[Downtown] 1124 Vancouver Street / 941-953 View Street | Rentals | 6-storeys

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An artist's rendering of 1124 Vancouver Street / 941-953 View Street proposed for downtown Victoria's Harris Green neighbourhood. The lowrise project, comprised of 154 rental apartments, is part of a significant redevelopment push encompassing a number of parcels along the View Street thoroughfare between Blanshard and Cook streets.

Former Bottle Depot site in downtown Victoria could make way for 154 rental apartments

This design of this needs a lot of work. 

This design of this needs a lot of work.

This design of this needs a lot of work. 

Honestly, I'm just impressed that there's a developer who is aware of bricks as a building material.

Edited by victorian, 07 November 2019 - 03:34 PM.

Honestly, I'm just impressed that there's a developer who is aware of bricks as a building material.

Really? Brick is one of the most common materials on Victoria new builds it seems...

Why this design? Are we being punished for something?

I think it's another case of a Vancouver architectural firm that's stymied as to what this neighbourhood's vibe is all about. Or they're uninterested in creating a vibe.

The Jukebox next door gets it. The oval tower proposed beside it gets it. This looks like filler.

Presuming this one would include and build over the adjacent parking lot currently abutting the old depot structure? I get this is an early days rendering but geez this looks like a Stalinist-era administration building in Omsk, circa 1964......

 

...I'm just impressed that there's a developer who is aware of bricks as a building material.

From the 1970s (Spencer Castle, North Park Manor, Harbour Square, Nootka Court, Capitol 6, Harbourside in James Bay, etc.) right through to the 2000s (Shoal Point, Parkside, Bayview 1/2/3, Black and White, Oak Bay Village Walk, 1008 Pandora, etc.) it often seemed as if brick was the only building material that developers in Victoria were aware of. That's what inspired some insightful person on this board (not me) to coin the phrase "brick fatigue".

That said, I love stuff like Sussex Place, City Place, Aria, Shoal Point, Swallow's Landing, Promontory, the Janion, etc. I wouldn't mind seeing more brick on new buildings in Harris Green. I'll take brick any day of the week over some of the lamer panel cladding that's currently getting overused.

But do an interesting job of it. Don't just slap swaths of plain brick cladding on a box. Give it some vitality. Use different types and colours, maybe even (gasp) painted brick. And give some serious attention to the overall lines, the windows, the window frames, the balconies, etc. etc.

Edited by aastra, 07 November 2019 - 05:40 PM.

The architect’s letter to the City says the site’s geotechnical challenges are related to the Juan de Fuca fault line.

...This looks like filler.

Or what you get after eating too much filler.

Which is obviously more relevant than the old creek near View and Vancouver...

^Remember Geoff Young voted against fixing that corner saying construction costs were too high and we'd be better off waiting for costs to drop.

It isn't finished yet.

i guess you are right.  could be $15m by the end.

The Jukebox next door gets it. The oval tower proposed beside it gets it. This looks like filler.

I wouldn't mind seeing more brick on new buildings in Harris Green. I'll take brick any day of the week over some of the lamer panel cladding that's currently getting overused.

Edited by victorian, 08 November 2019 - 04:45 PM.