On The Dot | 505 Dorchester Avenue | South Boston

[stick n move]

Some new renders

https://nerej.com/sterling-bay-joins-core-investments-on-the-dot
Onthedot ig
https://onthedotboston.com/

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

That's the worst collection of wanna-be architecture I've ever seen.

 

[Stlin]

Is there any movement on its neighbor, Washington Village? That entire project was always meant to be primarily resi and retail, so they don't have a lab slowdown to blame for it not penciling out. As far as I can tell, they built 1 building (the South Standard low rise) and then... Nothing for the rest of the planned buildings. I get that the planned parking levels were not-great, but still - it'd be good for this area.

 

[Beantropolis]

I can't believe how awful contemporary development has become. Boston is being smothered in this garbage.

 

[awood91]

Are these images of the actual individual building designs or just indications of their massing?

 

[stick n move]

Are these images of the actual individual building designs or just indications of their massing?

Go to the previous page, theyre all individual designs with addresses and proposals.

 

[Scott]

I can't believe how awful contemporary development has become. Boston is being smothered in this garbage.

Go back 10 0r 15 years on this forum and people said the same thing about PoMo

 

[awood91]

Go to the previous page, theyre all individual designs with addresses and proposals.

I only see 4 individual building on the prior page so some of the parcels are likely not under review yet?

 

[Charlie_mta]

The overly-shiny look of the renders may be skewing these buildings to appear trashier and more jumbled than they may actually turn out to be. But I have to admit, the way they look in the renders is like a parade of mismatched freaks.

 

[Longfellow]

The green paneling is giving 'high school built in the 60s'

 

[Scott]

Dot Rats and OFDs hate the name

 

[Arenacale]

Whatever is going on with the inner façade behind the windows of the white building is completely unnerving to me.

 

[CBCArch61]

I like the wide variation between buildings. Each building is going to have its own brand and identity. The ground floor is where the vast majority of people will experience and that is vast improvement on what is currently there and throughout the city. This development is creating its own node within our city and each building within the node is going to be distinct from its neighbor (for now at least).

I tend to like this...

better than this...

If it ever gets built of course.

This isn't to say that On the Dot is better than Seaport, but the ebb and flow of architecture shows that architects and developers need to be willing to try different things to find success and individuality for each project. Every project is different and has its own parameters and reasons for doing things. Whether we disagree with it or not does not take away any credibility or skill from the teams involved with those projects.