[Downtown Victoria] Emaar project | 17- & 11-storeys | Canceled
#1
Posted 04 September 2006 - 08:56 PM
South side:
North side:
#2
Posted 04 September 2006 - 08:57 PM
#3
Posted 04 September 2006 - 09:00 PM
#4
Posted 04 September 2006 - 09:14 PM
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Posted 04 September 2006 - 09:16 PM
#6
Posted 04 September 2006 - 09:17 PM
The consultant said the only way they could get their density they needed would be if they got 2 X 20 stories...which I think is far better than this.
Thanks for posting this Rob!! Welcome to the site!!!
#7
Posted 04 September 2006 - 09:21 PM
#8
Posted 04 September 2006 - 09:27 PM
Two 20 story towers or a 21 and an 18 would be awesome.
#9
Posted 05 September 2006 - 06:44 AM
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#10
Posted 05 September 2006 - 07:23 AM
I would't like to live in one of those Garden suites/ townhouses on the base on the west side. You'd hardly ever get any direct sunlight.
#11
Posted 05 September 2006 - 07:27 AM
The man on the 1st floor look like he's going to jump. He should get a little higher if he wants to be successful.
#12
Posted 05 September 2006 - 12:33 PM
#13
Posted 05 September 2006 - 05:00 PM
Fortunately, the only people that will really notice that it's too fat are the ones in the Wave, etc. People won't notice from either View or Yates because they meet the ends of the building. The Cap 6 building is chunky and high enough that it will block it completely from Blanshard, apart from seeing the top bit across the street.
I would't like to live in one of those Garden suites/ townhouses on the base on the west side. You'd hardly ever get any direct sunlight.
True about views directly on either end of the building, but the Capital Six building is equivalent to a three storey building at best which means a 14-storey tower, especially a block-wide slab of a tower, will be clearly visible from across Blanshard (across from Cap 6) and definitely from the Blanshard/Yates intersection. The further an individual will walk from the site the more of the slab they'll see.
The view of The Wave is pretty good from Douglas and Yates so I would imagine a 14-storey slab from even that intersection would be clearly visible.
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#14
Posted 05 September 2006 - 10:19 PM
#15
Posted 05 September 2006 - 10:56 PM
God, I am sounding like a NIMBY these days ;( Perhaps I know something that others don't know yet...
I'll tell around December...
#16
Posted 05 September 2006 - 11:10 PM
They need the density. The only way they can acheive it is in a massive spread, "fat scraper" or two slender 20 story towers.
I would choose the towers over the fatscraper anyday.....save some views.
#17
Posted 06 September 2006 - 12:33 AM
Fat scrapers aside...
Well, slender glass towers do sound nice...
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Posted 07 September 2006 - 10:04 AM
#19
Posted 07 September 2006 - 10:39 AM
#20
Posted 07 September 2006 - 11:01 AM
Here are some stats:
Allowed Proposed Height 43 m 49.9 m Storeys 14 16 F.S.R. 3:1 6.55:1 (incl. parking) 3:1 5.73:1 (w/o parking) Parking 0.7 stalls/unit 204 Unit count 203
If you go the two tower route, not only do you lose a large amount of density, you also need two elevators, lobbies etc. which drastically affects the budget.
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