A development application for a 29-storey rooming accommodation tower designed by FK at 37 Cordelia Street in South Brisbane has been submitted.
The scheme includes the development of 350 rooms rising from level five to 28.
The building is set to have an emphasis on shared resident amenity throughout in response to the narrow site, which has an approximate 20-metre facade, the developer Renovo Solutions has said.
Proposed facilities include over 1,100 square metres of communal spaces, a gym, kitchen, dining and lounge quarters, landscaped double-height terraces and a rooftop garden.
The ground level will incorporate food and beverage services, stores and a new publicly accessible arcade.
According to a media communique from Renovo Solutions, the proposed tower “demonstrates the role that constrained and underutilised inner-city sites can play in expanding supply.”
Renovo Solutions Director Simon Heathcote said, “The location is exceptional, but it is a challenging piece of land to develop well. Continuing our longstanding relationship with FK allowed us to bring Renovo’s development proposition and engineering insight together with FK’s architectural and urban design expertise. The strength of the scheme came from testing ideas together from the beginning,”
FK principal Alex Ward added, “On a site this narrow, every column has a material impact on how the building can function, so architecture and engineering had to be considered as a combined performance-driven solution from the beginning.”
“By moving the stabilising system to the perimeter, we were able to free up the floorplate and give the building much greater flexibility,” Ward said. “The engineering then becomes part of the building’s architectural identity – creating opportunities for depth, shade and integrated greenery across the facade,” he added.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
