ville-marie Appartements Dorchester - 37 étages

[chico]

Ce matin

[UrbMtl]

Un mur aveugle de 120m. 

Sur le site de BLTA :

[Rocco]

Terrible. Approuvé par la ville. Bravo.

[KevinL]

So, this apartment doesn't have any balcony?

[Ousb]

Un mur aveugle de 120m en plein centre ville ? Je ne comprends plus rien...

Ça ne se fait pas de mettre de fausse fenêtres au moins ? Je ne sais pas moi.

[rufus96]

Guys, with the proximity of the Enticy tower sitting on top of the Victorians, it's not that the developer/architects cheaped-out of adding windows to the East facade, it's likely that they literally can't due to building code limiting distance regulations set in place in order to prevent the spread of fire from one building to another. Good chance Enticy will have a West facing blank wall. The towers may be as little as 6m apart (quick measurement on Google Earth). There's no way you can add unprotected openings (i.e. windows) across a large facade with that kind of proximity, without installing a fire shutter (think of a garage door for windows that deploys in the event of fire) on each of them.

[Ousb]

il y a 3 minutes, rufus96 a dit :

Guys, with the proximity of the Enticy tower sitting on top of the Victorians, it's not that the developer/architects cheaped-out of adding windows to the East facade, it's likely that they literally can't due to building code limiting distance regulations set in place in order to prevent the spread of fire from one building to another. Good chance Enticy will have a West facing blank wall.

I’m sure there’s a way to make it look nicer than this cause.. Glass or something ? This is unacceptable

[vincethewipet]

Super, un nouveau mur pour faire une murale! 😬

[rufus96]

27 minutes ago, Ousb said:

I’m sure there’s a way to make it look nicer than this cause.. Glass or something ? This is unacceptable

Il est hors de question d'installer un mur rideau parce que le feu puisse se propager par les fenêtres. Au maximum, peut-être que 10-20% de ce mur pourra être recouvert de fenêtres. Typiquement, pour éviter la propogation du feu, nous construisons un mur solide. Pour un immeuble comme celui-ci (apartments à locations), j'aurais probablement fait la même chose. La problème est plutôt les contraints du site et sa proximité avec d'autres immeubles résidentiels de hauteur.

[internationalx]

I'm sorry but BLTA is leaving an ugly legacy on R-L:  Rocca 1 + 2, Icone 1, and now this.  They did fine with CCE and Crystal de la Montagne but they have really missed the mark with their latest work.