haltcatchfire
Senior Member
It reflects on the city poorly when hate is so misguided.
Courtyard 33 | 21.64m | 6s | RNDSQR | 5468796 Architecture
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artvandelay
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I love it! And I love that the project is so polarizing!
1875
Senior Member
and so it begins..,
googspecial
Active Member
I don't really hate it, but I think I understand the hate. I don't think the black was a good choice - as others here have said - and yet I feel like there isn't enough of it 
. That reddit post pic shows how heavy all the corrugated siding is... If the painted sections were more pronounced, higher in frequency, and perhaps a different colour (or many colours!) it would have a totally different vibe. I hope the entrance to the courtyard will be super inviting and somehow soften up the façade.
I am still gonna try to hold judgement until it's completely finished and people move it, when it might at least have a different feel. During the day it might be an eye sore, but at night I think it'll still look cool. Until everything around it fills in and is built up, this is going to stick out.
. That reddit post pic shows how heavy all the corrugated siding is... If the painted sections were more pronounced, higher in frequency, and perhaps a different colour (or many colours!) it would have a totally different vibe. I hope the entrance to the courtyard will be super inviting and somehow soften up the façade. I am still gonna try to hold judgement until it's completely finished and people move it, when it might at least have a different feel. During the day it might be an eye sore, but at night I think it'll still look cool. Until everything around it fills in and is built up, this is going to stick out.
MacMathuna
New Member
Derelicte by RNDSQR, so hot right now
Sambo
New Member
The Reddit thread is quite illuminating. The photo of the beam in the middle of the bedroom is interesting.
LloydBraun
Active Member
I actually think this looks pretty good! I get how it won't be to everybody's taste, but the fundamentals of it being a good building are there. The forms and angles are interesting, the ground level has a great amount of transparency and openness that will help activate the street, and the public stair will be a pretty cool defining element that creates some variety along the block. Seems people are really hung up on the material--maybe mental associations with shipping containers just don't jive with people, but its an aesthetic in of itself that I think shows design intent/restraint.
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MacMathuna
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adamyyc
Active Member
This could be forgiven in the corner of the living area of a ~1,000 sq ft condo with a wall of windows, but this is bad! Also, I thought everything above the first floor was wood construction, but maybe I’m remembering it wrong.Oh wow...
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
If that’s a beam then it’s even worse. Flooring on the wall and a window on the ceiling.
adamyyc
Active Member
The author of this Reddit post “should be given the reward for the most ugliest grammar”
MichaelS
Senior Member
How is that space at all usable for a part of someone's home?Oh wow...
1875
Senior Member
you gotta be one serious glass half full person to choose to live in that unit when theres thousands of empty condos out there.
like its not even good as a storage room.
like its not even good as a storage room.
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IceCreamMan
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You could always just cut it down. Maybe the people upstairs won't notice.
gsunnyg
Senior Member
This is so messed up. Having worked on a lot of concrete towers, never seen anything like it. Someone f*ed up big time, either on the drawings or the layout.