A building “cloaked” in a laser-cut veil and a glass-walled concept that puts office workers on view are among the runners up in the UTS Broadway competition.
A jury report can reveal the five runner up proposals, along with citations from the panel. Six Australian architects participated in stage two of the design competition. These were Bates Smart, BVN Architecture, Cox, FJMT and Lacoste + Stevenson and winning firm Denton Corker Marshall. All architects submitted their proposals on six A1 boards and presented their proposals to the assessment panel.
The Lacoste + Stevenson design (pictured) includes a digitally programmable ambient facade facing Broadway, a breathing façade to the North, a biofilter garden courtyard and an accessible green roofscape.
Bates Smart opted to “repair a ‘missing tooth’” in the gateway to Sydney. The proposal aims to create “an open and inviting building” where the public space runs through and up the building in the form of a grand stair, expressing the spaces of movement and interaction within. The design incorporates a public window that frames views to the city.
Cox created an “overtly transparent” building that encourages dynamic, open spaces and communal areas. This design places the building’s active uses and movement at the façade, creating an animated public domain.
The BVN Architecture scheme includes a vertical atrium of stairs and escalators that gives visual connections between the floors, while Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp proposed a “series of sinuous ribbons” to reflect the movement and energy of Broadway.
None of the schemes planned restoring the existing heritage listed building on the corner of Jones Street and Broadway.
Denton Corker Marshall’s ‘Matrix building’ was chosen as a “positive landmark building”. However, the jury proposed adjusting the façade of aluminum screens perforated with binary code to provide better weather protection.
To view the full report and download the proposals, click here.
