The Architecture of Leftover Spaces Elevating Urban Infrastructure Ramin Jahromi, Director, Cox Architecture
Tabula rasa Latin: origin, first recorded in 1525 30 a scraped tablet or a clean slate. The mind in its primary state, a slate from which writing has been erased, thus ready to be written on again. Council on Tall Buildings Source: dictionary.com
Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep. Le Corbusier Council on Tall Buildings
Ville Radieuse The materials of city planning are: sky, space, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy Le Corbusier
Dense capital cities: Minimal availability of brown/greenfield sites.
The Leftover Space Something that remains unused or unconsumed. Council on Tall Buildings
Legacy sites: Constrained by infrastructure
S i n g a p o r e I n d o n e s i a P a p u a N e w G u i n e a A U S T R A L I A Council on Tall Buildings Melbourne Queens Place Brisbane 111 Eagle Street Sydney Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI), 161 Sussex Street N e w Z e a l a n d
Parramatta North Ryde Chatswood North Sydney Council on Tall Buildings Sydney Darling Harbour Manly Beach Watsons Bay Bondi Beach
Roseville Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI) Council on Tall Buildings North Willoughby Willoughby East Lane Cove Artarmon Willoughby
Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI) Leftover compromised space
Reference design Proposed design Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI) Reinforced and activated East / West connections
Reference design Proposed design Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI) Reinforced and activated North / South connections
Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI) Over shadowing Garden of remembrance
Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI) Elevations
Chatswood Transport Interchange (CTI) Construction and staging
Parramatta North Ryde Chatswood North Sydney Council on Tall Buildings Darling Harbour Sydney Manly Beach Watsons Bay Bondi Beach
Circular Quay Sydney Harbour Bridge Balmain Glebe Sydney Opera House Barangaroo Royal Botanic Gardens 161 Sussex Street Council on Tall Buildings Darlinghurst Darling Harbour Potts Point
161 Sussex Street Leftover space
161 Sussex Street Limited land for structure / tower
161 Sussex Street Construction and staging over live environment
Pyrmont Bridge Street Historical context
161 Sussex Street activating the infrastructure
161 Sussex Street Articulated facade
161 Sussex Street Dynamic and activated backdrop
161 Sussex Street Crafted
161 Sussex Street Framing the City
161 Sussex Street Framing the City
BEFORE Council on Tall Buildings 161 Sussex Street Vistas AFTER
161 Sussex Street Corn Exchange
161 Sussex Street Heritage curtilage
161 Sussex Street Heritage curtilage
161 Sussex Street Freeway typology
Melbourne Airport Essendon Sunshine West Southbank Melbourne St Kilda Preston Council on Tall Buildings Clayton
Carlton Gardens Queen Victoria Market Flagstaff Gardens Southern Cross Station Queens Place Flinders Street Station Melbourne Town Hall Parliament House Council on Tall Buildings Federation Square St Patrick s Cathedral East Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground
Queens Place Leftover space
Central Public Space Retail Pods Perimeter Green Events Thru Connections Covered Spaces Council on Tall Buildings Queens Place The public realm layers
Central Public Space Retail Pods Perimeter Green Events Thru Connections Covered Spaces Council on Tall Buildings Queens Place The public realm layers
Central Public Space Retail Pods Perimeter Green Events Thru Connections Covered Spaces Council on Tall Buildings Queens Place The public realm layers
Central Public Space Retail Pods Perimeter Green Events Thru Connections Covered Spaces Council on Tall Buildings Queens Place The public realm layers
Central Public Space Retail Pods Perimeter Green Events Thru Connections Covered Spaces Council on Tall Buildings Queens Place The public realm layers
Central Public Space Retail Pods Perimeter Green Events Thru Connections Covered Spaces Council on Tall Buildings Queens Place The public realm layers
Queens Place The new layered market precinct
Towers above podium Floor plates shaped around drivers Simple extrusion Less desirable Council on Tall Buildings Sculpting & Shaping Amenity and variety Dynamic Pairing Queens Place Two towers
Towers above podium Floor plates shaped around drivers Simple extrusion Less desirable Council on Tall Buildings Sculpting & Shaping Amenity and variety Dynamic Pairing Queens Place Two towers
Towers above podium Floor plates shaped around drivers Simple extrusion Less desirable Council on Tall Buildings Sculpting & Shaping Amenity and variety Dynamic Pairing Queens Place Two towers
Towers above podium Floor plates shaped around drivers Simple extrusion Less desirable Council on Tall Buildings Sculpting & Shaping Amenity and variety Dynamic Pairing Queens Place Two towers
Towers above podium Floor plates shaped around drivers Simple extrusion Less desirable Council on Tall Buildings Sculpting & Shaping Amenity and variety Dynamic Pairing Queens Place Two towers
Queens Place The new market lane
Queens Place The vertical city
Brendale Indooroopilly Fortitude Valley Brisbane Brisbane Airport Carindale Council on Tall Buildings Upper Mount Gravatt Fisherman Island Capalaba Sunnybank Hills
Centenary Place Roma Street Parklands Central Station Anzac Square 111 Eagle Street Story Bridge Council on Tall Buildings Brisbane River Victoria Bridge Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
111 Eagle Street Leftover space
111 Eagle Street Constraints
111 Eagle Street Conceptual framework
111 Eagle Street Conceptual framework
111 Eagle Street Conceptual framework
111 Eagle Street Structural development
111 Eagle Street Liberation of the Tower Structure
111 Eagle Street A new reality and public place
111 Eagle Street Subtlety of structure behind glass