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Originally Posted by 65MAX
So when this is built and it doesn't look like the renderings (and let's face it, the finished product NEVER looks like the renderings), is everybody here then gonna hate on it because it isn't shiny enough?
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Are you suggesting that we're wrong for calling out Skylab? There's no point of a design review if developers can show off pretty pictures that are pure fiction and then build whatever they want. Then again, it's also true that there's no point of a design review if the developers aren't held accountable for not building what they agreed to.
You said it yourself:
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Originally Posted by 65MAX
How is it possible that the Yard didn't do an energy code analysis?
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I think it's foolish to NOT call Skylab out on their ineptness.
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Originally Posted by soleri
I was talking to a Skylab architect last night and he essentially said everything that's being speculated about here is true. That is, there was both cost-cutting going on and a need to meet some kind of energy efficiency standard by reducing the window exposures. He also said the city really has no leverage here except to lean a bit more heavily on Skylab next time a project goes before Design Review.
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So, it's about more than just meeting energy efficiency standards, though that is obviously a major factor. But there is also post design review cost cutting. And we don't even know if we've seen the worst of it yet because we haven't seen what the base of the tower will end up looking like other than in these works of fiction:
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Originally Posted by maccoinnich
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I think we're right to complain. The Yard is such a high profile project. Skylab should be embarrassed. I certainly hope there are repercussions.
The difference between the Skylab debacle and the project in this thread ("Field Office") is that this one is nowhere near as high profile. But, to answer your question... if these renderings turn out to be pure fiction too, and the wood that I commented so positively on ends up being nasty cheap looking metal panels (for example), you can be sure I'll complain, and I'd hope I'm not the only one.
What's the point of having a design review if the developers can significantly cheapen and dumb down designs after they've approved but build anyway?