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hawkeye view · #**2921** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 2:16 AM**

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hawkeye view · #**2922** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 2:20 AM**

Taken 4/13
Overview shot then close ups.

I tried to show some of the detail with the concrete formwork for the balcony and the pattern created by the rebar/cable.

Then on the other end the load bearing wall and pillar formwork.

and a close up shot of the glass

EarlyBuyer · #**2923** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 3:08 AM**

Awesome pictures hawkeye view, nice work!

SolarWind · #**2924** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 3:54 AM**

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Great picture, hawkeye view!

Tom Servo · #**2925** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 8:03 AM**

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SICK.

as much as i hate the idea of white paint, implemented, it looks REALLY nice. damn.

CGII · #**2926** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 12:55 PM**

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SICK.

as much as i hate the idea of white paint, implemented, it looks REALLY nice. damn.

Right...I don't think the tops of the balconies look painted yet (except one)...

aaron38 · #**2927** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 2:30 PM**

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I never had a feeling for just how well tensioning works in concrete until I demolished my bathroom last week.
The old tile floor was on a two inch concrete slab and it all had to come out. Getting the first chunks out was a pain.
I'd hit the concrete with a hammer, and nothing would happen but some small cracks formed. The concrete had nowhere to go.
I had to slowly dig down with a chissle to carve out a hole.

But once a hole had formed and the concrete could move, the slab just fell apart.
I'd hit it with the chissle, and whole chunks would break off.

It really was amazing how different it was with tension and without tension.

alsajano · #**2928** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 6:54 PM**

¡¡¡Body!!!

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Dalton · #**2929** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 7:40 PM**

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SICK.

as much as i hate the idea of white paint, implemented, it looks REALLY nice. damn.

Yeah, the reason it looks so nice in that photo is because the balcony tops aren't painted yet - that's bare concrete you're seeing. It doesn't look quite as good from below, unfortunately.

Chitown · #**2930** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 9:16 PM**

^I don't understand the infatuation so many here have for bare concrete.

Steely Dan · #**2931** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 9:25 PM**

^ i don't get it either. i mean, i wouldn't argue with the bare (sealed) concrete if that's the way they decided to go with it, but the white paint looks great to me. i really like the sharp contrast between the brilliant white of the paint and the black window frames.

Brian. · #**2932** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 9:43 PM**

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It really was amazing how different it was with tension and without tension.

Ah...the strand...I live by the strand. We couldn't make a double tee span more then 100 feet with out the strand.

The strand is my friend!

Tom Servo · #**2933** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 10:01 PM**

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Yeah, the reason it looks so nice in that photo is because the balcony tops aren't painted yet - that's bare concrete you're seeing. It doesn't look quite as good from below, unfortunately.

i was talking about the single painted one there. and i took a visit the other day when it was sunny and the white looks nice.

ethereal_reality · #**2934** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 10:24 PM**

I checked the first page of the thread, and didn't see this illus.

Was this the 'extreme' version?

Or did someone at studio gang get on the computer
after a 3 martini lunch.

I think it's cooool.

Juan_M2118 · #**2935** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 10:30 PM**

i dont understand??? isnt the name of this project AQUA, which means water... I dont see BLACK windows and WHITE fadacade look anything like water????? i HONESTLY thought the windows were going to have a nice BLUISH (watery) TINT???? im starting to dislike this project>????? can someone explain???
Thanks

ethereal_reality · #**2936** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 10:36 PM**

^^^
First of all....breathe into a paper bag....and calm down.

The balconies undulate like waaaaaaaves.

Juan_M2118 · #**2937** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 10:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

^^^
First of all....breathe into a paper bag....and calm down.

The balconies undulate like waaaaaaaves.

I am calmed down?? i was just wondering why those colors, i mean the white color I REALLY LIKE, but the black windows,,??? it just doesnt fit in my head?? the windows need to be a color like 300 N LaSalle or trump, then it would look AWESOME???

firstcranialnerve · #**2938** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 10:52 PM**

^ If you just go back one page there's a picture with plenty of sky reflection and it looks very blue/white/black like the main render. From above the photos are darker looking, but I would assume it will look bluer as it rises into the sky and the white balconies can brighten it up too.

Dr. Taco · #**2939** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 10:52 PM**

^ the windows aren't black. they have an aquamarine tint. the things holding the windows in are black, however, and they provide a nice contrast between the windows and balconies. im excited

intrepidDesign · #**2940** Posted **Apr 14, 2008, 11:24 PM**

The windows are tinted a bluish/green, but the reflection within it depends on what angle your looking at the building. It is glass after all, therefore reflective.
If you look at the photograph above you'll see on the left side, the window color. When did this ever look black?