LTAWACS Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 My comments above pertain to the design of office buildings/towers and not to the overall design or planning of a city. Yes, a city should be more walkable and urban. Especially when you're not at work. No, it's not a good thing to walk most of the day between buildings - getting battered by the elements in the process. Especially at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 My comments above pertain to the design of office buildings/towers and not to the overall design or planning of a city. Yes, a city should be more walkable and urban. Especially when you're not at work. No, it's not a good thing to walk most of the day between buildings - getting battered by the elements in the process. Especially at work. So you kind of missed my original point which is that the vast majority of people in a company interact with a small percentage of the company and that can be grouped into a single building. If you're spending most of the day walking between buildings, you're either part of an extremely small percentage or the person that laid out the internal design of the buildings did a horrible job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 My comments above pertain to the design of office buildings/towers and not to the overall design or planning of a city. Yes, a city should be more walkable and urban. Especially when you're not at work. No, it's not a good thing to walk most of the day between buildings - getting battered by the elements in the process. Especially at work. Isn't this entire statement pretty much an oxymoron? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Stonian Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Isn't this entire statement pretty much an oxymoron? I regularly cringe when LTAWACS makes any comments, but I get their point here. Sure we all want a more walkable/urban city but having to walk 1/4 mile at work between meetings is not always desirable, especially in inclement weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I regularly cringe when LTAWACS makes any comments, but I get their point here. Sure we all want a more walkable/urban city but having to walk 1/4 mile at work between meetings is not always desirable, especially in inclement weather. If you want a walkable city and lifestyle, you have to get over it. I used to live in DC, and walked to and from work everyday - just like the majority of people that lived in the city. You walk regardless of the weather, rain, snow, cold, hot (and the summers there are just as hot and humid as here, but only for 6-8 weeks). You just need to wear the proper attire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
democide Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 If you want a walkable city and lifestyle, you have to get over it. I used to live in DC, and walked to and from work everyday - just like the majority of people that lived in the city. You walk regardless of the weather, rain, snow, cold, hot (and the summers there are just as hot and humid as here, but only for 6-8 weeks). You just need to wear the proper attire. Just wondering, did you also walk in the elements during your work shift or only when coming and leaving work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Just wondering, did you also walk in the elements during your work shift or only when coming and leaving work?All the time - if I had places to go during the day I'd walk and take the bus, you'd just dress appropriately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 All the time - if I had places to go during the day I'd walk and take the bus, you'd just dress appropriately.You didn't specifically answer the question though. Is this during your work day or when you're off from work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Isn't this entire statement pretty much an oxymoron?No. The essence is that more skyscrapers should be built! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
democide Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 It's fine, I take it that "all the time" means during a work day, evenings and weekends. Some people can manage or are used to being out walking in the heat. Speaking only for myself, I could never go out and take a walk on a hot day anywhere without getting all sweaty. So I would prefer one building to hold everyone. That's just me but every company will do what they want. Either way, I would manage and if needed, I'll take time to freshen up after a walk, and that would be my excuse if I arrived late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) know that many people here are all in on finding any argument at all to build the tallest buildings possible, but this really is stretching it. The original comment was about a completely different complex, not even discussing the location in the topic and talked about traveling a distance of 270 feet, less than the distance of a football field between buildings. No one has addressed what the actual distance between buildings is at Shell. No one has addressed my prior comments about how frequently it is actually necessary to leave the building throughout the course of a normal day. People on this forum complain about the lack of street level retail in downtown. If you're unwilling to walk 270 feet outside during the workday, then that probably explains why restaurants thrive in the tunnels and not on the streets. Edited February 24, 2014 by livincinco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud713 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 People on this forum complain about the lack of street level retail in downtown. If you're unwilling to walk 270 feet outside during the workday, then that probably explains why restaurants thrive in the tunnels and not on the streets.I still say any retail district in downtown needs to be lined with overhead horizontal roman shades that can be extended out when necessary, or have some other sort of a permanent canopy to provide protection from the summer heat and those pesky rainstorms that come out of nowhere..Good points though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Any updates on the work going on here? There's definitely a crane up and something being built behind the eastern 12-story building (not sure if it's 3 or 4). Is it another 12-story building, another 6-story building, or something else entirely? Whatever it is, it's kind of tough to see from the highway but it appears to be on roughly the 3rd floor at this point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 ^ They must be planning to use the crane to load office furniture and equipment into the moving vans for their move to The Woodlands/Conroe. ;-) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Any updates on the work going on here? There's definitely a crane up and something being built behind the eastern 12-story building (not sure if it's 3 or 4). Is it another 12-story building, another 6-story building, or something else entirely? Whatever it is, it's kind of tough to see from the highway but it appears to be on roughly the 3rd floor at this point. Saw this one from the freeway, but didn't get to stop anywhere in the Energy Corridor during my last visit. Looked relatively substantial, maybe 6-7 stories at this point and still adding floors. Anyone know any more about this newer building under construction? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 It's the triplet of the other two 12 story towers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DScott Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 yep and they are almost done with the third 12 story and after that one is complete then they will start with the 4th one and the second a park or 8th floor parking garage. They also have more plans in the works for up to 8 of those 12 story building because they own all the property up the dairy Ashford and all the trees in between the daycare and the campus 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/houston/2055-another-full-city-centre-tower/ ... Pictured is Shell's Woodbranch campus on Dairy Ashford—two 12-story towers totaling 750k SF recently completed. Work is well underway on 375k SF Building 5, which'll bring the campus to 2.2M SF. But that's not all; David hears Shell is gearing up Building 6. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asubrt Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Is building 6 going to be in front of building 3? That seems to be the only available area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernz Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Is building 6 going to be in front of building 3? That seems to be the only available area.No, parking garage is now going up in that spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 8/21 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Am at this campus several times a week, and it is flat horrible. Obviously the view from the Katy freeway is hideous, but just inside of the front gate is terrible as well. On top of that, the only views that are worthwhile from inside the campus is directly west (if your high enough) and directly north (if your in one of the older buildings). Just a terrible design imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Am at this campus several times a week, and it is flat horrible. Obviously the view from the Katy freeway is hideous, but just inside of the front gate is terrible as well. On top of that, the only views that are worthwhile from inside the campus is directly west (if your high enough) and directly north (if your in one of the older buildings). Just a terrible design imo. Minions shouldn't be looking at the buildings or the view. Heads down and WORK!!!! The floggings will continue until morale improves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Minions shouldn't be looking at the buildings or the view. Heads down and WORK!!!! Oh, it could be worse; they could be texting and driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 10/13 by Elina999 on Flickr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdog08 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Some simple landscaping would do wonders, I'm thinking lots of pine and other native trees. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 That's not going to happen unless the car dealer moves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdog08 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 That's not going to happen unless the car dealer moves... I think there are areas where they can plant some trees around and in between the buildings: http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-real-estate/houston/2055-another-full-city-centre-tower/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Aren't they planning a Building 6? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortune Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Aren't they planning a Building 6?I believe someone said that they are planning 6 more buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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