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Project: INITIAL
Key words: high-rise building / construction
Time: 2021/02- 2021/07
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Application: Rhino / Vary / Photoshop / AutoCAD
Type: group + individual
Statement: As a new starting point, the INITIATIVE Building is located in the western district of Melbourne CBD, near the Southern Cross station. The complex integrates luxury hotels, premium office and commercial areas with direct access to the developed Lonsdale St Precinct.
The total site area is 6080m ² , and the whole building height is 228,7m (including the crown) with 6% setback on the site boundary. These setbacks are crucial in the tower shape in its North-East longitudinal form, which also enables the overall look of the INITIATIVE Building to remain slender and elegant.
Some key aspects of Initiative Building are that it is 44 storeys (excluding 4 storeys on parking basement), 26 storeys for office, 1 storey for hotel sky lobby, and 15 storeys for luxury hotels. In addition, there is a hotel sky lobby which has 6.3m typical foor to floor heights. The Typical floor plate has a GFA of 1,944m², and an NLA of 1,584m², which calculates efciency of 81.48%. Terefore, the building complex has a total GFA of 79,704m².
