[Halifax] The Vuze at South Village (Fenwick) | 106 m | 36/10/8 fl | U/C

[Jonovision]

20161202_142444 by Jonovision23, on Flickr

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[steve61]

Updates anyone?

[Aya_Akai]

Originally Posted by steve61

Updates anyone?

I walked by today.. still lots and lots of blue, and plywood on the balconies.. not much really different than the pictures above. Lots of work-people doing stuff on on the building itself though it seemed. It was a very noisy site. lol

[Jonovision]

A new model suite has opened up on the 30th floor.
I was thoroughly impressed with the work they have done. It does not feel like the same building inside. The new windows make a huge difference.

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[Keith P.]

Those are remarkable views of a good portion of the peninsula.

Being on the 30th floor, it sure makes the rest of the peninsula look rather squat and sawed off.

[Empire]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

Those are remarkable views of a good portion of the peninsula.

Being on the 30th floor, it sure makes the rest of the peninsula look rather squat and sawed off.

Bad tabletop financial district from that vantage point.

[IanWatson]

Originally Posted by Empire

Bad tabletop financial district from that vantage point.

Good thing most of the world isn't viewing our financial district from that vantage point.

[someone123]

Not sure if this has been posted yet. If you navigate to Tour/Virtual Tour on this page, you can see a bunch of 360 degree views of the renderings. If you click on "site plan" in the top right, there are a bunch of different vantage points to choose from.

http://www.southvillagehfx.com/

The Fenwick side is a huge improvement.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by someone123

Not sure if this has been posted yet. If you navigate to Tour/Virtual Tour on this page, you can see a bunch of 360 degree views of the renderings. If you click on "site plan" in the top right, there are a bunch of different vantage points to choose from.

http://www.southvillagehfx.com/

The Fenwick side is a huge improvement.

Doesn't work in my browser (Firefox). Most of the page is scrolled off to the right and invisible/unreachable.

[ScovaNotian]

Looks like a bit of a maze they are building there. Are those narrow passages with tall walls on both sides a good idea?

[eastcoastal]

Originally Posted by ScovaNotian

Looks like a bit of a maze they are building there. Are those narrow passages with tall walls on both sides a good idea?

seriously looks dangerous and very rape-y (I don't mean that to sound light or jokey).

[alps]

I was really excited by this mid-block "shortcut" as it was presented in early concepts for the Fenwick redevelopment. Somehow I got the impression it would be much more legible, and activated with uses like shops and cafes.

This version looks sterile and utterly confusing to navigate.

[Jonovision]

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[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by Jonovision

20161202_143215 by Jonovision23, on Flickr

Considering the Grenfell tower fire in London, I wonder how the Fenwick tower cladding compares? It looks like the insulation behind the cladding is mineral wool, which is essentially incombustible, but I am not sure about the cladding; some aluminum composite panels contain a core of polyethylene between aluminum sheets, whereas others have a fire retardant core.

[Jonovision]

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[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by teddifax

I sent a message to Joe Metlege on Fenwick Towers / The Vuze and he has updated his Facebook page - Vision of Fenwick Tower. Take a look.

I am not sure if this is the link - https://www.facebook.com/SouthVillag...96287763826418 - but there are some pictures from July 12th.







There are several pictures (or renderings) of apartment layouts - it looks a lot different than when I lived there 40 years ago. I didn't realize that they would have some micro-units (although these are probably more like regular studio-apartment size, with a separate bedroom):



It is interesting how the bed folds up when not in use (I have only seen this style in movies):

[TheGreenBastard]

Damn, their rent went way up.

[Jonovision]

The black cladding is now visible on the north wall.

20170804_143647 by Jonovision23, on Flickr

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[IanWatson]

They're going with black!? Are they trying to make it look more like Barad-dûr??

[teddifax]

What type / grade of cladding is it....hearing so much these days of this.