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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
It's no different than the "missing fin" on Aqua. This "break" in her designs seems to be a thing...
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If that is her intent then it is a most unfortunate "thing". Glass louvers that matched the glass color and tint at the corresponding level would have been the best option but if that was too expensive and got VE'd out they could at least paint the mechanical elements a color that matches the glass at the corresponding level. Would you be able to see the difference? Most likely but they wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb that mares the rhythm of the overall design on the south side.
Compare Vista's mechanical levels to Trump Towers and it is a dramatic difference. In TT the mechanicals are masterfully done to follow the ascetic of the overall design and even enhance the rhythm of the setbacks.
The blow through floor appears to be being handled less than ideally as well. I believe it was LVDW who said the blow through would look best with silver screens. I agree as this would have better matched the silver glass that would have been here at the wide point in the frustum. Instead it looks like it is going to be black.
I was trying to with hold judgement until the project is complete and I am still hopeful this isn't the finished product. If it is it will be a missed opportunity and a lack of attention to detail in an otherwise stellar project. This building could have been an A+ with the proper attention to detail but it is looking like it may be an A-.
Compare this to Wolf Point East where the design is nice but not spectacular but the attention to detail is tremendous. Here at Vista the design is pretty spectacular but the details in some areas are lacking.
None of these black mechanical levels are shown in any of the renderings or models I have seen so I don't know what is the ultimate finished product. I can only hope this isn't it because there are so many other great things about this project (ground level interactions and connections, the stunningly beautiful and moody glass, the overall frustum design, the protruding clear glass portion on the north with the frustum shaped mullions, etc.).