West Village Towers | 149.95m | 42s | Cidex Group | NORR Dubai Yahya Jan

[Calgcouver]

As weird as it is to say, I think the street interaction would've been improved a lot more if the doors were just nicer, or if there was a look into the lobby. This just looks like some shady back entrance. Compare that to BLVD:
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BLVD has just as many issues (if not more) - facing a busy car-oriented street, there are steps up for flooding protection, but it just looks a lot more welcoming

Every street-facing edge of this POS looks like it was treated as a back entrance. Every angle of WVT is absolutely tragic from the ground level. I can't remember the last time i've seen a mixed-use tower put so little thought into the at-grade interaction in a way that this is completely offensive from an urban design standpoint.

 

[MichaelS]

Stephen Avenue Quarter?......

 

[Goplaceskyscrapers]

What’s this slope behind the West Village towers?

 

[Mountain Man]

That's just from the excavation for the parkade. If you cut it back like that you don't have to shore and can save millions.

 

[Roaring Flames]

It's the lazy, cheap, and ugly way of doing it. That's essentially Cidex's motto.

 

[haltcatchfire]

It's the lazy, cheap, and ugly way of doing it. That's essentially Cidex's motto.

They can’t shore in that spot though. It would be in the middle of the future excavation for the third tower.

 

[Calgcouver]

It’s a toboggan hill amenity for residents. Not a lot of thought in the ending the toboggan hill though ends a little abruptly. Very nice work 10/10

 

[CBBarnett]

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What’s this slope behind the West Village towers?

That semi-trailer corridor is remarkably visible here.

 

[Mountain Man]

It's the lazy, cheap, and ugly way of doing it. That's essentially Cidex's motto.

Why spend millions more to use shoring when this will work perfectly fine. Any contractor / developer would do it this way if it were an option, especially if there is a future parkade phase in the near-ish future.

 

[MissingMiddle]

That fix only makes sense if they actually intend on building the third tower relatively soon. It's a good sign I think.

 

[Silence&Motion]

That fix only makes sense if they actually intend on building the third tower relatively soon. It's a good sign I think.

 

[maestro]

That fix only makes sense if they actually intend on building the third tower relatively soon. It's a good sign I think.

I agree. To great a chance that someone injures themselves and Cidex is forced to back fill anyways leaving it like this for too long

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[Atticus]

8 years on, anyone pass by this project regularly? Any street or sidewalk heave?

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Sidewalk is still normal as far as I can tell.

 

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