Toronto One Bloor East | 257.24m | 76s | Great Gulf | Hariri Pontarini

[got it right]

The glass had a temporary exciting and hopeful affect on me but now not so much. I hate to say it but nothing about this project is very exciting or interesting to me. Something needs to change soon to create some interest. Sorry, just my opinion.

 

[Strange Advance]

I heard a rumour it's gonna be tall

Anything more specific?

 

[ushahid]

The glass had a temporary exciting and hopeful affect on me but now not so much. I hate to say it but nothing about this project is very exciting or interesting to me. .

then what in Toronto except ice and L is going up that is more interesting or exciting than this. it got an A+ façade.

 

[cliffy]

How would fellow forum members rate as the odds of One Bloor adding another 5 floors, taking it to 80?

A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 50%
D) 0%, No chance and I know the reason why. (please share)

 

[got it right]

then what in Toronto except ice and L is going up that is more interesting or exciting than this. it got an A+ façade.

I've always liked Aura....88 Scott is a potential beauty if they don't cheap out. Great design.

 

[isaidso]

I've always liked Aura....88 Scott is a potential beauty if they don't cheap out. Great design.

The one's that had the potential to be interesting/exciting were either torpedoed (Oxford twins + casino) or are in danger of being torpedoed (Mirvish-Gehry). We'll have to settle on this and 5ive.

We shouldn't allow gorgeous buildings because then you set a precedence. Then everyone will want gorgeous buildings and we can't have that.

 

[got it right]

The one's that had the potential to be interesting/exciting were either torpedoed (Oxford twins + casino) or are in danger of being torpedoed (Mirvish-Gehry). We'll have to settle on this and 5ive.

We shouldn't allow gorgeous buildings because then you set a precedence. Then everyone will want gorgeous buildings and we can't have that.

agree..

 

[junctionist]

The reason why those projects have great architecture is because the developers know there will probably be a lot of opposition, so they use architecture to get people excited and sympathetic to their project. For Oxford it was the casino; for Mirvish it's the loss of heritage, a theatre and the height. There's nothing wrong with great architecture to try and win people over, but don't be surprised if they fail on the controversial points (not the architecture). Aesthetic concerns are never as important as practical concerns.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

The one's that had the potential to be interesting/exciting were either torpedoed...

Isn't Oxford Place going ahead, albeit with a slightly modified plan?

 

[D-W]

Anyone notice if they have poured 9th floor yet?

 

[victord66]

Anyone notice if they have poured 9th floor yet?

Not yet, they're still laying the wiring cables and rebar.

On another note someone said that as they start to build the tower each floor would go a long quicker. But my understanding is that each floor will be slightly different than the floor below in order to create that 'wave' effect. Won't this mean that the forms for each floor will be different and thus the work will take longer?

 

[D-W]

Not yet, they're still laying the wiring cables and rebar.

On another note someone said that as they start to build the tower each floor would go a long quicker. But my understanding is that each floor will be slightly different than the floor below in order to create that 'wave' effect. Won't this mean that the forms for each floor will be different and thus the work will take longer?

This first level seems to be taking quite some time.

The fly forms (truss tables) used to pick up the concrete were created to extend out to cover the worst case at that location so that they will work for the entire tower (minus mechanical floors/roof) without modification.

As for the waving slab edges, the 90 degree archs that occur at 16 different locations on the slab edge have the same radius at each floor they just slide further and closer to the corners of the building. These curved slab edges have prefabricated steel/plywood side forms so they don't need to curve (kerf) the plywood for each floor, the radius is already set.

 

[victord66]

This first level seems to be taking quite some time.

The fly forms (truss tables) used to pick up the concrete were created to extend out to cover the worst case at that location so that they will work for the entire tower (minus mechanical floors/roof) without modification.

As for the waving slab edges, the 90 degree archs that occur at 16 different locations on the slab edge have the same radius at each floor they just slide further and closer to the corners of the building. These curved slab edges have prefabricated steel/plywood side forms so they don't need to curve (kerf) the plywood for each floor, the radius is already set.

Thanks very much, yes that does make sense. While I was leaving for work this morning I did notice a worker going over the north section with a leaf blower ?? Guess that means they'll be pouring today.

 

[LNahid2000]

They started pouring when I left for work at 8:45am this morning.

 

[urbandreamer]

27 May 2014