commercial buildings

C3 Commercial Building     C3 Commercial Building - Facade Details C5 Commercial Building

The project applications for the three commercial office buildings at Barangaroo South are now on public exhibition. Architects, Ivan Harbour and Lord Richard Rogers, of the internationally acclaimed architectural firm, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners of London, have taken the designs forward to create a unique set of buildings for Sydney that respond to Barangaroo’s western harbourfront location and deliver a great new place for Sydney.  Design Principles The fan-like arrangement of the main streets and commercial buildings draws the CBD down to the waterfront and opens the city out to the west.  The ‘separated’ northern core, curved floorplates at the east and west elevation and their individual vertical ‘blade’ shading systems, combine to maximise environmental performance and produce elegant and streamlined appearances to the buildings. Since their inception, the overarching design concept has been for the commercial buildings to work harmoniously together to give a clear identity and sense of place to this unique harbour front location.  This approach has continued throughout the detailed design phases of the development to date. The Barangaroo South commercial office buildings will provide a combined 320,000 m2 of the most flexible, large floor plate office space Sydney has to offer.  It will help focus the world’s attention on Sydney as a leading professional and financial services hub for Asia.  The driving concepts behind the Barangaroo South buildings reflect the changing nature of the workplace.  They represent a new model for offices of the future and have been designed specifically to meet the needs of the world’s most progressive businesses.  Features include: large, clear and open floor plates that improve productivity and communication; flexible workspaces that adapt to the latest working practices and business models; healthier and more attractive environments that improve staff productivity and provide great places to be and to work; the most advanced environmental and sustainability outcomes; and connected and accessible locations that offer immediate access to quality amenities.

Sustainability The sustainability ambitions for the Barangaroo South office buildings will be achieved by improved energy performance that arises from the orientation of the buildings, the positioning of the lift cores to the northerly aspect, the specialised vertical ‘blade’ shading systems and the use of high performance glass. Visually, it will be expressed through terraces, green planting spaces and solar panels on the rooftops. The Barangaroo South commercial buildings will achieve 6-Star Green Star As Built v3 ratings and take advantage of shared, precinct-wide infrastructure to deliver a carbon neutral outcome for the precinct. Human scale podiums, balconies at low levels, ‘vertical villages’, communal spaces and glazed lift shafts all improve legibility and activation. Together the three Barangaroo South commercial buildings will deliver Australia’s premier – and most sustainable – business address and will help create one of the most dynamic and attractive places to visit, work or live in Sydney. The modification application for C4 and the Project Applications for C3 and C5 are available to view on the Department of Planning and Infrastructure website at www.planning.nsw.gov.au.

Key Facts

	C3	C4	C5
Architect	Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Height (RL)	209	180	168
Height (m)	206m	176.5m	164.5m
Storeys	49	42	39
Gross Floor Area (GFA)
Office	105,573m2	95,415m2	83,881m2
Lobby	995m2	1,230m2	1,308m2
Retail	7,164m2	2,787m2	5,378m2
Community/Childcare	1,559m2	-	-
Total GFA	115,291m2	99,432m2	90,576m2
Car spaces
Office	178	161	142
Retail/community	18	5	11
Total car spaces	196	166	153
Bicycle spaces (with associated shower,  locker and storage facilities)	448	424	326
Scheduled Completion	2016	2015	2016
Sustainability	Targeting: 6-Star Green Star As Built v3 rating NABERS + 25% Compared with the average Sydney office building,  Barangaroo South buildings will: 100% lower carbon emissions Recycle water for reuse in the building and surrounding areas Divert over 80% of its operational waste away from landfill