Naoibh O’Connor writes in Business In Vancouver.
The tower will be redesigned to be more sensitive to Waterfront Station and The Landing heritage building, which flank the site, according to urban design consultant James Cheng of James K.M. Cheng Architects Inc.
….. Whether the design is moving in a direction that satisfies critics, who include prominent planners, remains to be seen. A public meeting is scheduled for December 3 to gather feedback.
…… The original proposal envisioned a 26-storey, modern glass office “origami” tower that would overhang part of the station.
……. The public meeting runs from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Mackenzie Ballroom at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel at 900 Canada Place Way on December 3.
Thanks to Colin Brander for the tip.
Many people there for the show tonight, yet any revision to the crystal seems less interesting as a shape and just as aggressively incongruous and awkwardly situated.
City staff were going on about density, again, yet didn’t seem able to consider or discuss the aesthetics of a massive icicle structure being slotted into this prime site.
Density in walkable areas near transit helps solves real serious problems making our city and region more livable. That’s why people “go on” about it.
Yes, that is true Richard. Nevertheless, we hope those going on about it take many other aspects into consideration. Tight maximum density in a sheer concrete block without windows, going up 50 storeys on that site, would not necessarily be welcomed by the vast majority of the citizens on this city. That’s not the type of density appropriate or needed at that site. That is why so many people turned out on a wet and windy night.
Oh Richard!
“Revenue generation and high density have become the new mantra. Quality of life should be the mantra.”
Rax Spaxman, 2013, speaking about the Broadway/Commercial proposal for around 20 towers.