Comment 110818

By AnjoMan (registered) | Posted April 01, 2015 at 13:48:46 in reply to Comment 110753

To answer your question, the 4th floor needs enough of a setback to allow the 3-story podium to actually define the streetwall, which this design doesn't accomplish. The 'podium' you are talking about is essentially the absence of balconies on the first three floors, plus what appears to be about 1.5 metres of setback. Its a podium-in-name-only, a distinction without a difference, since the front of the balconies on the tower form a wall that is nearly continuous with the facade.

A good example of a functioning podium design is 56 Esplanade in Toronto (in 3D), which extends a 5-story red-brick streetwall on the neigbouring buildings while also discretely containing for 15- and 35-story towers.

Comment edited by AnjoMan on 2015-04-01 13:54:10

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