Crone Partners designed 180B commercial office development in Brisbane. The project is to be completed late 2015 at a construction cost of approximately $300m. See link to an article below, located in the Brisbane Development Website.
Austrade Senior Trade Commissioner Anthony Weymouth presented; “Infrastructure, Trade Opportunities in the Asian Century”, to a packed conference in Manila last month. A section of the presentation was devoted to “Philippine Green Building Projects” and highlighted the Crone Partners designed, Arya Residence, located in Fort Bonifacio Global City, in the Philippines. The Arya Residence is targeting dual Environmental Certification, both LEED Gold and BERDE ratings. The Arya Residence, is the first residential building in the Philippines to seek dual certification and a great example, of the future of Green Buildings in the Philippines.
A PDF file link to the slides of the Austrade presentation are found below as well as notes from the slides;
Philippine Green Building Projects
GREEN is the new colour of progress
• Through the efforts of the Philippine Green Building Council (PhilGBC), the country launched our own green building rating tool called BERDE (Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence)
• Green building ratings for residential, commercial and eventually, communities will be implemented
• Consumers & developers are also becoming more environmentally aware so they invest in green technologies
• It’s not easy being GREEN but the country is getting there!
Case Study: Arya Residences
1. Arthaland is a Philippine developer wanting to build the country’s first “green” residential skyscraper.
2. Australian Architects Crone Partners from Sydney was identified as the architectural design consultant.
3. Arya Residences recently won “Best Residential Development” in the Philippines at the 2012 South East Asia Property Awards and is being praised by local and international markets, for promoting green buildings
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Arya Residences
4. Arya is the first residential building in the Philippines to apply for a dual green building certification – LEED and BERDE, challenging popular culture in the Philippines.
5. Now, Arthaland is looking for more ‘green’ products from Australia for their 3 upcoming projects. They used Windtech’s wind tunnel testing system and the Australian paint, Klaas Coatings.
The Guangdong Tobacco Company Project is located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, adjacent to the famous Pearl River, about 120km North West of Hong Kong. Guangzhou is a key transportation hub and trading port for China. The project was designed by Crone Partners, in conjunction with IAPA, who are a local Australian design firm located in Guangzhou.
The concept is based on the idea of duality. A situation or nature that has 2 states, that are complimentary or opposed to each other. The idea of duality is prevalent in the tower forms, the relationship between solid and void, darkness and light, public versus private spaces and the clear separation between pedestrian and vehicular movements.
The project consists of a 68 level, commercial office tower, with convention centre facilities, restaurants and speciality retail outlets. Below ground, are four levels of basement car parking, including a loading dock and a combination of stackable and conventional car parking spaces, to maximise efficiency and minimise basement excavations, due to the water table. The total GFA for the project is 170,185m2. The 290m tall tower is orientated towards park views and desirable, southerly aspect, for warm winter sun access.
The tower project was designed using Environmental Sustainable Design principles to minimize the energy consumption of the building and to conserve water usage. A combination of passive and active environmental strategies was used in the areas of; Energy, Water, Transportation, Land Use and Ecology, Indoor Environmental Quality, Management, Materials and Emissions.
Award winning, LEED Gold targeted Arya Residence, is due for completion, the first quarter of 2014. Tower 2 has been launched after strong sales from Tower 1, have seen over 70% of apartments sold off the plan, in a short period of time.
Facade treatments are well under way at Arya, with options provided for the horizontal louvres to feature at the top of the building. Mock-ups of the sun shading devices, will be provided on site, to evaluate the best colour fit for the building. The light colouring of the building was designed, to best reflect the strong heat loads on the building, prevalent in the Philippines.
With Arya Residence LEED Gold and BERDE certification targets, as well as the signature 180 Brisbane, commercial office tower, 6 Star Green Star target, Crone Partners are becoming renowned for their expertise in Green Building Design.
See attached link to an article on a project named 180B, located at 180 Anne Street, in Brisbane. 180B, is a 32 level commercial office tower, designed by Crone Partners in 2012 and targetting a 6 Star Green Star environmental rating, with the Green Building Council of Australia. It was announced last week that Watpac, have been engaged to deliver the project for the client Daisho, with construction to be completed by July 2015.
Crone Partners previously worked with Watpac on the Telstra Tower, for Charter Hall in 2009. The Telstra Tower is located at 275 George Street in Brisbane and is a Grade “A” commercial office tower with over 40,000m2 of NLA.
Watpac to build Brisbane’s newest 6 Star Office Tower
