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Originally Posted by Charmy2
No, no...the way this thing is looking during construction is definitely peculiar to say the least and also way different than its renderings. Also does anybody know why the glass/facade has been moving so slowly?
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Bearing in mind I'm not an engineer from Foster + Partners, I'd venture the build here is very interesting given there is
no tradition elevator core rising from bedrock to support floors... so
Apple could have a huge vertical column-free, and elevator core-free... flagship retail store at Yonge and Bloor. That's a lot of fruit for sure.
The residential and hotel tower floor-plates essentially
hang above the double height retail space from the
mega-columns and the angled
hangers (exoskeleton) support multiple
corners of the floor-plates which cannot be poured until each set of hangers is installed. Thus the lag between pouring the main floorplate (sans corners) followed by hanger installation, followed by corners poured.
All this so a
super-tall can float above that retail $pace (with out the help of a traditional elevator core).
glass/facade
A truss system was being installed on all 4 sides of the tower (lots of crane lifting, traffic control and installation work)...
new cladding will be installed
behind the system and revealed as it moves up the tower.
Thus the pause in glazing installation.
P.S. this looks the same as the latest renderings ... though actual glazing/cladding blows the renderings out of the water lol.
Here's a shot of the
truss system (darker stuff in the centre of the photo). Note also the
corners being poured because the section has angled hangers installed to support them.:
yrt+viva=1system
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