Architect and Builder July/August 2015 | Page 45

The affectionately named “Bar Code Façade” is appropriately bold in scale and extends over four of the office floors The central atrium penetrates all the office floors and encourages visual and social cohesion by functioning as an interactive hub. The atrium stair and connecting bridges encourage people movement within the space and provide areas for impromptu staff interaction. The atrium also serves as a visual focus by ensuring that natural light penetrates into office areas. The sky lit atrium roof allows controlled sunlight into the atrium providing constantly changing shadows and light which also animate the internal space. RewardsCo Exterior With height restrictions imposed on the site, a landmark building which would rely on a vertical projection into the skyline was not possible, so alternative strategies were adopted. Within the office complex, the building form is sculptured into a dramatic raked façade which, together with the adjacent fin wall, provides a visual focus terminating the complex’s internal street system. Faced with space constraints of the street frontages, such form manipulations 43