04-22-2010, 01:40 PM
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Too bad it still costs and arm and a leg to park there. I'll continue to park in the Sears parking lots.
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04-22-2010, 01:42 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
What's wrong with the current one? I thought it was pretty decent?
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Just for more space... and something about a Mayo-type clinic
This is what it looks like. I think it looks a lot nicer in this photo than in real life. It to me looks like it will be dated very fast.
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04-22-2010, 01:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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I haven't seen the new SAIT parkade in person, but from the photos I see, I'm impressed. I tend to like to reserve judgement until seeing it in person, however, as photos can be deceptive.
I don't like the cloud features on the parkade... looks to cheezy. I would have just set the aluminum paneling in such a way that reflects light and shape in a more natural form. IMO, this would have made the structure seem more 'classy', if you will.
That's about my only greivance with the structure. Aside from that, the soccer field on top, and the respect for viewpoints it attempts, appears to have some solid architectural thought behind it.
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04-22-2010, 01:53 PM
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Jordan!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Originally Posted by wooohooo
Just for more space... and something about a Mayo-type clinic
This is what it looks like. I think it looks a lot nicer in this photo than in real life. It to me looks like it will be dated very fast. |
That looks like something straight out of Edmonton.. bleh
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04-22-2010, 02:05 PM
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First Line Centre
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04-22-2010, 02:44 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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I ride past it every day on the train but didn't realize they have a soccer field on top until I visited the campus last week. Very cool looking. I really like the heart building as well (they built the new building but kept one giant wall of the old building still standing).
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04-22-2010, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow
That looks like something straight out of Edmonton.. bleh
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It looks like the stupid colours on Max Bell.
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04-22-2010, 02:48 PM
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#28
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Madman
It looks like the stupid colours on Max Bell.
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That's exactly what I thought and was trying to post a pic, but to no avail.
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04-22-2010, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Russic
I ride past it every day on the train but didn't realize they have a soccer field on top until I visited the campus last week. Very cool looking. I really like the heart building as well (they built the new building but kept one giant wall of the old building still standing).
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That whole building is still standing. They just attached the Heart building (the new one) to it. The atrium inside the Heart buildings shows off the south side (former exterior wall) of the heritage building quite nicely.
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04-22-2010, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Old Yeller
The new conservatory building and the upcoming library actually look pretty nice. I think the campus is improving drastically from what it used to be.
MRU doesn't need to put green space on top of theirs as they have more space than SAIT but yeah, I gotta agree, dressing up the sides of it like SAIT has done would look a lot better than just the huge chunk of cement it's going to be.
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Any images of the design of these new buildings kicking around? I am alum from the conservatory - just curious.
SAIT's doing some excellent stuff - the Parkade entrance structures are quite impressive too. I do wish that they had used Bing Thom Architects (who did the master plan and the parkade) instead of Gibbs Gage though.
See, great design in our city is well worth it.
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04-22-2010, 03:15 PM
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow
That looks like something straight out of Edmonton.. bleh
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Is this better?
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04-22-2010, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
The first time I drove down 16th after they ripped down the old one I was so confused. I could tell something looked dramatically different/better about that stretch of 16th but it took me a minute of looking around to figure out what it was. HUGE improvement. A long way to go for 16th still though...
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It would be great to see SAIT build more ON 16th avenue to create a bit more of a lively urban corridor. A good idea would be to build residence buildings or rental buildings with ground floor retail, with shops, restaurants and bars - engage the city a bit more than an insular campus does.
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04-22-2010, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow
That looks like something straight out of Edmonton.. bleh
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This is what it looks like in real life:
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...IMG_0062-1.jpg
This is what will occupy 16th Avenue at SAIT:
Last edited by Bunk; 04-22-2010 at 03:25 PM.
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04-22-2010, 03:27 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wherever the cooler is.
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Originally Posted by SebC
Is this better?
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I still cannot understand why the uni is putting up another residence. They've taken away the only parking lot for rez kids, and they couldn't even fill up rez last year. It's mind boggling. Also, the building is ugly as hell.
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04-22-2010, 03:28 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by SebC
Is this better?
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Wow, 1973 Acadia called and they want their architecture back.
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04-22-2010, 03:43 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Rerun
SAIT has a soccer team?
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They do but I don't play on it. I play on a team with about 6 SAIT players though, and they have assured me they are a legitimate soccer team.
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04-22-2010, 03:47 PM
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by anyonebutedmonton
They do but I don't play on it. I play on a team with about 6 SAIT players though, and they have assured me they are a legitimate soccer team.
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Which team is that?
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10-28-2010, 05:38 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Calgary
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We just re-designed our website and have some pretty awesome pictures of the parkade:
http://www.bingthomarchitects.com/#/featured/48/
Lots of time and effort put into that screen - we have tonnes of mock-ups in the office.
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10-28-2010, 06:09 PM
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First Line Centre
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I got to play a half dozen games there this season and I still can't believe they spent all that money on that beautiful field and didn't buy floodlights.
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10-28-2010, 06:28 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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It may look nice but the parkade is kinda crap. For one thing it's not heated. If i'm paying $125/month and you are building a new parkade thats into a side of a hill where 70% of it is partially underground already shouldn't you have made it heated? Also there are no plugins in it!??
Also they build it on 10th street hill. You better have salt or sand as soon as the ice hits. I was stuck there on a Friday nite till 730pm during that ice storm because cars were stuck left and right. I was ok with my nokians but it was a disaster.
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