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Originally Posted by ChiTownWonder
^ Gang should have designed the building with the mechanical floors and louvers in mind, so no one would have to argue what the best way to tack them on would be. At this point it is what it is which is why I'm not trying to be too negative about it.
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^Well, this is exactly the point. No one should (and no one probably has until now) start any architectural project, much less a skyscraper, without a concept not just for the form, but the structure, the MEP (mech/elec/plumbing), and the program functioning in all of this. As far as I can tell, this project fails all of the above except for arguably achieving the 'form' goal...
We can argue endlessly about what would have been a better solution for the louvers or the blow-through, but it's a straw man that was created when all of these other design issues were ignored...
As far as the rendering of the south view of the tower, that indeed was/is the south view. The re-positioning of the tallest tower to the west occurred way before the latest iteration of the window wall vocabulary. That rendering just underscores a willful ignorance occurring in the architect's office with regard to the unpleasant or aesthetically awkward needs of the project...