Plans have been lodged to construct Australia’s tallest constructing in Southport, Gold Coast.
Positioned inside a low-density, precedence growth space, the undertaking is proposed on the positioning of an authorized 60-storey constructing known as the Au Tower, designed by Cox Structure (previously Cox Rayner Architects).
The revised proposal for One Park Lane – initially ready in 2022 by BKK Architects – has been additional developed by Cottee Parker for a growth utility lodged by a Melbourne-based consortium, led by developer Tony Goss and growth companion Baracon. Their utility to the Gold Coast Metropolis Council outlines plans for 2 buildings: a 60-storey business workplace tower and a 101-storey, 197-apartment residential tower that will attain practically 400 metres excessive.
The proposed pair of towers are related by way of a skybridge on the twenty-second ground that features eating areas and landscaped areas that, in line with the undertaking’s architectural assertion, provide “spectacular 360-degree views, creating a novel communal expertise for residents.”
On the floor stage, the towers are perched on an elevated, splayed podium construction that pulls inspiration from the basis construction of the Moreton Bay fig tree. Panorama structure apply TCL has contributed to the design of the undertaking’s landscaping, which features a landscaped forecourt beneath the rostrum cover that hyperlinks collectively the bottom ground entry atriums of each buildings.
Likewise, landscaping has been employed throughout numerous amenity ranges, designed to interrupt the massing of the taller of the 2 buildings into quadrants which are outlined by distinct house sorts. In accordance with the design assertion, these amenity flooring “are conveyed as ‘slices’ via the constructing, expressing the sculpted trusses.”
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“Planting has been chosen that’s discovered inside each the fast space and wider Queensland, and which may work with each indoor and out of doors environments to offer a way of scale, shelter, shade and vibrancy to the scheme,” the assertion notes.
At every stage, flats are afforded balconies and wintergardens which are designed to seize easterly summer season breezes. The assertion notes that “the shallow footprint and spacious nature of the constructing footprint implies that many flats profit from twin facade entry and cross air flow. On the degrees the place wind circumstances permit, balconies are meant to be totally operable to maximise the temperate local weather on the Gold Coast.”
In an try to minimise photo voltaic warmth achieve, each of the proposed buildings have been designed with high-performing glazed facades which are darkish blue-grey in color, besides at public ranges, the place the envelope is extra clear. Constructing-integrated photovoltaic panel expertise is deliberate for the western facades and at every spandrel stage.
In accordance with the architectural assertion, the “trendy design creates a glossy, elegant look, reflecting the pure environment and seamlessly integrating into the coastal panorama.”
