Remarks by Reinaldo Borges
341 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 14
- Play at 44:08
“He's muted? I just wonder if Jose has any questions or comments. You remember Jose?”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 44:33
“Anybody else in the Zoom besides Jose? Any neighbors in the Zoom or just...”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 44:47
“You guys have more questions as we wait for Jose to connect?”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 45:39
“You're not spilling over, at least on the roof, okay? Your intention is to capture it all, yeah, okay.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 46:14
“Well, you have a water tank, but that's, I don't know how that comes about, what's the functionality of that water tank, but you're showing six condensing units.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 46:31
“the mechanical engineer is done. So just, I mean, I don't think the city is limiting you to the mechanical farm that you do on the roof. And I believe, and building official, correct me if I'm wrong, but the screening system that is around the mechanical is only allowed to be 42 inches railing height.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 49:49
“You want to identify who else is in the Zoom?”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 50:10
“Yeah, he's back there. Could you? Usually the Zoom would identify anybody else that's logged in, right?”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 50:34
“Could you put that on the speaker so we could hear that?”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 51:52
“Jose, I think you could be heard now in the normal speaker system here.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 55:03
“This product... What's the contractor's name? Guillermo? Guillermo. Oh, Guillermo. So this comes in five-gallon buckets, and you apply it as such over the concrete? The surecrete?”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 56:27
“Yeah, so, I mean, I've used the product in a vertical surface, right? The horizontal always creates other challenges, the way, you know, the environment behaves. I'm in their website. I don't see any single-family home. Like, usually they have, like, a gallery of images to see. Because, you know, I think in this house, how that performs becomes super important. I know you know that. And, you know, there's another system that Stowe prepares that is a very thin system. And it's a little... Is it Powerwall? The STO system, they apply it. It's got more mechanical flexibility, you know, for…”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 57:34
“I mean, my concern is that this product, as shown here, is more for a slab, you know, and a terrace and a, you know, something like that than on an eyebrow. How does it perform both on the top, on the side, thin, fragile edge, and then return? back to the underside, how all that gets applied. It's all in the application, right? And how the product will perform long-term. And again, I see now system images here that look like wood planks, and it seems like that's the texture that you're shooting for. Yeah, because, you know... Brazilians don't like IPE because in Brazil there's too much IPE…”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 58:26
“Yes. So I think this has the aspect of durability and performance and aesthetics that I think you're thinking of. It's just, you know, our system here, our process doesn't allow us to sort of say, okay, look, build a mock-up and we'll come to the site and see it. I don't think we have the right to say that, right, Susan? No.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 59:07
“Yeah, I'm not suggesting to change the store or anything like that. I mean, if you're going in this direction, you know, it would be nice to see how this thing would be applied and so on eventually, but... You know, the architecture depends on how these minimalist elements are executed. The glazing is exquisite. I mean, Titone is a dream system. So happy that you're able to afford it for this project because we don't have enough examples of Titone.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 59:36
“Yes. But it's a beautiful system, and, you know, you get a lot of width, and the track system is Italian-made, so it's amazing. So... At this point, Jose, to close you out on Zoom, any closing statements, Jose?”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 1:00:18
“Yes. The craftsmanship, I think, as the AOR argued that note, is going to be important.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
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“Yeah, that would be great to visit that because we're always learning in this environment, especially when you're trying to do something that is not the normal solution. You know, like I'm looking at your roof and I'm looking for roof drains, and you're still too early for that.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
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“Yeah, yeah. So, I mean, you removed the nanowall system. You just left one glazing system. I think that was the big move that was, I think, fantastic. And I think that's what Jose was referring to. And, of course, the poetry and the architecture with the reflectivity of the glass and the clean lines and all that, I think, is beautiful. You know, I think that... It's a contribution to South Florida modern architecture in the tropical sense here. So, you know, again, it's just we're questioning because we want to make sure that this is a great success, not just now, but as it gets, you know,…”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 1:06:26
“Correct. Yeah, any significant issue. In fact, we've seen now glass rails along the seawall and they come back to us. That becomes a thing because people have children and puppies that could drop into the water. So that's become an issue. I don't see that here. I also, for the record, the landscape plan that you have only says large palm, large tree, you know. I don't know if there's a requirement to be more specific with the species of the actual trees. Is that something the city looks at, as you said? No. Well, there's a legend here, right, with letters. Okay. The illustrative site plan is…”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
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“No, that's not been amended. Okay. So I think you got gumbo limbo's and all the other local plant materials that are normal in this context, fully irrigated. So yes, so any further discussion before we take it to a vote? No? Motion to approve?”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
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“Second. Okay. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Good luck with your project, and we'd love to see the evolution of this canopy in the future. And if we could visit this other project, some of us would be interested as well. So thank you. Thank you for the good work. Okay.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
- Play at 1:08:53
“Appreciate it. We'll see you next time. Thank you, my friend.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
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“choose another date possible okay so looking at the calendar here you guys could wrap it up we're just going to do some housekeeping here thank you this is the boring part of the meeting yes thank you thank you um so i'm looking at the schedule and actually this was right He's been staring at me. So the only concern there is April 2nd, right?”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026
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“No. I mean... I could do other dates that don't conflict if this is a religious observation.”
Architectural Review Board · Feb 5, 2026