MacKimmie Complex and Professional Faculties Building Redevelopment | ?m | 15s | U of C | DIALOG

[MissingMiddle]

Most of the construction site has been cleared...landscaping next?

Looks like they still need to add the PV on top, not sure if that would interfere with landscaping or not.

 

[darwink]

Looks like they still need to add the PV on top, not sure if that would interfere with landscaping or not.

If the PV is going on-- rooftop PV was deferred irrc.

 

[ActiveTruth]

Most of the construction site has been cleared...landscaping next?

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Damn

 

[dbinyyc]

As someone who walks by this almost daily - it's turning out to be quite the nice project!

 

[Silence&Motion]

They're definitely working on landscaping now. They've closed off a much larger area of campus and are tearing up asphalt.

 

[Myles86]

 

[Chinese_T]

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This turned out EXACTLY like the renders...

 

[Mountain Man]

Very impressive! too bad I'm never at the Uni...

 

[The Familia]

What an absolute stunner! 10/10. Once the landscaping is finished the UofC will have taken a big step forward in the overall aesthetics of the campus.

 

[Joborule]

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Sick. Completely transforms the heart of the campus.

 

[DiscoStu]

The design feels straight out of London. My only complaint is that I wish it was in a more prominent location, so it would be exposed to more people and perhaps push design expectations.

 

[The Familia]

Agree. Imagine if this was located in the East Village or that prime river front lot right after the 10th street bridge into downtown.

 

[darwink]

Any concrete building with ~2 m to the lot line could be redeveloped with a facade like this. Really requires a down to the concrete renewal though. The older the better. Why? The extra internal air shaft to exhaust hot air took up one of the old elevator shafts. The capacity was made up with modern elevators.

The concrete is needed to provide the thermal mass to store cool from the night in the summer and store warm from the sun in winter.

 

[Stephen Ave]

What a cool building. Way to go UofC!

 

[Mountain Man]

Any concrete building with ~2 m to the lot line could be redeveloped with a facade like this. Really requires a down to the concrete renewal though. The older the better. Why? The extra internal air shaft to exhaust hot air took up one of the old elevator shafts. The capacity was made up with modern elevators.

The concrete is needed to provide the thermal mass to store cool from the night in the summer and store warm from the sun in winter.

Lots of buildings downtown that would fit the bill!