Building in Site Corner by Elenberg Fraser in Victoria, Australia
July 8th, 2009 - Posted in Architecture DesignThis building is another design projects from Elenberg Fraser Architecture, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. This is built on site corner highly visible corner site in Melbourne’s Docklands, Site One is a six level commercial building mixing commercial of?ce tenancies, ?exible and fully serviced business facilities, and sohos (small of?ce home of?ce) that provide work/ live opportunities.
The building anchors its edges to Bourke St and Stadium Drive, stepping back across the frontage to align at the top with the Watergate Towers. This completes the geometry of the block, and provides a commercial supplement to the residential program of the adjacent Watergate.
The main building entry is from Stadium Drive via an open landscaped forecourt, which runs deep into the building via the main lobby. The forecourt is accessed across tenancies on two of its edges and the lobby along its internal face. The courtyard is the focus of the stepping roof form and the terraces. The network of stainless cables that wrap in and over the building, form a rich multi-levelled landscape and recreational space.
Site One is held back from the western boundary of the site to create an arcade space which spans the site. The incorporation of this connection establishes a historically Melbourne sense of the movement network of arcades, laneways and alleys. This also encourages movement across the site from Stadium Drive to Bourke St and the Docklands waterfront beyond. The north-south arcade links into the main lobby to form a network of vertical voids running across the site, collecting the circulation and entries to the commercial suites. In addition this void network forms fresh air ‘ducts’ across the site for ventilation, giving the arcade a sense of both the internal and the external.
