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[Harley613]

Really shallow garage. This one will rise to grade fast!!

[J.OT13]

Looking at the location of the crane and how the progress, I'm starting to think they may only use one crane for both towers.

[originalmuffins]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Looking at the location of the crane and how the progress, I'm starting to think they may only use one crane for both towers.

I think so too, looks like these will go up rapid fire. Curious if there'll be capacity to start the third larger tower before these top out.

[GeoNerd]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Looking at the location of the crane and how the progress, I'm starting to think they may only use one crane for both towers.

It would be pretty tight on that site for two tower cranes. It will be interesting to see how the crane goes up for the third independent building, whenever that starts. It’s going to be a very busy site.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by originalmuffins

I think so too, looks like these will go up rapid fire. Curious if there'll be capacity to start the third larger tower before these top out.

Their goal seems to be end of the year to start tower three, so fingers crossed. In the meantime, should be interesting to see these go up with a single crane, if that is indeed what's happening.

[DTcrawler]

So excited for these to grow upward. Barring any catastrophic design changes, this project should give us Ottawa's best architecture to date, IMO. I almost can't believe we're at this stage after seeing the initial renderings a few years ago and being nearly certain that they wouldn't come to fruition.

The eternal optimist in me hopes it brings in a new wave of better design across the city, after putting Claridge to shame when people have the opportunity to compare Moon next to this beauty.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by DTcrawler

So excited for these to grow upward. Barring any catastrophic design changes, this project should give us Ottawa's best architecture to date, IMO. I almost can't believe we're at this stage after seeing the initial renderings a few years ago and being nearly certain that they wouldn't come to fruition.

The eternal optimist in me hopes it brings in a new wave of better design across the city, after putting Claridge to shame when people have the opportunity to compare Moon next to this beauty.

Nice line of thinking. I blame the mediocrity of highrise architecture squarely on the developers. Even our much maligned Roderick Lahey Architecture is capable of perfectly fine work, IF the developer asks for it. As it stands, very few developers want more than a Nouveau-Brutalist CharcWhite box built by the lowest bidder... Something they can put a quartz countertop in, and then slap a 'Luxury Apartments' banner on it.

[SL123]

Originally Posted by DTcrawler

So excited for these to grow upward. Barring any catastrophic design changes, this project should give us Ottawa's best architecture to date, IMO. I almost can't believe we're at this stage after seeing the initial renderings a few years ago and being nearly certain that they wouldn't come to fruition.

The eternal optimist in me hopes it brings in a new wave of better design across the city, after putting Claridge to shame when people have the opportunity to compare Moon next to this beauty.

these towers as well as the Met on Metcalfe I hope will influence developers to up their game.

[ponyboycurtis]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Looking at the location of the crane and how the progress, I'm starting to think they may only use one crane for both towers.

Perhaps when they begin the tower portions. There is absolutely a second tower base poured. I triple checked it the last time I was in the area about a week ago.

It's indeed curious. We should set up a betting pool on the Over/Under.

[DTcrawler]

Originally Posted by SL123

these towers as well as the Met on Metcalfe I hope will influence developers to up their game.

Agree, the Met is a refreshing change to what we're used to in Ottawa and is quite stunning. I walk plast it nearly every day and my opinion on it hasn't changed. I know it's basically just a glass curtain wall, which many people find plain, but I find them to be quite sleek looking and I'd take one of those anyday over most of what we get in this city. I guess maybe I just have the architectural palate of a 10 year old.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by DTcrawler

Agree, the Met is a refreshing change to what we're used to in Ottawa and is quite stunning. I walk plast it nearly every day and my opinion on it hasn't changed. I know it's basically just a glass curtain wall, which many people find plain, but I find them to be quite sleek looking and I'd take one of those anyday over most of what we get in this city. I guess maybe I just have the architectural palate of a 10 year old.

Naww, the Met is just gorgeous. The glass floats above the heritage building. The charcoal brick is practically invisible and allows the heritage building to take all the glory at street level. The strong setbacks of the podium and rooftop amenity space give the building a hint of an NYC art deco building silhouette. I love it. (edit: it's a travesty that this isn't 35-40 stories tall).



Double Edit: oops, this is in the 400 Albert thread, let's not stray too far. Here is an arbitrary comparison of the built form of The Met and the render of 400 Albert, for good measure!

[ponyboycurtis]

I'd be happy to see the glass tinted medium blue mixed with the white. It would feel very bright. Constitution Square is a very dark blue and Minto Place is a near jet black mirror.

As long as it's not to light and end up looking early 2000s. Something right in the middle of the color palette would look fresh.

Not only will this thing look great on it's own but we will get to see it twice reflected on the Lyon face of CS.

[OTSkyline]

Some nice LED or lighting on this project would also elevate it and make it stand out even more at night - something most Ottawa projects lack.

[DTcrawler]

Originally Posted by OTSkyline

Some nice LED or lighting on this project would also elevate it and make it stand out even more at night - something most Ottawa projects lack.

Definitely. Lack of LED lightning is something that always bothered me about Ottawa. This project seems like a perfect place to change that.

If you've ever driven down the DVP in Toronto at night, you'd have noticed how big of a difference LED lightning makes on the skyline, especially Aura - what a beautiful tower that is at night.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by DTcrawler

Definitely. Lack of LED lightning is something that always bothered me about Ottawa. This project seems like a perfect place to change that.

If you've ever driven down the DVP in Toronto at night, you'd have noticed how big of a difference LED lightning makes on the skyline, especially Aura - what a beautiful tower that is at night.

I wonder if the lack of interesting lighting on new Ottawa projects is mandated by the in-progress Capital Illumination Plan. Perhaps that plan protects the future prominence of Confederation Boulevard at night once the plan is complete. That would be a very NCC thing to do. Just a thought..

Edit: Hunch confirmed
https://ncc-website-2.s3.amazonaws.com/d...umination-PlanEN-2017-10-16-High-res.pdf

[ponyboycurtis]

[QUOTE=Harley613;9720116]I wonder if the lack of interesting lighting on new Ottawa projects is mandated by the in-progress Capital Illumination Plan. Perhaps that plan protects the future prominence of Confederation Boulevard at night once the plan is complete. That would be a very NCC thing to do. Just a thought..

Edit: Hunch confirmed

That's a good point and a good catch. I suppose it stands to reason. There is certainly no shortage of significant historical buildings around town with oodles of accent lighting.

We did however get a splash of colored lighting at the Envie tower on Rideau. It's pretty subtle. The roof of the Envie in little Italy also had some roof lighting but.. I feel like I haven't seen that in a while. Icon has the Claridge sign lit up. It doesn't seem to be a hard rule.

[Harley613]

Rise Baby, RIIIIISE!

[ponyboycurtis]

This shot is interesting... you can see the slope of the garage floor and how the slab will rest on the exterior wall. It's also weird how there are still giant piles of rubble laying around the entire site.



I thought it was interesting how massive the footings for the pillars were here considering it's on bedrock. Easily the size of a small car. I wonder if there was some other consideration. Seems more than usual.



Bottom of elevator core for south tower?. IRL Lego set.

[originalmuffins]

I really can't wait to see all 3 of these up, this side of downtown will really need this extra development. The western portion of downtown will really shape up once Lebreton is done and all these developments (maybe similar ones to this in the future can come up too) are done.

[BlueJay]

Originally Posted by ponyboycurtis

Perhaps when they begin the tower portions. There is absolutely a second tower base poured. I triple checked it the last time I was in the area about a week ago.

It's indeed curious. We should set up a betting pool on the Over/Under.

The other base that was poured is for the pump mast.