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Good from afar but far from good. If you can say it about people, you can definitely say it about buildings.
What about it?
You aren't just going to see the building from afar. If the MCC is supposed to become pedestrian friendly, people will be seeing it all the time. As Van Der Rohe said - "God is in the details". These are some absolutely terrible details. There's no way around it - they look ridiculous.
In that case, its the first few floors of a building that are important, so the Gargoyles wont be a factor in making MCC more pedestrian friendly.
Ridiculous, maybe, but so what? The gargoyles and Marilyn's figure give this tower and Absolute personalities...all other condos in the area are instantly forgettable. There's nothing wrong with a bit of fun.
Ridiculous, maybe, but so what? The gargoyles and Marilyn's figure give this tower and Absolute personalities...all other condos in the area are instantly forgettable. There's nothing wrong with a bit of fun.
I think they're pretty damn awesome. Are they the kind of gargoyles I would have went with? Maybe not. I also may have not gone with the colour of the precast they chose to better match the colour of the gargoyles.
However, they do add character to the building. This building is going to be lost in a seat of many other buildings in 20 years anyway, so it's not that huge of a deal.
When you're driving down the highway or Mavis Or Hurontario, this building looks really awesome. The roof is very nice.
But they'll still be ridiculous add-ons to the design that'll be perfectly visible.
I don't think I've ever encountered such strange reasoning for bad design.