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[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

Oct.12 '20, my pics

Originally Posted by officedweller

CityLink

From Lawrence Black twitter Oct 21st:

I was walking south on Cambie and saw this angle. Speaking of which, there are lots of interesting angles on this little office tower.



Oct.26 '20, my pics

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by officedweller

From UrbanYVR - Concord Molson's site dubbed "Quantum Park":
Screenshot from promotional video.

The building fronting Burrard looks like office space.
Interesting that there would be a lot of "overlook" between fingers,
which Deloitte Summit remedies with the perforated walls on one side of each recess.

Fingers crossed for a Pine Street extension connecting to Pennyfarthing. That opens up a whole lot of options for the road network.

[officedweller]

Pine seems to line up with a DND garage:.
Maybe an east-west street off Burrard?


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pop-Up...8f8309be!8m2!3d49.2669084!4d-123.1430054

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by mcminsen

I was walking south on Cambie and saw this angle. Speaking of which, there are lots of interesting angles on this little office tower.

Thanks!
Those show the angled columns on the north side.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Pine seems to line up with a DND garage:.
Maybe an east-west street off Burrard?

Sure, but the only useful option is Cornwall to Pennyfarthing - I suspect Concord will take exception to that.

[csbvan]

Originally Posted by officedweller

From UrbanYVR - Concord Molson's site dubbed "Quantum Park":
Screenshot from promotional video.

The building fronting Burrard looks like office space.
Interesting that there would be a lot of "overlook" between fingers,
which Deloitte Summit remedies with the perforated walls on one side of each recess.

Note how the Pennyfarthing buildings appear to be missing.


https://youtu.be/asWMfcLtuMQ

From a preliminary glance, unambiguous, disappointing project. Hope they consider something less run of the mill for the final concept.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Sure, but the only useful option is Cornwall to Pennyfarthing - I suspect Concord will take exception to that.

I was thinking a glorified driveway with a traffic light on Burrrad across from the park (in line with York, but obviously not through the park)

[s211]

Originally Posted by officedweller

From UrbanYVR - Concord Molson's site dubbed "Quantum Park":
Screenshot from promotional video.

The building fronting Burrard looks like office space.
Interesting that there would be a lot of "overlook" between fingers,
which Deloitte Summit remedies with the perforated walls on one side of each recess.

Note how the Pennyfarthing buildings appear to be missing.


https://youtu.be/asWMfcLtuMQ

To my untrained eyes, that looks like it could be really overbearing for pedestrians along Burrard.

[dleung]

lmao this can't be a real proposal... they just copied 2 of Zaha Hadid's highline condo from New York

[WarrenC12]

Where's the render with Senakw included?

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by dleung

lmao this can't be a real proposal... they just copied 2 of Zaha Hadid's highline condo from New York

It's a real proposal, but of course those residential buildings are just placeholders, the commercial may be too. The scale of the resi buildings doesn't even seem right, the floor to floor appears higher than the office. This all looks to have been put together pretty quickly.

That said I do like the direction of the commercial building projecting out onto the intersection, if they can refine that design I think it will turn out quite imposing and meld well with Senakw.

[Migrant_Coconut]

What're the odds they try and go higher? Senakw'll block the mountains anyway.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by dleung

lmao this can't be a real proposal... they just copied 2 of Zaha Hadid's highline condo from New York

What if Zaha Hadid is the architect?

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

What're the odds they try and go higher? Senakw'll block the mountains anyway.

Shadowing over the seawall is going to be the must larger concern of the City here.

[logan5]

What are the height restrictions here? For the office component, I would rather see a couple of traditional downtown style office towers. That’s the direction the area is going in.

[dleung]

Originally Posted by jollyburger

What if Zaha Hadid is the architect?

Maybe if she pulled a Herman Cain and went back to work as a ghost

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Shadowing over the seawall is going to be the must larger concern of the City here.

Except maybe in the summer when the sun is higher but the east section of the seawall is already pretty blocked out with all the townhouses built up along that stretch to Granville Island.

[jollyburger]

They're installing concrete bollards in front of the VPD:

VPD Hostile Vehicle Mitigation - 2020


Installation of landscaping concrete bollards in front of 2120 Cambie Street
Tentatively occupy curb lane for 9AM ~330PM weekday only. Tentatively 1 day work with potential for 2nd day to finish up.
Work to be completed on 1 day. The indicated duration from mid Nov to mid Dec is to show tentative schedule only.

[djh]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Shadowing over the seawall is going to be the must larger concern of the City here.

Please tell me you're joking that the city bylaws restrict building height due to...shadowing of the water...

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

Where's the render with Senakw included?

Yeah exactly, won't all those Senakw towers create a wee bit of shadowing?