Architect and Builder August/September 2018 | Page 42

Façade
In accordance with the shifting floor plates, two
systems of glazed façade have been installed over
the three levels of office. A deliberate, yet playful
interchange of these systems contributes to the
aesthetic complexity of the building.
The façade activity is borne out of both
the North and South blocks being inverted
creating a set of four similar yet unique blocks.
The atrium is contained by full height double
glazed curtain walls on both the entrance and
the rear faces of each block. These vertical link
the alternated façade typologies of the office
floor plates. The result is that one wing of each
building is clad with a single level of curtain
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wall, positioned below two levels of deep-cilled
shopfront, which in turn, is located behind the
aluminium brise-soleil.
The curtain wall is divided into a 2m wide
module, while the shopfront is a smaller 1,200mm
module. The brise-soleil is modulated to match the
shopfront with 200mm wide extrusions offering a
16-20% cover to the area of glazing. It is face fixed
onto the protruding slab edges of the shopfront
façades and span over the double level of the
shopfront zones.
Both the flush-glazed, curtain wall façade and
the shopfront façade incorporate spandrel panels,
up to desk top height (750mm), below the vision
sectors of the respective panels. These are single-
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