User:Levicoronel/draft article on violins

A1 @ SW1
A1 @ SW1
	A1 @ SW1 South Bank, Brisbane
General information
Type	Commercial/Retail/Residential
Location	SW1 site, South Bank, Brisbane, NSW
Height
Roof	180 metres (591 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	8
Floor area	9,900 square metres (106,600 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Allen Jack + Cottier (in association with Cox Rayner Architects)

This is not a Wikipedia article: It is an individual user's work-in-progress page, and may be incomplete and/or unreliable. For guidance on developing this draft, see Wikipedia:So you made a userspace draft.

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs
This page was last edited by Timrollpickering (talk | contribs) 5 years ago. (Update timer)

Finished writing a draft article? Are you ready to request an experienced editor review it for possible inclusion in Wikipedia? Submit your draft for review!

A1 @ SW1 South Bank

The A1 is built by Allen Jack+Cottier architects as an eight storey building on the SW1 site with the ground floor housing retail and services and seven storeys above being used as commercial spaces. SW1 is located at South Bank, nearing to the Brisbane River. SW1 consist of six residential buildings and four commercial towers with retail nodes.

Location[edit]

The A1 is located at the SW1 site along the Brisbane River.

Design[edit]

Landscape architects Gamble McKinnon Green have designed the ground floor atmosphere to resemble the surroundings of a rainforest oasis. Fern trees have been planted along the pedestrian pathways and green vines climbs the wall of the A1.

According to the architects, the ground plane is crucial as it has to attract people to walk through the space. A long pedestrian spine divides the buildings and allows the sun to penetrate at the urban square which is also along the thoroughfare. The pedestrian spine aims to connect the sense of open space in between the buildings and so that the surrounding buildings will not give a sense like the block is a block by itself but rather an open space block.

Sustainibility[edit]

Like other buildings located at the SW1, the A1 is given a 5stars rating for its energy efficiency under the [Australian Building Greenhouse Rating](ABGR) scheme. The precast concrete sunblades and extended eaves reduce solar access that penetrates through the window. Rainwater collected from the roof will be recycled for toilet flushing and irrigation.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Greenstar Rating