On the east the ribs of the exposed skeleton received a similar but backlit finial which would become a giant glow-stick at the end of the Tyrwhitt Avenue pedestrian mall at night .
The Median ’ s 140 apartments would then be suspended as a midnight blue block in the hopefully iconic skeleton of the Tyrwhitt / Cradock corner in the new cosmopolitan , pedestrian Rosebank of the second decade of the new millennium . The blue box would be characterised by modernist L-shaped exposed elements and four reflective screens to augment the now 16 floor bay window entrance to the south .
The play between the curve and the rectilinear , although reminiscent of the modern movement , it is hoped will prove timeless , and the use of colour , contrast and materials sufficiently futuristic to see The Median into its future .
Internally , the entrance , although small for a building of this size , was masterfully designed and detailed by Blue Tangerine Interiors to take one ’ s eye up for a taste of the 15-floor internal atrium above . Hints of the modernist designers Mondrian , Van Doesburg and Rietveld are evident in the lobby as well as the apartments themselves .
The Atrium The atrium is fiercely modernist in its simplicity . The skylight washes the walls of the atrium while the walkway ceiling lighting is designed to softly illuminate the atrium and the walkways
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