GROUND FLOOR PLAN
The H-shape also enables the office floors to
be well lit from three to four sides, depending
on the proximity to the atrium. External views
are maximised throughout the office space,
connecting the staff to their surrounds, and offering
opportunities for visual breaks. At all times, the
architectural focus is on creating positive good-
quality productive working environments.
Façade Expression
The building is currently the tallest in the area,
comprising one basement, seven above ground
parking levels, one retail floor, and seven office
floors. The fifteen-storey height above ground adds
to the building’s visibility and identity, from Oxford
Road and the wider surrounding environment.
The external finishes of the building are
composed of an energy efficient curtain wall
construction on all the façades. This curtain wall is
finished with a different performance glass, which
responds to its aspect. To give the façade some
depth, a frit was applied to the glass. A part of
the north façade is brick and plaster with thermal
and energy efficient double glazing strip windows.
These strip windows wrap around the façades
overlooking the east and west courtyards. There
are several terraces with planting on various floors.
The base of the building - the parking structure -
is a large element of the façade design. This mass
was deconstructed to reduce its scale and made
to blend with the street trees through the use of
textured and smooth stone fragmented wall panels
with a mix of grating and louvres in the openings to
facilitate natural ventilation to the parkade.
INTERNAL ARTWORK:
Transpiration I - Marco Cianfanelli
Taking inspiration from the parallels between
the complex organic structures of the tree and
the neural network, Transpiration I, explores the
cognitive process - from sensory perception,
through process and, finally, to expression. The
title itself points to the process by which water is
transported through the tree, from root, through
the trunk and is ultimately transpired through the
leaves. But, at the root of the word is the term:
‘transpire’, which alludes to the ways in which
things come to be known.
Bridging the expansive, vertical volumes of
Rosebank Towers’ three main atria, the sculpture
echoes the organisational structure of the building.
Each atrium has an individual spacial characteristic.
From ground to upper-most atrium, the building
experiences shifts in vertical spacial composition
ranging from suspension, to tension and finally to
compression. Each sculptural component works in
conversation with it’s environment, exaggerating
the open space in relationship to the structures
that define it.
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