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RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 04-10-2024

And this one is on Union St E as well, although I can't remember the number, nor can I find it in Waterloo's building permit database. Design and development by NEO.

   

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 04-10-2024

NEO...you can always rely on them to LARP as real architectural designers lmfao. I wonder how much money they charged to put a box on a slightly smaller box?

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - cherrypark - 04-10-2024

Boring design and completely agnostic to its context. I will never reconcile the thinking of doing this kind of look on a street filled with the KW vernacular style. Doesn't have to be a revival but what is this grey box trying to communicate, really.

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 04-10-2024

Even going against the context of the existing surroundings in a tasteful manner isn't hard - or bad to do. Here are just 3 random examples of houses in Switzerland that fall within what one would call "contemporary architecture" but still fit into the environment they are in.

The first is a house that shows how you can easily align with the existing, prevalent architectural shape of what is already in an area. The second is an even better example of this. Whilst not my favourite (it's nice inside, though) this home perfectly fits into the neighbourhood but also demonstrates that it was built recently. The last shows how you can indeed do something that - at least on paper - would not fit at all into its surrounding environment, but due to the simple elegance of its materials and design choices, does so whilst also standing out, but not in a way that makes it seem pretentious.

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This NEO home is just blah. The materials are obviously cheap and the entire design was surely done in half a workday. It's just 2 boxes. And a couple of windows. Also the garage is much smaller than they show on the render...lol I hope the people who commissioned this don't feel cheated for not getting an extra wide garage and discount EIFS. It also ended up grey instead of white. The windows are slightly different as well. I guess I don't expect much considering it's NEO but they really put zero effort into this.

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - tomh009 - 04-10-2024

Looks like it'll be a white box. Smile But I'm actually more interested in knowing whether it's a SFH or a something-plex.

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 04-10-2024

Likely just a house. NEO Development seems to mostly take on small architectural jobs for individual home owners (mostly new builds, from what I understand). They are the same as but also distinct from NEO Architecture.

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - ijmorlan - 04-11-2024

I hope those Swiss examples have the weather proofing between roof and wall figured out. My parent’s cottage had no overhang like that and they had problems with water getting in until they extended the roof to create an overhang. But the cottage was old and in other ways not originally built properly; maybe those newer houses have it figured out.

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - ac3r - 04-11-2024

The architectural standards in regards to both engineering and design are superb in Switzerland, so I'm sure they're fine.

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - Bjays93 - 05-21-2024

I’ve heard a rumour that someone (unclear who) is attempting a land assembly for up to 4 lots between king, Weber along Columbia.

Not overly surprising as that would be a prime spot for redevelopment

Edit: this post probably belongs over in the university area thread

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - ijmorlan - 05-21-2024

(05-21-2024, 12:42 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: I’ve heard a rumour that someone (unclear who) is attempting a land assembly for up to 4 lots between king, Weber along Columbia.

Not overly surprising as that would be a prime spot for redevelopment

Edit: this post probably belongs over in the university area thread

4 lots would have to be most of the block I would think. North or South side?

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - timc - 05-22-2024

In the same area ... why is nothing happening with the Manulife lot on the other side of Weber? It seems like that one lot should be usable for something.

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - Bjays93 - 05-22-2024

(05-21-2024, 05:02 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:
(05-21-2024, 12:42 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: I’ve heard a rumour that someone (unclear who) is attempting a land assembly for up to 4 lots between king, Weber along Columbia.

Not overly surprising as that would be a prime spot for redevelopment

Edit: this post probably belongs over in the university area thread

4 lots would have to be most of the block I would think. North or South side?
North side. Not nearly the whole block, as that stretches to where king and weber meet. 

I believe the attempted assembly consists of the sleep country, 24 billiards, the lot directly on the corner of Colombia and Weber and the enterprise rental lot. I’m unsure about the curex walk in clinic.

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - ijmorlan - 05-22-2024

(05-22-2024, 04:52 PM)Bjays93 Wrote:
(05-21-2024, 05:02 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: 4 lots would have to be most of the block I would think. North or South side?
North side. Not nearly the whole block, as that stretches to where king and weber meet. 

I believe the attempted assembly consists of the sleep country, 24 billiards, the lot directly on the corner of Colombia and Weber and the enterprise rental lot. I’m unsure about the curex walk in clinic.

Thanks. I meant specifically along Columbia, where if I’m not mistaken those properties cover the entire curb from a point on Weber, around the corner onto Columbia, and around the corner again onto King. I remember when the apartment tower across King from that site was among the few tall buildings around. The whole block would be a lot to coordinate into one assembly — it might be easier to buy the Canadian Tire.

RE: General Urban Waterloo Updates and Rumours - Bjays93 - 05-23-2024

(05-22-2024, 11:26 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:
(05-22-2024, 04:52 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: North side. Not nearly the whole block, as that stretches to where king and weber meet. 

I believe the attempted assembly consists of the sleep country, 24 billiards, the lot directly on the corner of Colombia and Weber and the enterprise rental lot. I’m unsure about the curex walk in clinic.

Thanks. I meant specifically along Columbia, where if I’m not mistaken those properties cover the entire curb from a point on Weber, around the corner onto Columbia, and around the corner again onto King. I remember when the apartment tower across King from that site was among the few tall buildings around. The whole block would be a lot to coordinate into one assembly — it might be easier to buy the Canadian Tire.

Ahh yes, in that sense it is indeed the whole block from Weber to King!