breakout spaces and courtyards are encased in a figure-of-eight massing to maximise the building ’ s exposure to natural light .
From an urban design perspective , two historical city grids intersect at the station : the historic Dutch city grid , and the modernist layout of the Foreshore . The new building has been designed to moderate this transition . Among its priorities were an imperative to strengthen the street-facing edge along Adderley Street and its response to the surrounding city grid , and to re-establish a green link that runs from
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