CF Pacific Centre Developments

[officedweller]

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[EdinVan]

Pardon my architectural ignorance, but what is the purpose of the fins (if that's what they're called)?

[SFUVancouver]

Aside from aesthetics, they act as solar shades that reduce the amount of warming the building experiences and as a result this lowers the building's energy bill for air conditioning.

[EdinVan]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Aside from aesthetics, they act as solar shades that reduce the amount of warming the building experiences and as a result this lowers the building's energy bill for air conditioning.

Ah, thank you.

On the issue of aesthetics, do you think these fins are attractive?

[Jimbo604]

How is the white panel removal going? Any pics?

[officedweller]

I think the only remaining part with the old marble aggregate panels is on the north side opposite (behind) TD Tower.

[officedweller]

Pics by me today:

Last bit of marble aggregate panel (unless there's some elsewhere on the west facade)



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[officedweller]

Pic by me today.

All of the marble aggregate panels are gone.


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Area where the cafeteria alcove was located (break in the grid requiring the bridge structure above):


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I guess they'll remove the steel bridge structure and add a column in the gap to normalize it?

Originally Posted by Prometheus

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/09...#slide=1534347

and even protrude farther out:

Originally Posted by Built Form

All pix by Built Form

[osirisboy]

Thanks for the pics

There's actually still some marble aggregate left on the Howe st side. Don't know why but thes been two pieces just left there

[officedweller]

Ahh, I see them now, hiding behind a lamppost in the pic.

[trofirhen]

In the corporate renders, the Howe Street side, facing the Art Gallery steps, often seems the sleekest, the image perhaps "urbane?" However, that SW corner contains not only a principal store entrance, but a not-so-beautiful ramp that directs traffic down and around that SW corner into a tunnel.
Clever how, in the render, that part is masked by a grove of trees in Robson Square? Hm?

Still, remembering what was there before, just be thankful. When you hit bottom, you have no way to go but up.

[Jimbo604]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Ahh, I see them now, hiding behind a lamppost in the pic.

An ode to the toilet bowl??

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

In the corporate renders, the Howe Street side, facing the Art Gallery steps, often seems the sleekest, the image perhaps "urbane?" However, that SW corner contains not only a principal store entrance, but a not-so-beautiful ramp that directs traffic down and around that SW corner into a tunnel.
Clever how, in the render, that part is masked by a grove of trees in Robson Square? Hm?

Personally, I think that part of the problem is that the new design places the entrances right at the corners.

The original Eaton's design avoided a store entrance crowding issue at the ramp by placing the store entrance farther east at the end of the alcove. Likewise, the Granville & Robson entrance was not on the corner, either, but in an alcove a bit farther north on Granville (the Nordstrom entrance will be in roughly the same place, while the mall entrance will be right on the corner).

Hudson's Bay doesn't have entrances right at the corners and it does fine.

So, although the sidewalk is a bit wider because of the alcove, the Robson corners of the building are going to be jammed - probably like the corner with the Future Shop entrance at Robson & Granville.... and the midblock along Robson will be a deadzone (remember when Eaton's wanted to open in-store boutiques along fronting Robson?)

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You can see the steel support beam between level 1 and 2 for the Nordstrom entrance canopy:


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There's a new framework in place that looks to establish the finished perimeter of the north atrium opening.
I wonder how they chose the size and location for the atrium?
Wouldn't it have made sense to size it and line it up with the existing posts and beams (even if smaller)?


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[spm2013]

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[connect2source]

Last couple of panels of terrazzo on the west facing wall.

Photo by : Connect2Source

[officedweller]

Weird - they don't even have the attachments for removal yet, either.

Originally Posted by spm2013

You probably want a larger atrium to get more light into it and you get more offices on each floor with a "window" into the atrium.

Looking at the roof pic, they could have shifted the opening a bit to the east and it wouldn't have been much smaller. That would have allowed allignment of columns and walls with the existing trusses, etc. With the as-built, there will be some columns in odd locations relative to the atriums.

[connect2source]

Some of the steel panels for the second floor of Nordstrom going in.. looks quite innovative and nice play on the glazing installed on the office floors.

[TwoFace]

This is looking great !!!
This building will have more positive street appeal in the City than any Skyscraper

[LeftCoaster]

Heard that the stone on the bottom will be more of the grey shade than the sandstone. We'll see what it looks like when it goes up but that's a hopeful sign.

[dreambrother808]

The remaining bit of the old, western facade was left up on purpose. It now reads "THE LAST PANEL 9/12/13" and so I guess there will be some kind of commemorative removal that day.