Rothelowman has finessed its designs for a 29-storey office and apartment tower in South Brisbane, adjusting the approved scheme by reducing apartment and parking numbers.
The tower at 13-17 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, on the lands of the Turrbal and Yuggera peoples, will now house 265 build-to-rent apartments, down from 310, along with 951 square metres of office space and 261 square metres of retail on the ground floor.
Developer Arklife submitted the amended application on 23 October, having won approval for the original proposal back in 2017.
In planning documents, Rothelowman describes how the built form responds to the tower’s mix of uses.
“These rich and varied offerings are outwardly expressed through the interplay of building structure, tectonic assembly and the collection of spaces strategically integrated throughout the tower for heightened occupant experience and a sense of place,” the architects state.
“An activated multi-level subtropical podium experience engages with the existing Jolly and Batchelor premises.”
13-17 Cordelia Street by Rothelowman.
The locally listed heritage building was built as the Astill and Freeman Boot Factory in the late 19th century and was bought by Batchelor and Jolly, a leather manufacturing company, in 1964. Batchelor and Jolly operated out of the building until 1994.
“Existing heritage primary facades, internal timber structures and lightweight roof structure will be reinstated in-situ to recall South Brisbane’s industrial past,” state the architects. “The relationship of the heritage fabric and associated interiors are carefully considered in the new programmatic overlays to enhance its former character and establish pedestrianized thresholds at the entry forecourt.”
Overall, the building will have a tripartite composition defined by podium, tower and roof, with the singular tower massing articulated through four slender forms.
The landscape design by Lat 27 will aim to create a “sensory garden filled with a variety of colours and textures that will carry through the first few levels of the building.”
An elevated “skygarden” in the centre of the tower will open up city views and improve sightlines. It will feature a collection of lushly planbted communal “living rooms,” each space accommodating a different communal function to promotes social interaction. A recreation rooftop with swimming pool will be framed by the expressed structural frame that “crowns the building and frames human scale apertures of the city and greater landscape beyond.”
Source: Architecture - architectureau
