[News] UPD: Aug 4 released renderings of Event Centre in OP (+ new ext. renders in post #704)

[Textcritic]

Someone help me out: what's different, here?

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[Locke]

Well....they finally got horses on it, so its got that going for it....which is nice.

Really was only a matter of time.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Okay, this has been bugging me so I'm a gonna ask.

Are we looking at renders or renderings?

Render is just the act of creating a rendering.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Someone help me out: what's different, here?

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I assume that top part is now either a video screen or will have projections on it.

[SportsJunky]

Understood but the actual artwork - is it called a render?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Someone help me out: what's different, here?

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Still adding more as I upload them. I'll create a post with an old/new comparison.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Understood but the actual artwork - is it called a render?

Rendering.

To create a drawing, you draw

To create a painting, you paint

To create a rendering, you render

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Render is just the act of creating a rendering.

And once you start to render a rendering you are rendering

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Spoiler!

New renders and elevations showing some revisions to the design:

So it that a giant screen or a mirror? Because the first few images look like reflections of the sky but the last one has a bunch of random horses? And a giant screen would look way cooler.

I'm confused.

[Fighting Banana Slug]

If there is an ability to project on that top part, it does make it a little cooler, I suppose. Not sure if the quality is good enough for actual game action, but that would be something during the playoffs.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Still adding more as I upload them. I'll create a post with an old/new comparison.

Thanks. I think I see it now.

[Knightslayer]

Have they even started yet?

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug

If there is an ability to project on that top part, it does make it a little cooler, I suppose. Not sure if the quality is good enough for actual game action, but that would be something during the playoffs.

I doubt it will be adequate for projecting games, but there is still a large video screen directly above the main entrance.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Knightslayer

Have they even started yet?

I think they break ground in December.

[Bingo]

I noticed Olympic Way closed today ... could unrelated.

[Lil Pedro]

Hoping we can see how the inside looks soon! These updated exterior renderings look really cool!

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by The Familia

Still a hot mess. That ####ing parkade, I hate it so much! I honestly believe it is the main driving force behind some of the terrible design choices. I would have loved a community rink in that spot, but if we couldn’t afford that, the extra space could have been used to fix the following:

1. Run the upper level windows from the NW corner all the way down the entire west side (Olympic Ave) and around the southwest corner above the main entrance. From what I can tell there is some mechanical stuff that is being hidden by that piece of trash white screen. Without the parkade maybe all the mechanical could be relocated allowing the window wall to be extended (move mechanical to the east side).

2. Increase the Size of the NW plaza and entrance to be more prominent. This is the main door from the Green Line, it should be a focal point. Run retail and windows along 12th Ave. I can live with a blank wall for the East facade. The south facade can be half a blank wall and maybe half windows/retail.

3. All of the moves above would eliminate a ton of the cheap aluminum screening and provide more windows, retail, and a better public realm. Right now all the screens and blank walls make for a sterile, boring, and uninviting building.

From the drawings the arena is not centred to the overall lot. Due to the parkade, everything is squished over. I don’t see why, with the elimination of the parkade, the arena couldn’t be more centred leaving more room on all 4 sides. If anything, they can push the seating bowl a bit more to the east and make that a blank wall on the outside.

There are way to many materials currently on this dogs breakfast. I actually like the west side of the arena minus the white screen. The upper level windows and the ground level retail looks good. Simple but timeless design. Everything beyond that is trash. Hoping the interior makes up for it because the BMO Centre will be the showstopper on Stampede grounds. People think Rogers Centre will age poorly. This thing will look like crap on day one if they don’t use the highest quality materials possible.

Due to the Flames stubbornness to have a parkade included into the arena design, we have lost a potential community rink and sacrificed a lot of architectural design aspects.

Aren’t dogs’ breakfasts actually pretty uniform?

[topfiverecords]

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[Scary Eloranta]

I like that they can project on that metal area and that side of the building is definitely the hilite. I laughed when I saw "Calgary" spelled out on the parkade. Lipstick on a pig but what can you do. I wonder if they will EVER release indoor renderings!