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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
This is going in for DP next week and it is being emailed out by the Flames now. I doubt this view is changing much between now and then. There isn’t much related to this side elevation that impacts the other three sides. The elements have a clear start and stop.
Good strategy by CSEC. Poor quality design partially leaked by non CSEC member. Then slow drip additional views of the other sides and interior so you can trick people into feeling like they’re getting more and become more accepting. Reality is it could all be a pile of coal.
When you need materials and finishes to be the design you have no architecture.
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This is generally correct.
if the Flames are emailing this out and its going for DP application, this is 'complete' in terms of what it is going to look like on the outside, including material selection, streetscape, parking, height, massing.
Development Permits are meant to ensure that the project meets zoning and bylaws requirements as well as any traffic concerns and parking requirements...
This doesn't mean that this cannot change after a DP is approved but depending on the scale of the changes, one might have to apply for a partial or full recirculation.
Simply put, this is to ensure someone doesn't apply for one thing and build another without the City being able to review it.
I mean, its one render, though not particularly great, it doesn't necessarily mean it will be a bad building...it would be nice to see some other views of the project though... Invariably, back of house looks worse than the 'front door', so it makes me wonder what the other elevations look like...
Materials do make a big difference as the Edmonton library showed... the switch of the original material, and lose of apertures, really hurt that building, even though the massing seemed to have stayed relatively intact.
Contrast this with the Calgary library, that lost a lot of glazing and a more complex skylight on the east side but still turned out great because the formal qualities (ie massing and large arched public porch) remained intact