I finally decided to sketch out my first condo floorplan, this one is a 600 sq ft 1 bedroom--the larger the better--I'm calling The Yonge Street Flophouse because it's in that ghetto known as Yonge & Grenville:
I've been thinking about One Bloor West today and thought what better way to spend the 4th of July than in my studio sketching out a concept: YO'BLO is the design compromise F+P ought to consider:
It's a typical concrete and hybrid-wall glass balcony tower with an aluminium exoskeleton facade.
Last edited by urbandreamer; Jul 4, 2015 at 10:46 PM.
A further 10 minutes and I've got the CRU & PH roughed in:
Now comes the hard part: interior design, lobby, floor plans, parking/service layout, structural, HVAC, material selection, plumbing, electrical, marketing and sales. How far will I get?
Last edited by urbandreamer; Jul 31, 2015 at 2:51 PM.
I think I've nailed the perfect glazing in SketchUp but you know what? 100% glass towers put me to sleep. Working upon this glass/balcony point tower I can remix it 1001 different ways with different cladding materials and shapes. Here's one:
Yonge & Metal is one NimbyTect vision for 475 Yonge Street.