjoeda]

awesome. Looks like the roof of Rogers arena would be a good place for advertising, like Quest Field.

[dleung]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

Oh darn, and I wagered dleung would like this one, too.

But other than the form of the south tower, what is there to like about the architecture here? The east tower is doing that silly bi-polar slab edge thing like Fairmont Pacific Rim, and the office tower has been dumbed down from this earlier design:


http://www.6717000.com

I could've sworn the 2 other sides had a slight curve, but in any case, they took out the corner jogs and the glass frits/solid panels, so now it's just a homegenous glass box (well a glass pie-shaped extrusion)

[djmk]

very nice

however, I wonder what will happen when the viaducts or the stadium get old and have to come down. office buildings last longer than stadiums and bridges. Rogers arena is already 15 years old.

[Yume-sama]

Well, could always just renovate the arena. Look how old MSG in NYC is. Yes, it's a pretty darn crappy building, but they're going through a multi-year $850 million renovation right now.

The city / province seems to have decided that it's a good area to have the stadiums for the foreseeable future

[Canadian Mind]

Hey, I just noticed, rendering 5.0.6 of the drawings section, the east building has a green wall. The actual pattern used is CADPAT, albeit really small. Is it going to be an actual green wall and the designer was lazy, or are they actually going to paint the wall in military camo colours?

[Hed Kandi]

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[PROSTSHOCKER]

That south building looks fantastic!

But they are still probably engineering/designing how to have the north building go around that viaduct. if it sits over it, that'd be cool. But a potential pain in the ass for if that tower is ever theoretically slated for demolition. haha