Comments on: Piermont

By: Mont Pier

Mont Pier — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:52:43 +0000

You're right about that window at the top: I hadn't noticed that before. If it were larger or more integrated with the side window it might effectively signal the top of the building, but as it is it looks a little lost and arbitrary.

But the Cable St facade is quite surprising. I always thought from the renders that it would pretty good, but it's so much lighter in real life, with an unexpected depth to the articulation that's really quite delightful. Maximus is right about the blunt roofline, but there's something in the sheer repetition of glazed elements that transforms rigour into liveliness.

By: rondo

rondo — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:57:10 +0000

rondo accepts the apologies of he who is known as mobsta. rondo also notes that i spell rondo with a small r, hence i knew it wasn’t me i was disagreeing with. furthermore, rondo expresses remorse with calling this building a dog.

Clearly its not a dog. Clearly, its actually quite a nice building, its just, its just that its all a little bit samey samey same. Each floor is just like the other. There’s not really much difference between top, middle and base there is there, except a tiny little bit more on top, just to cover the depth of the roof.

I’m sure its hugely improved on Auckland apartments – but then, with some of the country’s most cruddy apartments, that’s not really much of a good thing there really is it? Super-city – good grief, what a joke.

By: erentz

erentz — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:45:48 +0000

Oh…here I was picturing rondo in a fight club scene

By: mobsta

mobsta — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:18:14 +0000

Rondo, my apologies – I didn’t mean to post that under your name.
It seems that the first word of my post made it into the Name field.
It was not intentional.

Let it be known that the last post should have been written under the name ‘mobsta’.

By: Rondo

Rondo — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:15:55 +0000

Rondo – have you been to Auckland recently?
This is much better than most of the dross up there. I’m not saying this is perfect, but compared to developer driven boxes in Auckland done by no-name architectural designers this is pretty good.

CAS have a history of doing pretty crappy polystyrene-clad and plastic downpiped developments and so it is good to see that they have employed a decent architect and made a commitment to quality design and materials. They seem to be slowly upping their game.

That is a strange window at the top. I wonder if it was requested by the potential owner when they bought off the plans… It seems a little… lost…. and out of place….

By: rondo

rondo — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:18:54 +0000

I can’t believe you like this building – it’s a real dog. For the price tags advertised I would have expected some expansive areas, some decent sized balconies rather than these pokey little numbers, and not so much sameness. There’s just a grid of balconies from ground to rooftop, and even if it is at a 45 degree, so what? They’re still just too damn small to have a decent balcony party on.

The pale dead flesh tile colour is pretty pasty as well, don’t think that changing it to black would improve it at all. I guess at least its good that its not your standard glass wall box – but really, its just not that much better than the screeds of lame developer boxes in Auckland.

And not only that, we’ve got another three of these, just like it, still to come….

By: erentz

erentz — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:28:59 +0000

hmm… I’d prefer the whole thing clad in black… not to sound too emo or anything, its just I find that pale clay colour is hideously inappropriate for Wellington. (Maybe it’s all this cold weather we’ve been having.)

By: Mont Pier

Mont Pier — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:37:01 +0000

You’re right about that window at the top: I hadn’t noticed that before. If it were larger or more integrated with the side window it might effectively signal the top of the building, but as it is it looks a little lost and arbitrary.

But the Cable St facade is quite surprising. I always thought from the renders that it would pretty good, but it’s so much lighter in real life, with an unexpected depth to the articulation that’s really quite delightful. Maximus is right about the blunt roofline, but there’s something in the sheer repetition of glazed elements that transforms rigour into liveliness.

By: jayseatee

jayseatee — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:56:00 +0000

arg..their = they’re

By: jayseatee

jayseatee — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:54:22 +0000

I tried looking for the development website for a plan of the units, but stratum has nothing on their website. It’s says their 95% sold out, so I guess marketing plans aren’t their biggest priority at this point.

I find the corner very odd, and what goes on behind that sole window at the top? It’s such a weird moment, but it’s not weird enough to be quirky and interesting, more just a wtf is that type of moment?