Remarks by Reinaldo Borges
341 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 13 of 14
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“You guys separately NOA systems that are trying to perform together. I would like to see how they perform together. you know, in terms, again, the width of the panels of the sliding system versus the width of the panels of the folding system because it's two different things, right?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 33:39
“It ends up having a lot of aluminum, right, considering, you know, the sliding system. So it would be good to understand that just because I think that, you know, we would be offering you some quality control review with the best intentions, right, because, you know, at the end of the day, It's all about that in this house. It's so minimal, so clean, so conceptually almost perfect. But I think it would be nice to be able to see it with that level of detailing, which I'm sure you've got to get to that level of detailing anyways for somebody to build this house. Of course. I'm not asking you to…”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Clips and, yeah. It's fascinating how that loads and how you inspect that through time, right? Yep. You're not proposing stone cladding.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“But I think, yeah, it's a beautiful project. I think we're tending to feel like, you know, we're going to get this thing approved, but we would love to see the detailing and for you to come back to see the detailing. You know, and I think, you know, You've got to take it to the next level, right? I mean, do we agree on that? Yeah, I agree.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 38:08
“At this stage of your process, you're in schematics?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 38:14
“I think what we're asking you to do is maybe do some design development detailing.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“And come back, you know, for us to review that. I mean, you're not losing time because you've got to do that anyway.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“I see that we're tending to just say approve, but, you know, I think it would be irresponsible of our board to just say we trust you.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“because we have no idea if you're going to succeed at this at this point, based on what we see.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Yeah. So, I mean, this section is so important because, you know, it will give us an insight on how – You transition from ceilings to what appears to be floor-to-floor glass. You know, how does that look? I mean, all of that will affect the final impact of this approach. Yeah. That mezzanine, I still don't get it. I guess the only way to understand it is to see a section and see, I mean, is it habitable mezzanine or is it just like a crawl area? I mean, I'm not getting it, right, because I can't even see the floor-to-floors and everything. Maximum height is to the primary roof, right? Yes.…”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“I was just saying, could you share the reasoning?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“They like the idea that you could fold it, leave it open, and still have a layer of protection.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 45:40
“So that's what you want. Those corners have no aluminum. There's nothing there. This system, there's going to be some aluminum in those corners. Right.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 48:53
“I think a concern would also be the glass spec on the sliding system versus the glass spec on the folding system. Are you intending that to be the same spec?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Right, but the glass and a sliding system...”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Mm-hmm. So the challenge in asking you to come back, right, is, like Jose said, this is a very nice design intention. We're not sure that the intention is going to be followed through based on all these comments that we've given you. So it's kind of weird because we've approved projects that are not as interesting as this.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 50:33
“I mean, and again, I think you're going to have to do all this work anyways. Yeah. So it would be nice, I think, as we say, okay, come back to us to give you that chance to kind of come back and articulate a lot of these things better for us.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 50:47
“I think that would be one of the conditions that I would put on this. And do we have any comments from neighbors?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Is there lighting integrated? Happy with the trash cans. So you can make this available to the architect?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“I mean, so this resident really pays a lot of attention, has a lot of sensibilities and all that. concerns typically are the same, you know, and she's consistent. She just wants a better project. I think, you know, the point about this being a three-story house, I mean, by definition, it is not, right? By building code and zoning definition, it is not.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“The four walls containing that mezzanine are solid.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 56:13
“Yeah, so look, eventually we're going to have a section that explains this. Yeah.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
- Play at 56:24
“And also, you know, we would like to kind of see the way the structure really performs because there seem to be a few columns missing to support all these layers of concrete, flooring, and so on. But, yeah, I mean, so it's an amazing project, and I think we could take a vote and see where we are. Got to open it up to public comment as well.”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025
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“Public comments, yes, indeed. Yes, anyone in the public that wants to speak?”
Architectural Review Board · Dec 4, 2025