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PROJECT REPORT: MIXED USE SCHEMES


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The architects reused the existing concrete super-struc- ture wherever possible, “stiching the new floorplates into the old plans”


sense of ‘gaiety.’ Des Courtis says that the architects were enthused by the interlocking mix of functions present in the building, and wanted to celebrate the ‘mixed-ness’ of the scheme by making it more visible externally. The different scales, such as the single rooms and the double-height lobbies housing the offices’ main stair, are all communicated through respectively different scales of glazing in the fragmented exterior, however the architects have been careful to maintain a sense of visual coherence. In addition, using the


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creative facade design to draw attention to the non-retail elements, such as the office floors, helps to ensure these spaces are just as attractive to potential tenants as the retail spaces.


Des Courtis adds: “It has an energy, but we are making it more dense in a nice way, with things relating to each other, and keeping a human scale.” He says that once the architects had decided that “we weren’t going to touch the tower, we accepted this very vertical aspect” when it came to creating the new volumes and the look of the new facade.


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