The Weave | Dead

[MarkDaMan]

^In general, I don't know that a building with nine floors becomes an addition to our skyline, but it does add to the community fabric.

A 30-story, 375' Skylab Weave, now THAT would be a welcome addition to our skyline!!!

bside6 is coming along fast and looking fantastic now that the exterior is coming along. I was worried about the glass, it fits!

[JordanL]

Originally Posted by marrs

WonderlandPark your sense of humor is appreciated. Indeed the construction of bside6 has taken a bit of time but it will be, in the end, worth the wait.

The Weave building is going to be a welcome addition to the skyline of our fair city. Jeff Kovel is a huge talent (and a nice guy). I have no doubt that he will deliver a beautiful and well considered building.

Nine stories = skyline?

[65MAX]

Originally Posted by tworivers

Weave Building to be finished in 2010

POSTED: 01:20 PM PST Wednesday, February 25, 2009
BY SAM BENNETT
DJC

Skylab's Weave office building, proposed for Southwest 12th Avenue and West Burnside, at the intersection of Stark, faces the challenge of getting built in a tough economy. Not to mention designing a building for a 5,000-square-foot lot........

Umm, it's on 13th and Burnside, not 12th. Doesn't anybody fact-check anymore?

[Tykendo]

I agree Jordan, that's laughable to say the least. The only way you see this building, IF Built, is right up next to it.

[scleeb]

Originally Posted by Tykendo

I agree Jordan, that's laughable to say the least. The only way you see this building, IF Built, is right up next to it.

Who are you Tykendo, the content police? Give me a break. What's "laughable" about offering a kind word on a potential development? Marrs wasn't making a political statement by using the word "skyline." He was just trying to be nice. Try using some common sense and lay off the ad hominem stuff...

[philopdx]

Folks, this is Portland, OR. Nine floors DOES add to the skyline...

[tworivers]

marrs obviously didn't mean "skyline" in the dorky Skyscraperpage sense (i.e. large phallic towers viewable from afar) but in the context of the overall collection of buildings that make up our fair city. So... yes, if you're standing at 13th and Stark, the Weave will indeed be a part of your "skyline"!

[pylon]

It's sure going to add to the visuals on Burnside. Outdoor seating at Ringlers Annex won't be the same once the ZGF and Weave are completed. The Weave's homepage gives a colorful rendering of its contribution to the early evening scene.

http://www.weavebuilding.com/

Beautiful doesn't have to be big... one of the reasons I keep returning to amsterdam for vacation. Portland just might be better off building smaller gorgeous buildings than ego-satiating, but less gorgeous, tall ones.

[crow]

cool webpage. the details are going to be very important in making this really sing. slabs sticking out will need to be insulated, and how that intersects with the wall above gets a little tricky. better for the skyline if it was taller, but if they can build it at 9 - i would enjoy watching it happen.

[Delaney]

Originally Posted by pylon

http://www.weavebuilding.com/

Is it just my slow computer or is this just a horrible website?

[holladay]

Maybe smaller buildings will become more common in the near future, especially if The Weave and BSide6 are ultimately judged as successful by the local community. Echoing what others have said, I'd really like to see that happen.

[CouvScott]

Skylab Architecture worked closely with city of Portland on design
POSTED: 04:00 AM PDT Wednesday, May 20, 2009
BY SAM BENNETT

Skylab Architecture is seeking to reach lofty sustainability goals on a small footprint with its Weave Building design.

The 10-story, 50,000-square-foot commercial building planned for Southwest 13th Avenue and West Burnside Street will incorporate sustainable systems, from top to bottom, with the goal of achieving LEED platinum certification, according to Brent Grubb, the project architect with Skylab.

The mechanical heating system will be able to take excess heat from the building’s restaurant and retail space and distribute the heat throughout the structure to other spaces. The system will be partially housed on the ground floor and as a result will save space on the rooftop, which will feature an eco-roof. The rooftop will have 2,500 square feet of planted areas and 750 square feet of space to accommodate people.

“It’s great to see a building that includes a rooftop that works toward storm-water management and is both usable and accessible,” said Abigail Fowle, a city planner who has guided the design review process for the Weave Building.

The city allowed a setback modification at the ground level of the building, where Skylab has designed a planter system that will treat storm water.

“They worked with the Bureau of Environmental Services to ensure that what they were proposing was acceptable,” Fowle said, referring to the eco-roof and ground-level planters. “They were proposing some unusual plantings.”

Jonathan Beaver, a principal with 2.ink Studio, the landscape architecture firm working on the Weave Building, said his firm approached the eco-roof as an “untapped landscape.”

“We tried to create a very sustainable roofscape design and integrate it in a way that users of the building would interact with it,” he said. “We wanted the roof to be a place for people to gather that feels like an environment they want to be in.”

The design calls for Mexican feather grass and switchgrass, as well as ferns and other “shade loving plants,” Beaver said. Evergreen pine trees on the roof will create a “strong sculptural presence,” Beaver said, and be possible because soil will be deeper than on most eco-roofs.

