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Originally Posted by Changing City
The differences between the coloured approved rezoning version and the current version appear to be superficial, although they might be why some people liked the rezoning version. It looks like they're both proposing insulated precast panels, but now they've dropped the curved parts of the panel (which would be harder to cast, and handle on site, and the glazing might be more expensive as well). They're also showing them without colour, although the elevations in the DP don't specify that detail, and there isn't a detailed material description. At rezoning the colour and/or cladding materials are not guaranteed - it's effectively approving the scale and massing of a building.
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After today's UDP meeting, I can confirm that they're now going with pre-cast honed concrete panels.
The reason the curved windows were cut was due to the new realities of the rental market, and similarly the half-inch brick panels were nixed as the supplier lacked the experience necessary to provide them, and importing them from out east would cost too much. For colour, they've opted with a "ying and yang" theme, in that one building starts off virtually black at the base, and transitions to a mostly white top, while the other does the inverse.
As has become typical lately, there was more than enough recommendations from the panel that might see the design altered further, but at least, in this case, it's going to move ahead.
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