condovo
Senior Member
I absolutely agree that the balcony undersides should have been painted. It would have made a world of difference in lightening the buildings' bulk and could have been a design motif in itself, i.e. white/off-white balcony undersides against black glass. Hopefully, this is something that residents will do down the road.
Also, I agree that Encore and the Met should have been taller. The Met, especially, looks as though it was designed to be taller but had a few storeys lobbed off at the top as a 'compromise.' The proportions there seem awkward to me.
As for the retail/commercial component of the project, ideally the precast should have marked off this area, i.e. five or six storeys. A setback would have been a nice gesture to Carleton too. At the very least, the ground floor should have been double-storeyed.
As for the art component in the porte-cochère, I think it's fun lit up at night but loses its entire effect and looks cheap during the day. The wind meter at the top of the Met is awesome, however.
Finally, the townhouses look pretty good, again more so at night bathed in the otherworldly blue light coming through the railings, but some serious ivy growth is needed to mask all those ugly concrete retaining walls. More landscaping in general would do wonders here.
All told, the Met falls well short of greatness IMO. In the hands of a better developer and architect it could have soared but as built it's a missed opportunity. B-
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