MELBOURNE TOWER PRECEDENT GROUP E KATE, KITTY, SEAN, TABITHA
Melbourne Tower Precedents: Timeline
Name
Orica House (ICI)
Location
East Melbourne Built 1958 20 Office 84 m Bates Smart McCutcheon
Status Built Floors Use Height Architect
Domain 80 Collins st Apartments (Nauru (B.P Building) House) South Collins street Melbourne Melbourne Built Built 1967 1977 23 50 Residential Office 81 m 189.9 m Demaine, Perrott Lyon Russell, Timlock & Trundle, Kesa Armstrong & Orton
Sofitel Hotel
101 Collins st
The Sebel Suites
Freshwater Place North
Eureka Tower
Zen Apartments
Upper West Side Tower 1
Pearl Tower
Platinum Apartments
Collins street Melbourne Built 1981 50 Mixed 185 m Bates Smart McCutcheon
Collins street Melbourne Built 1991 50 Office 260 m Denton Corker Marshall
Collins street Melbourne Built 1998 30 Residential 120 m
Southbank Melbourne Built 2005 63 Residential 205.1 m Bates Smart Mccutcheon
Southbank Melbourne Built 2006 91 Residential 301.4 m Fender Katsalidis Architects
Therry street Melbourne Built 2012 48 Residential 167.6 m Urban Design Architects
Spencer st Melbourne Built 2013 45 Residential 155.1 m Cottee Parker
Southbank Melbourne Unbuilt 2014 72 Residential 254 m Bates Smart
Southbank Melbourne Unbuilt 2016 52 Residential 160 m Squillace Architects
historical context Upper West Side Tower
unbuilt
10s
Upper West Side Tower: 2013 Residential
ZEN Apartments: 2012 Residential
00s
Eureka Tower: 2006 Residential
90s
101 Collins: 1991 Office
80s
Sofitel Hotel: 1981 Mixed Use
70s
80 Collins st (Nauru House): 1977 Residential
60s
Domain Apartments: 1967 Residential
50s
PLANNING
MORE PLANNING IS GOING INTO CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO STREE LEVEL
ICI House (Orica House): 1958 Office
MELB CONTEXT
HEIGHT OVER TIME
MATERIALS/ COLOUR
CONSTRUCT/ METHODS
LANEWAY REFERENCE STREE HIERACHY MELBOURNE HISTORYSTOCKADE/ EVENTS
ACCENDING TOWERS OVERTIME TOWERS ARE GROWING AND GROWING
MATERIALS ARE FASHION MATERIALS ARE IN TRENDS
MATERIALS ARE FASHION MATERIALS ARE IN TRENDS
ZEN Apartments
101 Collins Upper West Side Eureka Towers
ORICA House Eureka Towers
Nauru House Pearl Tower
ICI House Nauru house Eureka Tower Pearl Tower
Floor Plans
Sebel,
101 Collins
Eurreka
Freshwater Place
Zen Apartments
Pearl Tower
Upper West side Platinum
Services/Lifts over time Sebel
101 Collins
Eureka Tower
12 10 8 6 4 2 0
Pearl
Zen
Zen,
Platinum
Domain
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
construction
central building services core in jumpform method, reinforced cast in-situ concrete water tank dampers on top levels to counteract wind induced oscillations
upper levels column less bondek carries floor loads to load bearing pre-cast concrete partition walls
transfer slab structural columns on the perimeter
single glazing
recessed balconies and winter gardens to increase shading to living areas
double glazing
exposed concrete facade
glass curtain facade
planter boxes around the car park facades create a green environment
60’s
underground carpark
pre-cast reinforced concrete elements
2000’s
2010’s
aboveground carpark
slipform method where concrete is continuously poured in a moving form auger piles foundation
future