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Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

United Kingdom Architecture News - Apr 02, 2015 - 14:56   30621 views

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

Melbourne-based design studio KUD Architects completed a multi-residential building in Australia showing its multilayered depth in colourful balconies.

Spectrum Apartments is situated on a site with three frontages.It was critical that the architecture address and activate all three frontages but also be of a single architectural language.

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Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

The project is expressed as strips of building mass to exemplify the diverse cultural context of Box Hill. The “strips” geometrically alternate over the floor plates to create highly articulated façades. The terminations of the “Strips” are expressed with brightly coloured fascia around the balconies, adding a vibrant presence to the public realm.

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

To increase the public amenity of the occupants of the apartment, the internal circulation areas are open to the sky, acting as a “lung” to the development. This “lung” would provide for additional daylighting and natural ventilation while allowing for vegetation to populate the open atrium.

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

Spectrum Apartments break the rules with its geometrically articulated façade

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