Project 54 | 43m | 12s | Cidex Group | NORR

[MichaelS]

The Cidex project next to Cantiro tower has been applied for, as hinted by @Albertasaurus in the Urban Development thread. The DP is now up on DMap:

DMap

DMap

dmap.calgary.ca

 

[Surrealplaces]

Checks the boxes, and looks better than the conversions.

 

[Tothewest]

Boy they did a great job with the strategic light reflection over the ungodly red panelling....it ain't bronze...it's red folks

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Only issue with red is if it fades it typically goes pink. Not great. Otherwise this is fine but not exciting.

 

[Chinook Arch]

If the panels are a brand like Alucobond, the red should stay red. Fingers crossed!

As for the design. It’s nothing to write home about, but it’s not terrible. Overall, it’ll be a good addition to downtown.

 

[Albertasaurus]

The plans refer to the red panels as "prefinished metal panels". Hopefully they will be of a high enough quality manufacture so as not to turn pink.

Overall nothing to write home about but the massing and street level are fine, it'll bring a bunch more residents downtown and replace a parking lot which is a big win. Assuming both this and Cantiro go ahead that block will be in for a big positive transformation in the next few years.

 

[haltcatchfire]

It’s the north face. It will read burgundy.

 

[Urb]

 

[Mountain Man]

Kind of meh, better than an empty lot.

 

[Beltline_B]

No random rectangles? Is the city going to allow that?

 

[haltcatchfire]

No random rectangles? Is the city going to allow that?

Definitely going to get appealed.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

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It is better than this, even the half hearted render, and the fact the massing is broken up but I do not get the red. For me, it is unappealing. If you live there, you don't see it, so probably not an issue to most.

 

[Albertasaurus]

I don't mind the red, but in part because I am so sick of the greys, browns, beiges, whites and blacks that are overused in development all over Calgary right now. As always, the final product (assuming this gets built) may look quite different from the renderings.

 

[Tothewest]

I don't mind the red, but in part because I am so sick of the greys, browns, beiges, whites and blacks that are overused in development all over Calgary right now. As always, the final product (assuming this gets built) may look quite different from the renderings.

Respectfully, those are the colors every city with a winter climate in NA uses...not a lot of other options? I dont want to shit on the whole design, not every residential project is going to be floor to ceiling windows with minimal cladding, costs are relative to unit prices. It does provide nice scale for that end of downtown, with a fun podium....but that is 100% red/burgundy as evidenced by the flat elevation drawing...no light reflection in the world is going to turn that material copper/brown, as their 3D model indicates

 

[O-tac]

Is this going on the current gravel lot on the corner behind Grid 5 or is this going on the old Petro Tech printing site? I was under the impression that there was a taller tower with podium going there.