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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
It's the dreaded 'Value Engineering' phase of the project...Value De-Engineering we often call it.
Designs are great, until you start getting the cost estimates...if you are overbudget, you have to figure out what's important to keep and what you can lose.
for the library, they keep things like the massing, the 'public porch', the wood soffit and that amazing interior central volume.... but they cut out curtain wall glazing while keep the overall form... they keep the wood core but stripped out finishes in the stacks area.
like buying a car, you pick the things that are most important to the 'legibility' of the project...what gives you the most bang for the buck...I think that the team made good choices here especially for a public building.
the marda loop project...well, let's just say the developer's proforma drove decisions...if you look hard enough, you can see they were trying to save the 'idea' however the decisions undoubtedly were driven through maximizing profits instead of public realm
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Additionally, the availability of products is really having a negative effect on projects in my experience. Time frames are just silly.