floor parking garage of the Warwick Mansions and
was renovated into a reception and entrance foyer
allowing pedestrian access to both buildings. The
decision to unify the reception areas is to create
a central main access point for the development
as a whole.
The distinctive differences in the existing
traditional Warwick mansions and the new con-
temporary Warwick are merged into this central
node which itself pulls in the streetscape to
enhance the relationship the building has with the
street and pedestrian walkways that run in front of
both buildings. The entrance is further recessed
from the street boundary, creating a smaller
secondary node along Main Road that identifies
this space as the interface and entry point into
the new development.
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Vertical Elements
The street elevation was designed to work
in four parts vertically. The first and lower
part is the plinth of the building at street level.
This plinth is integrated with planting and has
a perforated boundary fence at a suitable
scale, creating a good interface between the
building and pedestrians and passing traffic.
The plinth also links itself to a vertical architectural
element in the main building façade. This vertical
element ends on the fifth floor, therefore framing
the second part of the building’s street facing
façade. This part of the building forms the
bulk mass of the base of the building and also
reinforces the visual line along the Green Point
Main Road streetscape.
Balconies in this part of the building have been
designed on the eastern and western corners,
allowing for deep recessed shaded areas that
minimise the bulk mass impact of the building
on the street. The eastern balconies also soften
the interface between Warwick Mansions and
the new building. Both buildings are of equal
height and therefore suggest a continuation
that is complementary to the existing Warwick
Mansions height.
The third part of the new building ends at
level eight, relating to buildings of similar height
along the Green Point streetscape. This level is
reinforced with a horizontal feature which links back
into a strong vertical element along the eastern
elevation set back from the street boundary and
Warwick Mansions façade. Adjacent to this vertical
element is a plain façade that is unobtrusive and
positioned behind the Warwick Mansion building.
This element forms a neutral background that does
not interfere or compete with the design elements
of the Warwick Mansions which one experiences
when walking down Green Point Main road.
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