officedweller
Senior Member
Is the big concrete wall on the north side going to be covered with or abutt a structure or something else?
It'll be interesting to see how they cover up (or not) the angled jonts where the concrete columns merge on the angled bit.
Other than those bits of concrete, the structure looks amenable to having a more transparent facade - there's use of round columns set back from the curtain wall and even the other walls are "end-on" to the curtain wall and set back a bit.
My guess is that the large number of balconies on the east, south and west facades required then to use window wall on those elevations, while the balcony-free north side was able to use curtain wall. I'm not sure exactly why, but balconies and curtain wall seem either incompatible or difficult (too expensive) to integrate.
It'll be interesting to see how they cover up (or not) the angled jonts where the concrete columns merge on the angled bit.
Other than those bits of concrete, the structure looks amenable to having a more transparent facade - there's use of round columns set back from the curtain wall and even the other walls are "end-on" to the curtain wall and set back a bit.
My guess is that the large number of balconies on the east, south and west facades required then to use window wall on those elevations, while the balcony-free north side was able to use curtain wall. I'm not sure exactly why, but balconies and curtain wall seem either incompatible or difficult (too expensive) to integrate.