Located on a prominent site, overlooking Light Square, the design of this premium grade, eight storey contemporary, minimalist style office building is appropriate to the surrounding context, yet retains the distinct architectural form and identity required for a corporate head office.
The design expresses its green credentials via the arctic blue glazed veil forming a ventilated façade to moderate the heat load to the west-facing façade. The building form, expressed in the north and south facades, derives from the grid pattern of Hindmarsh Square and the surrounding buildings.
The main design consideration for the development was environmental performance, achieving a 4 Star AGBR rating and a 4 Star Green Star rating.
The environmental initiative encompasses the air-conditioning system designed to operate independently on each floor with air handling units located inside a plant room area on each level. These enable the provision for capacity control to serve the functional and thermal zones throughout the building.
All ductwork is acoustically and thermally insulated and extensive life cycle costing studies were undertaken and the project complies with best practice in acoustics for office buildings.
The exterior cladding features aluminium and CFC sheet cladding with the full height external sunscreen curtain wall system glazed with arctic blue glass. Louvered grills and other sun-screening apply natural anodised aluminium.
