Am i missing something? its made of grey siding, and the squares on top are jarring. I'll believe in the lush greenery after its been in place for a few years. Usually stuff like that has a way of being left out or radically reduced when the time comes
It's all going to come together in the end. The "siding" and window wall are a decent pair of complimentary textures that will look sharp when completely installed. It's a sawtooth facade, but it also frames the public realm perfectly with the concrete balcony slabs creating the traditional building profile in the abstract. Wait until it's done.
I think that you guys are being way too easy on this just because you like roncesvalles. In my opinion, the materials look as cheap as you can get and the design is very designed-on-a-1980s-mac.
No, it just isn't finished yet. The streetscape will noticeably improve. It'll be a good building on completion, even if it won't amount to fine architecture.