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Originally Posted by Spr0ckets
You don't know that.
You don't know that they would have saved any money at all from having Tower 3 look like Tower 1 and 2.
For all we know Tower 3 looks like it does and different from Tower 1 and 2 (which are ostensibly the signature towers of this project), because they went with slightly lower-end materials and design specifications for precisely the reason you think they shouldn't have - i.e. to save money.
And that going the route you're suggesting - having all three towers identical with the same material and design treatments - would actually have INCREASED their cost rather than reduced it.
There are lots of decisions that go into how these multi-tower projects end up with towers that look completely different and have different materials and looks - chief among them being the overall concept design scheme and aesthetic. But the over-riding cost factor is almost always among the biggest, if not THE biggest influencing one (outside of design aesthetic) even in a $1 Billion project of this scale.
And it's more likely in this case that Tower 3 (and presumably Tower 4 when it shall go into construction) look like they do and different from 1 and 2 because this is really where Shape got their cost-cutting opportunities and saved on cost for the project.
Imagine how Station Square would look like if all 5 towers looked like Tower 5 (the signature tower designed by KPF) with similar material specifications, but at different heights (or even all identical heights).
Just think how much that would drive up the average unit cost in all the 5 towers across the entire project.
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I know I don't know that and there for why I used the word [IF] but really a lot of things really on here is just assumptions and a lot of the things we say comment on and or wish to have are things non of us have any control over. It doesnt stop us from dreaming and or hoping or for that matter expressing our thoughts and opinions. I have myself worked on some big renovations and construction projects myself and usually have found that the larger the order of say engineered hardwood flooring the better the rate per square foot a builder or home owner can get for that hardwood. I know this doesnt translate to all building materials but still I can speculate knowing for a fact I will never know why certain decisions are made in the real world unless I was a fly on the wall of Shapes boardroom.
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