Toronto Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

[Collingwoodbuildinglover]

Wow and already formwork for the slab of P2 this project is actually going extremely fast seems like yesterday I remember them starting to dig the hole

 

[khaldoon]

Wow and already formwork for the slab of P2 this project is actually going extremely fast seems like yesterday I remember them starting to dig the hole

The key word is “seems”. In reality they started excavation more than 15 months ago (April 23).

 

[Deadpool X]

Must be the smallest footprint for a building over 250m in Toronto.

Smaller than The One?

 

[Koops65]

The One is larger than average... 961 sqm.

 

[Koops65]

 

[AHK]

Thursday afternoon, July 18 - working away, pouring concrete on the west perimeter wall:

 

[Collingwoodbuildinglover]

I know we are still probably about 4 weeks off but do they have above grade permits @Northern Light

 

[Northern Light]

I know we are still probably about 4 weeks off but do they have above grade permits @Northern Light

No, they do not.

 

[fanoftoronto]

No, they do not.

Let's see if Great Gulf is any better than Mizrahi or Concord!

 

[Collingwoodbuildinglover]

Okay question for everyone how many companies have actually done all their work without permits I'm now curious as we have two instances mentioned here and I think I remember at least a third time that Pinnacle did it kind of makes the city look toothless

 

[Contra]

As we find ourself on the cusp of getting to grade (getting above grade being the red-tape question at hand) it's time for a new diagram. Since some of you seem to like them, some so much you've decided to start copying them , I figured I'd give a quick behind the scenes peek...

I start each diagram struggling through Toronto's development docs website trying to find the latest architectural plans. Specifically one cladded and when I'm lucky with exposed floors to match. I also bring in cladding references, mainly for alignment as they inevitably get tweaked to match what we end up actually seeing and architectural plans are famously over-saturated when it comes to blue glass.

Once a building gets going, it's really thanks to all your lovely photos. I wait till I start to see a trend in photograph angles so I can make sure I'm updating based on a pretty consistent stream of updates. Basically, without all your photos this wouldn't happen, so thank you! I use those to make the tiny (or big) updates we see. I have one working "growing" diagram and save progress in the timelines you see.

I take a lot of pride in these diagrams, and often sweat the details. I work in the world of design outside of this niche construction forum and so there's often a level of detail that doesn't show up with the compression on an upload. But I find what that helps is to make for a slightly more realistic diagram. At its closest detail, it's really just boxes on boxes.

Hope to keep the diagrams coming, and thanks for the patience between each update! Look forward to this one, here's to the next many years of diagrams and updates!

- Contra

 

[Collingwoodbuildinglover]

And Contra makes my day as always keep up the work on the diagram I always look the moment I see your name in my post to see what work you've done is always great and remember imitation is the best form of flattery

 

[kotsy]

As we find ourself on the cusp of getting to grade (getting above grade being the red-tape question at hand) it's time for a new diagram. Since some of you seem to like them, some so much you've decided to start copying them , I figured I'd give a quick behind the scenes peek...

I start each diagram struggling through Toronto's development docs website trying to find the latest architectural plans. Specifically one cladded and when I'm lucky with exposed floors to match. I also bring in cladding references, mainly for alignment as they inevitably get tweaked to match what we end up actually seeing and architectural plans are famously over-saturated when it comes to blue glass.

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Once a building gets going, it's really thanks to all your lovely photos. I wait till I start to see a trend in photograph angles so I can make sure I'm updating based on a pretty consistent stream of updates. Basically, without all your photos this wouldn't happen, so thank you! I use those to make the tiny (or big) updates we see. I have one working "growing" diagram and save progress in the timelines you see.

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I take a lot of pride in these diagrams, and often sweat the details. I work in the world of design outside of this niche construction forum and so there's often a level of detail that doesn't show up with the compression on an upload. But I find what that helps is to make for a slightly more realistic diagram. At it's closest detail, it's really just boxes on boxes.

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Hope to keep the diagrams coming, and thanks for the patience between each update! Look forward to this one, here's to the next many years of diagrams and updates!

- Contra

I loved reading about your process! Thanks for sharing and all your hard work. It's super appreciated by many.

 

[sinasdf]

Can anyone share what those black patches are on the white sheets? I'm looking at the live site right now and it looks like they are placed randomly

 

[p5connex]

The white sheets are blindside waterproofing membrane, and the black spots are likely roller-applied bitumen or a similar type material to seal over the locations where they fastened/tied the waterproofing sheets back. Blindside waterproofing is used when it isn't possible to excavate beyond the perimeter wall, either because it is a zero-lot line situation (site or property boundary borders an existing foundation wall/site, street etc.) or where they cannot gain access to excavate.