Cubitt Street
Architecture Commercial Melbourne, Australia
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Description
Being a building for a builder, the philosophy behind 3 Cubitt Street was to create a raw and robust building that unapologetically exposes all aspects of construction. The design also proposed to create a visual icon within the Cremorne precinct. This approach was about contributing to the context an identifying form as well is creating a statement for the client at both macro and micro scales.
Questions and Answers
Describe the brief and how you managed this.
The brief was to create a boutique office development of maximum net leasable area for minimum cost. The result delivered the desired areas, budgetary outcomes and captured the essence of the client in the base building and tenancy fit out. From the entry at Cubitt Street the experience connects with raw construction elements and immerses the user into a tactile relationship with the construction process.
What is the relationship of the built form to the context?
3 Cubitt Street having two street frontages meant addressing Cubitt Street, Stephenson Street and also the South Yarra rail. The result is a building that sits softly in its three streetscapes. The soft, natural and raw palette of materials announces itself subtly from many vantage points. Furthermore the built form is terraced which presents a 3 storey form to Stephenson Street whilst at Cubitt Street the form takes on a 2 storey presence referencing a lower scale.
Describe the public cultural benefits of this project.
The Cremorne context is one of small industrial and commercial buildings from one to 3 storeys and dotted with residential cottages. The response was to inject much needed raw tones and robust forms into the area and from this the concept of a timber batten screens were developed. These timber screens incorporate a subtle wave form that undulates over the street allowing the Cubitt Street facade a degree of presence in the hard to the boundary streetscape, whilst at Stephenson Street the screens play on the changing motion of the South Yarra rail corridor. Whether the arrival be by car, foot or rail the screens create a presence to the streetscape.
Describe how you responded to client and user needs.
A tight budget, height limit and an irregular site drove an innovative solution that creates an iconic form whilst maximising the commercial outcome for the client. The building captures the attention of its users upon approach by foot, car or rail, at entry and throughout the internal spaces and delivers a comfortable, efficient and inspirational workspace.
List your approach to sustainable design.
• Exposed concrete ceilings acting as thermal mass
• Low E glazing
• Stormwater harvesting for ground floor toilet flushing and irrigation
• Timber screens to East and West facades shade exposed glazing
• Operable glazing to east and west also allow cross ventilation to work spaces
Details
| Completion date | 2010 |
Project team
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NTF Architecture |