The 49 apartments are structured around a large central courtyard that is orientated to provide shelter from the prevailing south-easter . The residential façades are comprised of a linear series of full-height solid wall panels or glass and aluminium shopfronts and these in turn are further set back from the residential roof edge - the result of sun studies which determined the optimum degree of passive shading to reduce solar gain into the apartments and to provide sheltered and livable balconies .
Structure A unique structural solution was required to separate the residential and retail floors and to accommodate the substantial residential setback .
In addition to accommodating the change in column grids between the occupancies , all residential services were reticulated in the slab depth to prevent underslung services occurring above the retail tenancies below the residential roof . To achieve this a complex post-tensioned transfer slab and beam arrangement was designed and engineered .
Services The eastern side of the mall roof slab accommodates the landlord ’ s roof plant enclosure . As the plant enclosure is in relatively close proximity to the residential apartments the plant was carefully specified and selected with acoustic insulation to keep noise levels low .
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