Typically, eco-roofs call for sedum plantings, because they are drought tolerant. It’s common for eco-roofs to begin growing grasses, because the grass seeds are transferred by birds. “Our philosophy is to move directly into grasses,” Beaver said. Non-sedum plantings, such as Mexican feather grass, may not be used as commonly because most eco-roofs are not as deep as the Weave Building’s roof.

A “penthouse” will encase the rooftop mechanical system, and water collected from the roof of the penthouse will be distributed to the eco-roof.

The building will also have operable windows, a bike storage area and locker rooms. Reclaimed wood will be used on the façade at the ground level.

A date for beginning construction has not been set. The developer is 409 Project LLC, which includes Skylab Architecture principal Jeff Kovel.

[tworivers]

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Found this online, from August:

Skylab Architecture presents the Weave Building
ByAnn Dibble, Reveal Information
Have you seen the award winning building at 12th and Alder? Then you have seen “the DNA for the Weave Building,” planned for the intersection
of Stark, Burnside, and 13th St. according to the architect, Jeff Kovel of Skylab Architecture. This new project will have nine stories, with retail below
and office space above, and sits on a 5,000 square foot lot. The façade features a basket weave design.
“I wanted all the elements integrated into the form, rather than having a box with things tacked on,” said Kovel, at the CREW lunch in April. His
inspiration was fir bark, which has no continuous surface. “We integrated the project from top to bottom—concept, design, marketing plan and even
the logo.”
The point of the building, he said, was to weave the Pearl and the West End together. It is also designed to knit tenants into a community. Kovel
believes that his project offers smaller tenants the benefits of good design usually reserved for single tenant buildings. In addition, he sees the
Weave Building as tied to current international design.
The community elements are addressed in the lobby design and amenities such as bike storage, a locker room, gym, and a community roof
garden.
Kovel said that the eco-roof was an innovative solution to handle storm water as well, and will help the Weave Building qualify for the LEED
Platinum rating. He is also proud of the fact that on a 5,000 square foot lot he has created 4,700 feet of leasable space on each floor.
Kovel hopes to have the building 35% leased before a fall start date. Rates begin at $18-25 triple net.

Source: CREW newsletter

[RED_PDXer]

Buildings like this make me want to move back downtown, which I'm sure I will someday..

[crow]

I think the building has a lot going for it. I love the webpage. I feel though that the pretentious comments by Skylab to assert that the amenities being offered are so unique is a bit egocentric, which makes the entire thing suspect to me. Those "unique" amenties may have been a true statement 10 years ago, but today they are mainstream. The weave tying the pearl to the business core is like drawing a diagram of your building after it is built. Look at the early sketches - it is just talkatecture. I have to agree the tacted on moves are rather boring and not bold and this form tries something deeper in the skin. If it gets built, then I think it will soon realize the same lack of function and detail that the B-side6 embodies. Proper details to do those push and pull moves are expensive if done right. To keep cost down poor detailing will result. This does not make for a lasting building, or sustainable - try durable first. From the renderings, it will have full height glass in an "office" building, which is a recipe for something far less desireable. Visual chaos? Call it what you want - "honest", but in the end poor details, and form driven function will not last beyond the newness, and the city will be left with a look at me building to be torn down before the next generation begins to build.

[smendesPDX]

get it built!

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by crow

I think the building has a lot going for it. I love the webpage. I feel though that the pretentious comments by Skylab to assert that the amenities being offered are so unique is a bit egocentric, which makes the entire thing suspect to me. Those "unique" amenties may have been a true statement 10 years ago, but today they are mainstream. The weave tying the pearl to the business core is like drawing a diagram of your building after it is built. Look at the early sketches - it is just talkatecture. I have to agree the tacted on moves are rather boring and not bold and this form tries something deeper in the skin. If it gets built, then I think it will soon realize the same lack of function and detail that the B-side6 embodies. Proper details to do those push and pull moves are expensive if done right. To keep cost down poor detailing will result. This does not make for a lasting building, or sustainable - try durable first. From the renderings, it will have full height glass in an "office" building, which is a recipe for something far less desireable. Visual chaos? Call it what you want - "honest", but in the end poor details, and form driven function will not last beyond the newness, and the city will be left with a look at me building to be torn down before the next generation begins to build.

Well they are trying to sell the building, you kind of have to be egocentric to do that...it wouldnt work as well if they were like, "this building has an interesting design, but beyond that, you will find this building to be just like any other building you could rent in downtown...only our rent might be a bit higher and you wont get a free parking space with it."

[dkealoha]

Sam Adams posted on Twitter that The Weave just got approval from the City Council http://twitter.com/MayorSamAdams

[Sioux612]

That is awesome! This is one of the projects I've been most excited about.

[tworivers]

Two questions:

Why did it end up before City Council?

Does this mean demo/construction is imminent?