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Calgary I Westbrook Residential I 26M I 7S I LOLA Architecture
- Thread starter MichaelS
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BKha
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I don’t think others will like this much, but I like it. It has kind of an international style to it. Mostly though, I like the large windows.
haltcatchfire
Senior Member
Hard to dislike that.
Just build it
Active Member
Looks great to me.
This is perfect for the location.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
This is a correct building.
ByeByeBaby
Active Member
It could use some real improvements to make it more architecturally distinct and consistent with the emerging Bow Trail architectural style:
gsunnyg
Senior Member
I hate the ground floor, if developers like Truman are trying to push for a vibrant TOD style Mainstreet, the least the developers can do for this is add some ground-floor retail to help activate the street. Otherwise, the density is much welcomed
darwink
Senior Member
Empty retail activates the street even less. Not every residential building needs retail at the bottom - given the narrow side faces 33rd, this is fine.
Mountain Man
Senior Member
Retail should be kept to the main streets in areas like this.
CBBarnett
Senior Member
Usually I would agree about ground-floor retail, but the location isn't really as good as the Truman parcels as this is the last site to abut the Bow Trail blast zone. Sorry not an architect and I can't draw straight today:
The "street" to the north is just an alley combined with a weird slip access to the parallel road to Bow Trail. Immediately to the north is a bunch of power boxes installed as part of the LRT construction and I assume will never get developed. You also start all the slip lanes and medians for the 33rd and Bow Trail intersection right in front of the site so it's where the cars start acting like it's time to merge into a no-stopping right turn, rather than approaching an urban intersection and slowing down. Here's the top view for a better look at all that high-speed pavement nearby:
So whatever you put at the ground floor will have 60 - 80 decibel traffic noise permanently, plus a bunch of high-speed cars turning right a few metres away. This building fits into that category of doing everything right on it's own, but it's car-oriented environment holds back some of the possibilities of what's realistic. What's stellar is the minimal parking and reasonable, human scale height - so it's part of long-term, transit and human-centric solution.
JonnyCanuck
Senior Member
These are going to be tiny rental units ... the size of a hotel room!
www.engage33street.com
1408 33 Street SW - Land Use Amendment
www.engage33street.com
Urban Outdoorsman
Active Member
I wonder how much one of those rentals would cost per month? It had better be pretty cheap to actually be competitive in the market right now
Chinook Arch
Active Member
This is a great looking proposal. No retail, but there is retail proposed for Truman's project next door.
Chinook Arch
Active Member
I imagine the rooftop views would be great. High enough that you can get a decent mountain view to the SW, and of course fab downtown views.