(10-27-2021, 12:14 AM)CP42 Wrote: I’m also curious to what the ceilings will look like on this project after seeing the discussion of the exposed concrete ceilings at Charlie West.
The rendering I posted above appears to have white painted ceilings while this one, which has been around for a while, has concrete:
Glazed concrete would be a great thing to have on the roof versus paint. I'd hope they go with the former.
(10-27-2021, 01:39 AM)jeffster Wrote: Bolded: By 10 feet, or 3 meters. That is interesting though, because I never occurred to me that we have some livable/workable buildings taller than those in an Alpha city, which Berlin is.
Yeah German cities aren't tall, with the exception of Frankfurt which has a lot of skyscrapers due to it being a financial capital of Germany/European Union. Yet due to the density of their cities (most buildings around you are 5-6 floors on average) they always feel like much bigger cities even without a hyper-densified downtown core like we tend to build in North America. I'll always love it over there for that reason. No matter where you are in a city, everything is dense, tall, right up to the sidewalks and yet a city like Berlin - vastly larger than even Toronto - is one of the greenest cities on the planet. I love the atmosphere of European cities. Cities with the same population as Waterloo Region feel like big cities because things aren't as spread out.
Nit picking, but Berlin is technically a Beta city if you're going by the GaWC definition. Frankfurt and München, although smaller, are Alpha cities due to them having a stronger economic/commerce role.