Toronto KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group

[Lenser]

Because that's what the DRL planning is really all about - the street aesthetics up top.

 

[Tewder]

Like Habitat for sure in its angular, modular aspects, but quite different in its massing - less compact, more organic, with a topography resembling mountains and valleys.

Bring it on.

Love it!

The tapered set-backs recall the classic deco NYC form too. Yes, more organic and more minimalist than the Gotham iteration but the legacy is there nonetheless.

 

[innsertnamehere]

It's already been determined that the DRL will be under Queen street. They've been planning a queen street subway for 70 years now though..

 

[Lenser]

Well, we could always commission a panel to undertake a deliberation on whether a panel ought to be commissioned to study the feasibility of commissioning a panel to study the feasibility of switching from Queen to Yonge. That should round it up to an even century.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Because that's what the DRL planning is really all about - the street aesthetics up top.

What use are street aesthetics when you are stuck underground anyway?

The King Transit Mall will allow us to see these street aesthetics from streetcar.

 

[NBGtect]

It was a nice time in history when they just built things. Now everyone wants a piece of the infrastructure pie.

 

[UD2]

Where do you get the impression that this will be concrete? It's been suggested that light coloured stone is being considered. Concrete would be a no no, in my opinion. We have plenty of concrete buildings and (as you mentioned) they look terrible with age (think: CN Tower).

If you look at the rendering with the woman standing on a balcony, you will see that the texture of the material beside her look very much like exposed concrete

Which means it could look like this

On and one of the biggest design change that'll prob be made are Windows that open. So that clean look we are seeing on the glazing will prob be gone.

 

[Lenser]

You seem determined to predict a massive failure. Kind of negative, innit?

 

[Josh]

I'm hoping against stone - it's one of the most expensive cladding materials. It'd be nice if these units ended up being affordable for the common man.

 

[Canadian Chocho]

The material in the renderings sort of reminds me of the concrete found on the Rotman Expansion building.

To borrow a pic from @agoraflaneur :

 

[FMCS]

And there are today many different types and styles of concrete that we're not available previously.....

 

[ProjectEnd]

The material in the renderings sort of reminds me of the concrete found on the Rotman Expansion building.

To borrow a pic from @agoraflaneur :

While there is some interesting concrete on the new Rotman building, it's not visible in that picture. Those are zinc panels.

 

[Canadian Chocho]

In addition to the section with alternating glass cladding, I believe that wall too is Ductal concrete.

http://blog.archpaper.com/2012/03/kpmbs-ductal-facade-in-toronto/#

 

[officedweller]

delete - didn't see the article had been posted before.

 

[ProjectEnd]

In addition to the section with alternating glass cladding, I believe that wall too is Ductal concrete.

http://blog.archpaper.com/2012/03/kpmbs-ductal-facade-in-toronto/#

Well I'll be! Thanks for the info!