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Originally Posted by Lisaismyfav
Completely agree, especially at the prices that these are being sold at. These are now being marketed as true luxury towers, I wouldn't want to pay something 4x the price as a tower from 10 years ago only for it to look essentially the same.
Other developers would make greater individual distinction when designing new phases within a masterplan. I think Shape is taking things for granted a little because they have been able to sell their units fairly quickly thus far regardless.
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Absolutely.
I mean, look at Concord Pacific next door in their Concord Brentwood project where the phase 2 towers (the Oasis) all look completely different from the 4 phase 1 towers (which,.....granted, ...themselves do suffer from that 'Copy-Paste' aesthetic).
I think a large part of it has to do with the architects that each developer hires to do these projects, and whether they're retaining the architect that does the masterplan for the entire project to do the individual tower phase build-outs (as was the case with Shape here with James Cheng), or if they branch out and get different architects for different ensuing phases (like Anthem did with Station Square where Dikeakos did the master plan, but they later on brought KPF for phase 2's Tower 4 and 5)
But even in the former case, you can still get distinct looks for each of the towers even with the same developer and architect.
I think of Bosa's projects in Metrotown with Gensler, where they have three towers under construction or proposed (the Central Park House and the Willingdon2 and the 70+storey one proposed for Willingdon and Kingsway), and none of them look anything alike.
Granted, not part of the same development, but just goes to show that for a skilled enough designer, not every project has to be a copy-paste job or derivative of previous projects or tower design jobs within the same area even for the same developer.
These kinds of developments where you have clusters of multiple copy-paste jobs tend to evoke for me the unfortunate visual of neighbourhoods in Chinese cities where you have essentially the same tower replicated over hectares upon hectares of a cityscape that just gives a drab almost dystopian feel to it.
It also kind of implies a certain....."cheapness".... or frugality, as if the developer was trying to save costs (which is obviously true to an extent). Kind of ironic for high-end condo towers.
Variety really is the spice of life and if you are paying those high-end prices for those high-end condos, at a minimum, don't make it so obviously cookie-cutter.
At least that's what I think.
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