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RE: 133 University Ave | ??m | 16fl | Proposed - Watdot - 12-03-2018
Pretty sure a crane is going up at this site today. They dug the location out pretty deep over the past couple weeks.
RE: 133 University Ave | ??m | 16fl | Proposed - timc - 12-03-2018
Yes, I saw the crane going up this morning. I thought about taking a picture, but I was already running late.
RE: 133 University Ave | ??m | 16fl | Proposed - Rainrider22 - 12-03-2018
(12-03-2018, 04:34 PM)Watdot Wrote: Pretty sure a crane is going up at this site today. They dug the location out pretty deep over the past couple weeks.
Hopefully deep enough to bury the whole building. It is ugly !
RE: 133 University Ave | ??m | 16fl | Proposed - Spokes - 12-04-2018
Ya this one's definitely less exciting than some other proposals
RE: 133 University Ave | ??m | 16fl | Proposed - urbd - 12-05-2018
(12-03-2018, 05:17 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote:(12-03-2018, 04:34 PM)Watdot Wrote: Pretty sure a crane is going up at this site today. They dug the location out pretty deep over the past couple weeks.
Hopefully deep enough to bury the whole building. It is ugly !
(12-04-2018, 10:04 AM)Spokes Wrote: Ya this one's definitely less exciting than some other proposals
Maybe not as exciting, but not horrible! it's clean and simple, which hopefully will make it age well.
RE: 133 University Ave | ??m | 16fl | Proposed - Rainrider22 - 12-05-2018
(12-05-2018, 12:32 PM)urbd Wrote:(12-03-2018, 05:17 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: Hopefully deep enough to bury the whole building. It is ugly !
(12-04-2018, 10:04 AM)Spokes Wrote: Ya this one's definitely less exciting than some other proposals
Maybe not as exciting, but not horrible! it's clean and simple, which hopefully will make it age well.
For me the coloured glass panels look tacky.
RE: 133 University Ave | ??m | 16fl | Proposed - timc - 12-05-2018
(12-05-2018, 02:03 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: For me the coloured glass panels look tacky.
It fits in well with the coloured lights next door.
RE: 133 University Ave E | 16 fl | U/C - Ace - 12-06-2018
The title of this thread needs to be corrected to University Ave W?
RE: 133 University Ave E | 16 fl | U/C - Spokes - 12-06-2018
Good catch. Thanks
RE: 133 University Ave W | 16 fl | U/C - mastermind - 02-26-2019
This project is really coming up out of the ground now. Wish my car could snap photos while I drive by places.
RE: 133 University Ave W | 16 fl | U/C - Spokes - 02-26-2019
I need to make my way over there and check it (and a bunch of others) out
RE: 133 University Ave W | 16 fl | U/C - kalis0490 - 05-27-2019
This proposal has changed significantly from the last set of renders.
This is the description of this project on the PG Design Studio website.
"High-rise residential
15-storeys, 92 units
1 bedroom suites
Situated within close proximity to 2 major universities along a major regional corridor, 131 will offer pedestrians a series of pathways connecting them to the site and surrounding area providing a long awaited solution for the student on foot. The north façade’s ‘visual pathway’ will incorporate a lighting feature that will become a beacon along University Avenue that will inevitably act as an urban wayfinder and focal point."
If you go to https://www.pgdstudio.com/, you can also see the new renders for this project under "Upcoming Projects".
They have a new explainer video for this project, showing the new renders:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j46lXoO2b60
RE: 133 University Ave W | 16 fl | U/C - ijmorlan - 05-27-2019
Thread title says 133, but website says 131.
RE: 133 University Ave W | 16 fl | U/C - ijmorlan - 05-27-2019
What’s this stuff about “offer pedestrians a series of pathways connecting them to the site and surrounding area”? Is it significantly different from any other building? I’d be more impressed if the building was designed to allow walking through, and to connect to adjacent buildings in the future. If a few buildings started doing that pretty soon winter weather wouldn’t be much of a consideration for students living close to the universities.
RE: 133 University Ave W | 16 fl | U/C - kalis0490 - 05-27-2019
The developers probably changed the name of the project to avoid comparisons with the rejected project on the same site.
Overall much better than the early 2000s students high rises in Waterloo (See King St, University to Columbia). But still too many contrasting colours for my taste.
Side Note - This project is going up really quickly, I think that they are already at 8-10 floors.