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Old 04-28-2014, 06:44 PM   #1158
SebC
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As for the other aspects of the project:

- I love the tower design.
- I like the tower spacing (i.e not using adjacent corners for tower sites like Guardian is).
- I like the height.
- I like the density.

I'm not sure I like the organization and orientation of the towers. I think I'd rather see them stagger down towards Millenium Park. Seems like they've tried to make the tallest one standout and have awesome views, but it comes at the expense of the other two towers (particularly the short one in the back) and the park. Alternately, I think putting the tallest one on the north site, shortest one to the West and middle one on the East would also be a pretty good arrangement. I also think that the west tower should have it's point go towards the inside, again to mitigate shadowing, but for aesthetics I think that as long as the tower is short this doesn't matter that much. Prefered orientation for the other two might depend on layout - I haven't thought about it enough.

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(better)

Last edited by SebC; 04-28-2014 at 06:47 PM.
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