Zibi Ottawa Ontario | U/C

[vtecyo]

Originally Posted by Harley613

Soil remediation on Victoria Island is finally kicking into high gear. Does anyone know what the plan for the island is after the remediation is finished? All park, or some development?
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According to the NCC website:
https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/projects/site-remediation-at-victoria-island

"As part of the Plan for Canada’s Capital, 2017–2067, the NCC will be developing a master plan in partnership with the Algonquin Anishinabe Nation to establish a place of special significance in the Capital for Indigenous peoples and their cultural traditions. Following the completion of the remedial work, Victoria Island will be reopened to the public to enjoy until such time as the master plan for the island is developed and implemented."

AKA - nothing for a long, long time.

[SL123]

They seem to be using a wood imprinted concrete for the podium of block 206

[Dzingle Bells]

Originally Posted by SL123

They seem to be using a wood imprinted concrete for the podium of block 206

HOLY look at those transfer beams.

[J.OT13]

Could be wrong, but those transfer beams look like they may also have that imprinted wood along the inside.

[SL123]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Could be wrong, but those transfer beams look like they may also have that imprinted wood along the inside.

the beams did not have the imprinted wood when I took those pictures.

[Richard Eade]

Wow! Could they not have had a variety of patterns for their pre-cast panels? Putting the same pattern beside itself, over and over, just makes it look so fake.



Repetition can certainly be used for dramatic effect, as shown in this image of DND HQ:


(image from https://www.superstitioustimes.com/the-trials-of-filing-an-atip-request-in-canada/)

But to simply replicate a single pre-cast panel and expect it to give the idea of ‘old-style’ wood forms is misguided. Even the shading of each of the panels is identical.

Maybe I'm not giving the architect enough credit. Perhaps there are a number of different patterns , but the installer simply installed all of one pile before moving on to the next pile - resulting is clusters of 'sameness'.

[This happened to us. The guy installing our 'Flag Stone' look pathway just plunked down the interlock stones, seemingly without thought of pairing up duplicates. It looked terrible when he left. My wife had me tear up the whole thing and then she directed me as to where the stones should be placed. When it was finished, it looked great. The 'randomness' of the layout makes it very hard to realize that there were only a limited number of unique patterns.]

[ponyboycurtis]

Originally Posted by Richard Eade

Wow! Could they not have had a variety of patterns for their pre-cast panels? Putting the same pattern beside itself, over and over, just makes it look so fake.


But to simply replicate a single pre-cast panel and expect it to give the idea of ‘old-style’ wood forms is misguided. Even the shading of each of the panels is identical.

Maybe I'm not giving the architect enough credit. Perhaps there are a number of different patterns , but the installer simply installed all of one pile before moving on to the next pile - resulting is clusters of 'sameness'.

[This happened to us. The guy installing our 'Flag Stone' look pathway just plunked down the interlock stones, seemingly without thought of pairing up duplicates. It looked terrible when he left. My wife had me tear up the whole thing and then she directed me as to where the stones should be placed. When it was finished, it looked great. The 'randomness' of the layout makes it very hard to realize that there were only a limited number of unique patterns.]

You make a good point. Sorry about your walkway.

For comparison.. a while back I tiled a floor with these stop sign shaped tiles.. they had a sort of arabic? type of pattern to them. There was roughly 10 different patterns randomly mixed throughout the boxes. The idea of having 2 identical tiles next to each other was painful to think of. I cut and laid out the entire floor and numbered each tile so I was satisfied with the layout. It was absolutely worth the extra time.

The devil is always in the details.

Similar to AC Marriot ground floor treatment it's a little bit phoned in. This is better than the Marriot, or at least I thought so upon seeing it last week but still of the same vein. That being said one panel on it's own is quite nice.

It will look better once other finishes start going up.

[J.OT13]

From DBellerive on RailFans Discord. Zibi skyline so far.

[SL123]

I biked to Zibi yesterday and they had started installing the glasses on the podium of block 206. Its taking shape fast. This block will be a game changer hopefully. lets face it no one has moved into the offices they've built yet so not a single retail is gonna want to move in until there is a significant residential population. the current condos are not enough, a 25 story tower will hopefully help.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by SL123

I biked to Zibi yesterday and they had started installing the glasses on the podium of block 206. Its taking shape fast. This block will be a game changer hopefully. lets face it no one has moved into the offices they've built yet so not a single retail is gonna want to move in until there is a significant residential population. the current condos are not enough, a 25 story tower will hopefully help.

Agreed. Better take a cautious approach in filling-up the retail space. Don't jump the gun.

Hoping the Feds will start moving people into the office tower, even if it's just for hybrid work. When they build the hotel, that will be a game changer, I think.

[J.OT13]

From Julien on RailFans Discord. O2:



Hull Causeway widening:





Tower on the Ottawa side:

[Multi-modal]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

From Julien on RailFans Discord. O2:



Hull Causeway widening:





Tower on the Ottawa side:

I'm not sure if its just me, but when you post images from discord I can't see them.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Multi-modal

I'm not sure if its just me, but when you post images from discord I can't see them.

Sorry about that. Never realized. Anyone else have that problem?

[LRTeverywhere]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Sorry about that. Never realized. Anyone else have that problem?

I can see them, but I'm in the discord so thats probably a factor. My guess is they can only be seen by members.

[phil235]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Sorry about that. Never realized. Anyone else have that problem?

I can't see them either. Not sure why.

[SL123]

I can see them and I'm not on discord

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by LRTeverywhere

I can see them, but I'm in the discord so thats probably a factor. My guess is they can only be seen by members.

That could be, yes.

Originally Posted by Multi-modal

I'm not sure if its just me, but when you post images from discord I can't see them.

Originally Posted by phil235

I can't see them either. Not sure why.

Have you two ever seen pics from Discord that I've posted in the past? I've been doing this for nearly two years, and no one has brought this up as far as I know or can remember.

[zzptichka]

I can see them, even in Incognito mode.

If you are at work or connected through some VPN they might block discord links.

[phil235]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Have you two ever seen pics from Discord that I've posted in the past? I've been doing this for nearly two years, and no one has brought this up as far as I know or can remember.

I can usually see them on my phone, but not on my laptop. May be the VPN issue.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

From Julien on RailFans Discord. O2:



Hull Causeway widening:





Tower on the Ottawa side:

I received permission from Julien to pass it through Post Images so that I could share properly on SSP.