The Great Canadian "If you were a developer (Just for fun)" Thread

[urbandreamer]

Here's a building I worked on earlier today (but now it utterly bores me.:p)


Proposed location:

[urbandreamer]

New Street Jail by NimbyTect is designed to be very conservative: a c.1955 warehouse aesthetic meets a c.2005 Euro tower aesthetic.








New Street was the original name for Jarvis Street.

I like this aesthetic:

Which means New Street Jail is going to be locked up and given a brand new life.

[urbandreamer]

Still working on that New Street Jail escapee.... Meanwhile, in prison I am seeing a doctor for help:


Dr Streetwall is trying to figure out where he's going to put the NimbyTect.


Maybe on a street corner near you?


Dr Streetwall scribbled something about brick.

Does it work?

[urbandreamer]

Toronto 1st World Problems: holes in streetwalls. For example, on Adelaide Street West of Peter Street, south side:


Solution: NimbyTect's resident Dr Streetwall:




How tall are you?

[urbandreamer]

Dr Streetwall grows up ...




Don't drink & draw


Dr Streetwall needs another glass (balcony tower)

[urbandreamer]

NimbyTect's Dr Streetwall is stumbling around the nimbyhood

[urbandreamer]

I am still working on my dream home design. Today I'm thinking about a sort of rural or small village home--could be in Forest Hill Village or Baby Point as well :p

[urbandreamer]

When you're suffering from a serious bout of designer's block, what would you do? Pull out the vinyl remixes from 2 decade's ago ... and paint the town red.

[urbandreamer]

Still working on the exact shade/texture of red brick and more interior details, but Bay Street Bore brick remix may be on the move ...


Here's a 540 square foot one bedroom + den unit


Toss in some Sally Ann furniture


Pour a glass of wine


And celebrate the new year indoors...cheers.

[urbandreamer]

From my studio high above reality, I'd like to wish y'all a

[urbandreamer]

68 storeys at Yonge and Eglinton?! Okay then ...

[urbandreamer]

What is a house party without a kitchen?


I'm designing a home from the inside out.

[dleung]

Nice work. Urbandreamer, what do you do for a living?

[urbandreamer]

Nothing close to design, sadly. But I'm working on getting into the biz because I love it so much.

Here's a quick facade idea I've whipped up for One Bloor Street West: blonge (because it's the bling that meets yonge and bloor)


podium level pov


Here's a super quick massing idea for 2 Columbus Circle. It was going to be my entry into a May 2014 SSC competition--but I never found the time to complete it. In retrospect, it's very Foster + Partners ... a foreshadow of the design direction for One Bloor West?

[urbandreamer]

And another quick concept for One Bloor West: yung&blur

[urbandreamer]

yung & blur slightly modified--needs more blingtasm


And it needs some sexy interior design!


Coming soon I hope.

[Hali87]

New Street Jail actually reminds me a lot of this recent project in Halifax:


Source

[urbandreamer]

Yeah I can see that. However I've got a much bolder idea floating somewhere in my head--New Street Jail was just a quick first sketch. Who knows maybe I'll find some time to design it in more detail?

Channeling Foster+Partners, I think I may modify Yung & Blur to be bolder as well. What do you nimbies think?

[thebasketballgeek]

We should rename this thread the urban dreamer thread 🏥🌆 You're buildings are really nice though

[urbandreamer]

5 minutes in sketchup just now and another dreary One Bloor West idea popped into my head: the dreaded balcony tower.