Innovative design by Crone Partners Architects, Sydney in collaboration with the very talented AYALA Land team. Great interview Manny!
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elm apartments cebu
“Elm apartments” isn’t the real name of this project, but we call it this because of 2 beautiful old elm trees, located at the main entry to the development. These giant trees we looked to retain, shaping the building and drop-off areas around them, using them as a key feature of the development, symbolizing the “green” building we collaboratively designed with our Philippine clients.
Project “elm” apartments is a high-end, premier grade Residential development located in Cebu, The Philippines. The project is part of an existing shopping centre complex, located a short distance from Metro Cebu.
An important consideration in the design was creating a sense of community, whilst maintaining the privacy of residents and separating the entries to the residential development and existing retail shopping centre. The design looks at creating its own distinct modern character, whilst blending in with the overall architectural mood and character of the existing development.
Key features of the design include; unique entry experiences for condominium residents and signature retail entry, retaining 2 large elm trees, communal green sky gardens to residential floors, landscaped podium amenities and exclusive rooftop amenities, including a wet edge pool and bar area.
Location – Cebu, The Philippines
Status – Design Development 2014
Site Area – 4,460m2
GFA – 60,000m2
NLA – 48,000m2
Apartments – 500 approx.
Levels – 37
Car Parking – 3 basement levels
Construction – $160m AUD approx.
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BPO offices in Alabang
Megablock is a commercial office development located in the Northgate precinct of Filinvest City, Alabang, Philippines. The “Butterfly” form consists of 4 commercial office towers, 25 levels in height, with a GFA of 45,000m2 per tower.
Crone Partners designed the towers around a significant public parkland and piazza retail space that can be used as a performance space for seasonal events or festivals.
The office floor plates are designed to maximise workspace flexibility, with large, clear span floor plates with a NLA of 2,100m2. These can be broken up into strata offices or used as whole floors.
The development was designed for the BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) market where employees work a morning and graveyard shifts. The various outdoor landscape areas provide a pleasant outlook and place of respite where workers can connect and relax after a stressful day.
Megablock is a green building targeting a LEED Silver certification through the US Green Building Council.
the gherkin facade | michaelbanak
Norman Foster’s Gherkin tower in London, is an iconic form on the city skyline. The first of a number of “named” buildings in London such as the Cheese Grater, Shard and Walkie Talkie buildings it has a visually striking facade pattern that curves around the elevations of the building. The dark band of glass on the facade highlights atrium spaces that rotate around the building every 3 floors.
the gherkin facade | michaelbanak.
180B comes to life
After months of construction work in the basement levels of 180B the building is finally coming alive. The amazing truss structure that spans the railway lines in Brisbane is exposed at ground level and can be seen over 5 levels of the podium. Hyder Structures worked closely with Crone Partners to design an innovative structure that spans the railway tunnels with diagonal bracing and uses the core itself to straddle the railway lines.
The unique side core commercial office building is 34 levels in height and has over 60,000m2 of NLA with large open floor plates.
It is a thrill to see this image provided by Watpac Constructions and see the shape of the office floor plate coming out of the ground, having worked on the project since its early conception in 2008. Crone Partners won the project in a Design Competition and have enjoyed working collaboratively in the design process with our client Daisho.
I’m also impressed seeing our site Architect Nick Grbavac giving good scale in his yellow hard hat in front of one of these amazing columns. Nice shot Nick.
