Children's Hospital Building | Longwood

Im happy to see something going up in here again, it feels like its been a while. I remember a time of much less spoils when a Longwood tower or a Clarendon had to hold us over for a good 6 months or so at a time.
 
Czervik.Construction said:
Is cantilevering the new off-set window?
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Cantilevering is a design tool like any design tool. When they are meeting agreed upon criteria both of the things you have stated can be powerful and meaningful. When they are used as a trope, they stink. For a more straightforward answer ... I would say no. Why? Because offsetting windows do not take any more resources to accomplish and so get used as a trope way more often. Cantilevers come with real cost and need strong functional or conceptual requirements (or both0 for them to pass the budget muster.

cca
 
Are there available renders and plans for this? I'm having a tough time figuring out how this will work/what that canteliver is doing... Looked back and if there were renders posted, it looks like they may have been taken down by photo hosts now.
 
stefal said:
Are there available renders and plans for this? I'm having a tough time figuring out how this will work/what that canteliver is doing... Looked back and if there were renders posted, it looks like they may have been taken down by photo hosts now.
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In here somewhere...

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My comment was sort of cynicism. I agree that offset windows is a lower cost way to spice things up as you commented in Kenmore North. I was wondering if that is a new trend more broadly in building design these days, coming from a non-architect. In NYC, a couple of buildings in the new Waterline Square are cantilevered over West End Ave and seems like there are a few newer projects in Boston that are also employing this where feasible.

cca said:
Cantilevering is a design tool like any design tool. When they are meeting agreed upon criteria both of the things you have stated can be powerful and meaningful. When they are used as a trope, they stink. For a more straightforward answer ... I would say no. Why? Because offsetting windows do not take any more resources to accomplish and so get used as a trope way more often. Cantilevers come with real cost and need strong functional or conceptual requirements (or both0 for them to pass the budget muster.

cca
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