(09-18-2021, 08:55 AM)KevinL Wrote: That last photo! Why is there a massive blank wall facing the road?

(09-18-2021, 05:43 PM)cherrypark Wrote: The irony of Martin Simmons office next to that brick. Like a daily reminder of the perils of developer decision making.

Quote:haaaaaa I was on the design team for the Gaslight podiums! The architect ended up going with with the vertical stripe idea because of how easy it was to prefab the concrete and *fake* bricks. I didn't support that design because the stripes emphasized the height of the parking podium and had nothing to do with the surrounding context of downtown Galt. But yeah the Gaslight condos are kind of embarrassing and primitive, however still a step forward for the development of Cambridge in my opinion. I gotta say though that the units on the bottom of the podium, once finished, are going to look kickass

I was working under the project architect for Gaslight at the time and he selected the idea from design team (aka the grunts) that we put forward to the developer (HIP) so ultimately the developer made the decision

(09-18-2021, 08:52 PM)ac3r Wrote:

(09-18-2021, 05:43 PM)cherrypark Wrote: The irony of Martin Simmons office next to that brick. Like a daily reminder of the perils of developer decision making.

They had almost nothing to do with the podium of the towers - they were mostly doing the work on the heritage buildings. Gaslight Condos was a joint effort with Martin Simmons and ABA Architects, the latter of which was primarily responsible for the towers. HIP Developments was the one who ultimately made the decision to go with this monstrosity though:

Quote:haaaaaa I was on the design team for the Gaslight podiums! The architect ended up going with with the vertical stripe idea because of how easy it was to prefab the concrete and *fake* bricks. I didn't support that design because the stripes emphasized the height of the parking podium and had nothing to do with the surrounding context of downtown Galt. But yeah the Gaslight condos are kind of embarrassing and primitive, however still a step forward for the development of Cambridge in my opinion. I gotta say though that the units on the bottom of the podium, once finished, are going to look kickass

I was working under the project architect for Gaslight at the time and he selected the idea from design team (aka the grunts) that we put forward to the developer (HIP) so ultimately the developer made the decision

This was posted by an architect over on Reddit and she was spot on about the vertical stripes.

(09-19-2021, 08:35 PM)ac3r Wrote: My only hope is that they wrap the podium in some sort of glass or metal coverings as seen in the renderings. However, I don't know how up to date those are. You can see it on the bottom left in the image below, but then if you look closely...what is under that is different: they appear to illustrate open parking garage views, whereas the towers themselves as they are now are those horrific blank walls with stripes, so the designs may have changed.

We'll have to see. You're 100% correct in saying that if this turns out to look truly awful, the residents of Cambridge may become begin to object to further developments.

(09-17-2021, 09:42 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: Few shots here. Sorry not great, was just passing by on the trail.

(09-18-2021, 08:55 AM)KevinL Wrote: That last photo! Why is there a massive blank wall facing the road?

(09-24-2021, 01:31 PM)jeffster Wrote:

(09-18-2021, 08:55 AM)KevinL Wrote: That last photo! Why is there a massive blank wall facing the road?

I can't believe for a second that this would be the end product. Something has to happen here. Anything. You can't tell me the designers looked at this and said "ahhhhh, we has ourselves a winner!"

(09-24-2021, 01:59 PM)ac3r Wrote:

(09-24-2021, 01:31 PM)jeffster Wrote: I can't believe for a second that this would be the end product. Something has to happen here. Anything. You can't tell me the designers looked at this and said "ahhhhh, we has ourselves a winner!"

Nope. Once the rest of the complex comes together it might look a little more coherent, but it seems like that is going to be it.

Speaking of tagging - art isn't a bad idea. I highly doubt they would want to spend the money on that, but some metal sculptures on the side could work or some murals like what is on the one side of Charlie West.