A Yin/Yang approach to address two vastly different frontages to produce an elegant response.
This project is the fourth building Gray Puksand has designed at Nexus Corporate Park.
The building comprises 3 levels of basement and 6 levels of office accommodation.
Two distinctly different frontages have influenced the design of the building.
The building sits atop a cutting to the Monash Freeway to the north and intimacy of the Corporate Park to the south.
Our design response provides a robust building fronting the freeway with white precast panels reflecting a barcode pattern to capture interest as people drive past the building at 100km per hour.
The south frontage provides an elegant dark curtain wall facade where the building has its entry.
A subtle change in building shape is represented with a simple crease which evolves into a curved corner form which creates a restrained elegance to the building.
The entry is ‘cut’ from the glass skin providing an entry experience for the individual that is simple and strong.
The entry draws upon a design language in Melbourne that has many entries carved out of the building skins.
Feature fins and a pattern of spandrel panels provide a movement pattern reminiscent of the barcode pattern on the northern side.
The fins allow maximisation of vision glass for the occupants whilst maintaining the maximum daylight and views for people.
Project Details
Project Size – 8,400 m2
Completion Date – 2018
Project Team
Architecture
Gray Puksand
Gray Puksand is a leading Australian architecture and integrated design practice with studios in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. They create places of integrity designed to improve the way people work, learn and live.
Photography
Derek Swalwell
Derek is an architectural and editorial photographer from Melbourne, Australia. His name is synonymous with the photographic representation of the architectural landscape in Australia and beyond.
Having crossed the globe numerous times since starting out on his photographic journey over twenty years ago, Derek’s work documents some of the world’s most iconic built environments and visually articulates them in an entirely unique light.
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Design © 2020 Gray Puksand. All Rights Reserved.| Images © 2020 Derek Swalwell. All Rights Reserved.
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