We're thrilled to announce that Tom Jenson has been with us for ten years! As Gravity’s Lead Technologist, Tom is responsible for construction document production and the review of all permit drawings. On top of Tom’s expansive knowledge in everything BIM, he’s also a waffle connoisseur and brings in samples of his weekly creations to share with us all! 🧇
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We were so excited at how much progress Partners Developments has been made at our Sage Meadows project, we had to find out what it looked like from the air.
Arrive at Sage Meadows is a 164-unit townhouse project in Sage Hill, Calgary. Partners Developments tasked us with unlocking a large, odd-shaped parcel on Symon’s Valley Road just north of Symons Valley Parkway. The design process resulted in a mix of attached garage and garageless units, five building types and five townhouse plans. Units range from 1,080 to 1,798 sq ft in two and three bedroom floorplans. Most units are two-storeys, but a slight grade change at the north end of the site made three-storey units the right fit along 136th Avenue SW.
Many of the units feature a vaulted master bedroom, complete with raked windows that extend right to the ceiling. The exteriors benefits from extensive brick work, including many full-height brick walls. Other material choices include fiber cement board siding, metal vertical siding, black metal-clad, triple-glazed windows, and aluminum guard- and hand-rails.
We’ll send the drone up again when the project is finished!
One of the reasons we chose our new location is that there are plenty of options for client parking.
At the west doors to our building are nine free two-hour visitors stalls exclusively for our building. If at any time these are full, street parking is readily available.
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In our nine years in our little office in Highfield Industrial park our office doubled in size, we saw Fratello open a coffee shop in front of their roasterie just up the street, and breweries starting popping up everywhere. If all goes well, it will even have it’s own train station in a few years.
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999 8 ST SW Calgary AB
On August 12, 2019, Gravity Architecture will open at our new studio at 405-999 8 ST SW in Calgary’s Beltline district.
There was lots that we liked about our old location. It was relatively central, easy to get to, had lots of free parking, and it was easy to pop outside for a breath of fresh air. However, on the downside, our studio was split into two spaces which made team communication feel disconnected. Moreover, it only had copper pair for internet services, so we had to rely on a fixed wireless connection to get even modest speeds.
After an extensive search, we chose our new location because it fixes these problems, while creating a lot of new opportunities. We were able to add about 1000 SF, which gives us a larger studio, a second board room, a kitchen large enough to gather in, and a usable storage room. Being in the Beltline gives our staff more transportation options, and puts us close to City Hall and our printer. We were also careful to choose a building that has a good supply of free two-hour visitors stalls for our clients. It also doesn’t hurt for us to be so close to M.E.C., The Holy Grill, Posto, Analog, etc.
We look forward to welcoming visitors to our new space. .
