The Butterfly | 178.6m | 57Fl | U/C

[Westbased]

Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

This morning, some weather wrap was removed on the 14, 15, 16 and 17th floor breezeway.
No planters or trees yet.


https://makeagif.com/i/hoker6

Hmmm, the level of finish quality for that glass seems below the rest of the building...I wonder if they had to cut some costs given their recent financial troubles.

Just doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of the building IMO.

[Zepfancouver]

Westbased, If the sun is still shinning later this afternoon, I will post a direct sunlight picture of the breezeway.
Should see/have a clearer observation of the railing glass.

[officedweller]

It may just be the design.
It looked unfinished until I zoomed in and noticed the stainless steel knobs.
(would have looked better with a steel or aluminum strip covering the slab at the base of the glass,
but the knobs won't really be visible from a distance)
Top level would be a tree level, and the 2 below are more concave to allow a tree to grow from below.

[Zepfancouver]

A live stream, shadow moving aside, glass going in.

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End of day screen grab

[officedweller]

From a friend yesterday:

[Zepfancouver]

Nice always good to see a new angle.

Today, the glass is good, clear with a slight curve. I'll need a full unveiling before a judgement on the overall look.

The sound bite I chose for the gif is the after 3pm illegal left turn madness


https://makeagif.com/i/-exi2h


https://makeagif.com/i/VGLcsx

[Zepfancouver]

The meeting of the white hats (Site Supers or Glass Contractors)
I saw in the video (will post the 2 day glass railing work on Monday) glass guys leaving for a break, scaffolding guys come in and start to remove scaffolding,
they stop, then reassemble some of the scaffold, glass guys hadn't finish their work yet.
One glass segment is not installed, Oh no! my OCD obsessive compulsive disorder is kicking in
It's going to be months if not years before that glass is in there.





Breezeway future look

https://makeagif.com/i/Mwr6F7

[officedweller]

What, your OCD isn't bothered by the caps for the glass bolts?
Everything else is so streamlined that the caps look out of place like exposed nail heads.

[Zepfancouver]

Originally Posted by officedweller

...the caps look out of place like exposed nail heads.

They do look out of place, I wonder if they could have used the same setup/system as the balcony suites, I can't see the anchoring of that glass, it's hidden by the panels.

[Zepfancouver]

Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

...they stop, then reassemble some of the scaffold, glass guys hadn't finish their work yet...

That was not the case, scaffold needed repositioning to get 2 glass in.

Just like other renderings, I might have been a little too ambition on the size and health of trees in the breezeway.


https://makeagif.com/i/vXl0Ny

Looks like a template for drilling anchor bolts for the planter.


https://makeagif.com/i/ZM-Wtg

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[Westbased]

Originally Posted by Zepfancouver

They do look out of place, I wonder if they could have used the same setup/system as the balcony suites, I can't see the anchoring of that glass, it's hidden by the panels.

Indeed, using a shoe base for the railings would have fit much better with the rest of the architecture...

I'm convinced this was a cost cutting measure, Ian Gillespie would never stand for such a design decision otherwise!

[jollyburger]

I guess we'll have to see how visible it is from street level.

Assume you would need some custom channel system built into the floor to totally conceal it.

https://q-railing.com/en/balustrades/base-channels/

[dleung]

The breezeway glass is unfortunate. The gap between the cylindrical masses of the tower should be reading as negative space, so they should've minimized the visibility of the breezeway slab edges with a tapered edge like with the Alberni by Kengo Kuma and similarly used a non-white cladding for the fascia to differentiate it more from the cylinders. They could've achieved the taper by setting the glass back at the non-tree floors, and used a different floor expression every 3rd floor if the trees require a thicker structure. It's extravagant, but only makes sense given how much money were they were willing to burn on even more extravagant things like the curved glass, precast forms, and the triangulated glass at the scoop outs

[Facade Builder]

Ok had enough please no mention of cost once you add in the curved heavy steel facia/powder costing/fittings that carries the 1" curved low iron laminate glass/plus top cap and curved ss hand rail plus challenged install I honestly dont see how you could send MORE!!!

Facia was required as finished floor and soffit needed a place to tie into.

[Zepfancouver]

Originally Posted by Facade Builder

...heavy steel facia/powder costing/fittings that carries the 1" curved...

Facade Builder your closing arguments are bang on, the defense rests your honor. I can't see how you can spend more.
It looks like a lifetime (200 year) build. (if with stainless steel bolts and nuts)

[dleung]

This is a fairly standard rough sketch for tapered edges, granted it assumes slightly shortening the breezeway to maintain the same edge alignment:


The 1" standoffs are pretty standard and by no means expensive. And even if they suddenly ran out of money after blowing it on everything else, at least darken the fascia so it's less visible:

[officedweller]

Posted Nov 28, 2017.
This (with taller glass) looks kinda weird, too, because of the black caulking between the panels.

Originally Posted by Feathered Friend

[Zepfancouver]

Originally Posted by dleung

at least darken the fascia so it's less visible:

Nice touch on that suggestion, I would approve that change order.

[officedweller]

Pic by me today:

[urbanight93]

The breezeway railing treatment is small potatoes in the scheme of this project. The overall design direction is overall so indulgent (in a good way!) that a practical decision of this nature will barely register to anyone, least of which residents.

Great addition to the skyline.