I was able to screenshot
most of the presentation, but there's at least one or two renderings that got away from me. I'll try to summarize briefly.
As SteelTown noted, all of the designs have a circular-ish shape to help allow for the wind to flow freely around the tower, rather than get pushed down to grade which would make the ground experience less comfortable, and the podium further reduces wind effects at grade.
Starting off with some of the general slides and views:
Note the inset balconies shown in this next image. This is a change from the original plan which saw more of a wraparound-style balcony configuration (more on this later.)
Some early renderings focused on the podium and streetscape:
Now, moving on to balconies and preliminary floor plans.
Mr. Kuwabara noted that the balconies are now planned to be inset based on the wind studies that were completed by RWDI, and that they'll be more useful and less windswept compared to wraparound balconies as shown in the original concept plan.
It was further mentioned that floorplate size is limited to 650 square metres for the uppermost portion of the tower (floors 31 through 45) and 850 square metres for the lower tower floors. This is noteworthy because these sizes are significantly slimmer than the usual Hamilton tower (often 900 to 1100 square metres) and more closely resemble the Toronto maximum floor plate size of 750 square metres. This will be a tower with nice proportions, in other words.
Here is an updated overall rendering of the project with the tower included:
Now, let's move on to the three different tower design options. The difference between the three is in shape, as noted in previous posts. Mr. Kuwabara stated that the exterior treatment for the tower is still a work in progress, and subject to further design evolution. I imagine this element of the design will be firmed up by the second DRP meeting on this project in April.
Option 1 - Cylinder
*Note: I was not able to catch the rendering entitled "view from the north" for this option. I have not included the aerial view for this option either, because it is the same as shown in slide #25, seen further up in this post.
Option 2 - Waves
Option 3 - Lily
As said, I know I missed some, so keep an eye for the slides to be posted to the City's website in the days to come. As well, my apologies if this is too many images; I usually try to keep my posts to no more than 15 or 20, but I figure that these are of public interest enough to justify breaking that.
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