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What’s in a name? Quite a lot, as far as Elm, our new residential project for Fridcorp, is concerned. The building is a continuous glass box with leaf like screens, integrated gardens, and textured concrete and perforated panels. Elm is synonymous with the brand of environment, creating a clear link between the name of the building and its identity. Incorporating the brand into the design enhances, rather than detracts from, the architecture by revealing textures and treatments, helping tie together a coherent visual identity.

The collaboration between architects, landscape architects and interior designers has resulted in a building that goes beyond a collective identity into collective environmental performance. A green ribbon works its way through the building, starting with the green wall on the outside of the ground floor entry that draws you in, leading you to another vertical garden in the lobby. Following the green trail takes you to the lift where you emerge on level 5 to the podium rooftop communal area – a space filled with lush vegetation and green walls. The green ribbon also winds up the building – a series of planter boxes are positioned outside all apartments’ master bedrooms. The planter boxes assist with microclimate management as well as offering residents a leafy outlook, a rare joy for apartment dwellers.

The building’s L-shape provided another opportunity for green living. In regards to the ongoing architectural conundrum, the problem of the internal corner, Elenberg Fraser took an approach of evacuation and addition, pulling the apartment space out of that area and turning it into another garden space.

Elm’s North and West facades feature sunshades, their varied rotations arranged to create a Bridget Riley inspired op-art piece, that draws your eye in, challenging it to rest on any one spot. Viewed from different angles, the fins become leaves dripping from the Elm tree, further exploring the phenomena of surface.

The fins are much more than art, they form a technologically advanced cooling system as well as providing increased privacy for residents. By shielding the building from sunshine between 12-3pm, the fins dramatically reduce the heat load, making it significantly easier for the air-conditioning to deal with the high demands of the late afternoon, and ensuring the apartments don’t over-heat. The vertical fins on the West façade extend past the building line to increase privacy between neighbours.

In addition to the sunshades, all windows are double-glazed with low emissivity directional glazing, which is the product of two years research and development with an international glass manufacturer. Unlike most apartment glazing, this coating appears bronze from the outside but colour neutral from inside, meaning it lets in precious daylight while shielding from harmful rays and retaining a high level of thermal performance.

Inside, the two bedroom apartments become an extension of Elm’s brand. Green space is introduced through the planter boxes, visible from the master bedrooms, and joinery and furniture are used in place of rooms and corridors to direct the circulation to the feature kitchen and bathroom. Mimicking the unpredictability of the natural world, design elements such as the cylindrical shower and tiled floor provide exclamation points of surprise and delight.

Elm is not afraid to put its identity centre stage – its focus on natural living offers residents excellent quality of life and amenity by exploring the technology of surface through sensory art and perception.

PROJECT TYPE MUlTI-RESIDENTIAl

PROJECT ADDRESS18-24 DORCAS STREETSOUTH MElbOURNE, vICTORIA AUSTRAlIA

PROJECT TEAMCLiENT: FRIDCORpCOuNCiL: MElbOURNE CITy COUNCIl ELENBERG FRASER: CAllUM FRASER, AIvARS KRISTENS, lORENzO NUTI, ANDRE pERRET, TIM ANgUS, STEvE REMy, DEDDy TjAHjADI, ElIzA SUFFREN, jONATHON lONg, lINDA vAlENTIC, KATHRIN WHEIbiNTERiOR DESiGNER: HECKER pHElAN gUTHRIE pTy lTDPROJECT MANAGER: FRIDCORpCONTRACTOR: HICKORyTOwN PLANNER: CONTOUR CONSUlTANTS AUSTRAlIA pTy lTDBuiLDiNG SuRvEYOR: gARDNER gROUp pTy lTDLAND SuRvEYOR: TgM gROUp pTy lTDQuANTiTY SuRvEYOR: WT pARTNERSHIpSTRuCTuRAL ENGiNEER: WEbbER DESIgNSERviCES ENGiNEER: WATERMAN AHWFiRE ENGiNEER: UMOW lAI pTy lTDACOuSTiC ENGiNEER: ACOUSTIC lOgIC CONSUlTANCyTRAFFiC ENGiNEER: CARDNO gROgAN RICHARDSENERGY AuDiT: WATERMAN AHWLANDSCAPE ARChiTECT: jACK MERlO DESIgN

TiME – DESiGN / DOCuMENTATiON: 12 MONTHSTiME – CONSTRuCTiON: 18 MONTHS

PROJECT COST: AUD $70M

GROSS FLOOR AREA: 23.000SqM

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BuiLDiNG SPECiFiCATiON DETAiLS: BuiLDiNG FRAME AND FABRiCFLOORS: REINFORCED CONCRETEEXTERNAL wALLS: ExpOSED pRE-CAST WHITE CONCRETE WITH RElIEF pATTERN / RENDERED MASONRy AND/OR COMpOSITE METAl ClADDINg OvER DiviDiNG wALLS: pRE-CAST CONCRETE/MASONRy WAllS WITH plASTERbOARD lININg, ACOUSTICAlly TREATED iNTERNAL wALLS: STUD FRAMED plASTERbOARD WAllSROOF: REINFORCED CONCRETE WITH WATERpROOF MEMbRANE wiNDOwS / GLAZiNG: FUll HEIgHT AND WIDTH HIgH pERFORMANCE bRONzE SOlAR CONTROl DOUblE glAzED WINDOW SySTEMS – SATIN blACK AlUMINIUM FRAMES. FUll HEIgHT DOUblE glAzED SlIDINg DOORS TO TERRACES EXTERNAL BALuSTRADE: 10MM ClEAR TOUgHENED glASS – pOWDERCOATED blACK FRAMESAPARTMENT EXTERNAL SCREENS: pASSIvE SOlAR AND WIND CONTROl bRONzE pERFORATED AlUMINIUM SCREENS WITH vARIED ORIENTATION BALCONiES / TERRACES: FUlly DRAINED WITH SElECTED CERAMIC TIlINg LANDSCAPiNG: lOW lEvEl pRE-CAST plANTERS WITH CHARCOAl pAINT FINISH AND SElECTED plANTINg TO All TERRACES IN pROpRIETARy AUTOMATIC SElF WATERINg plANTER SySTEM CARPARK: REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE WITH ClEAR SEAl FINISH CARPARK EXTERNAL SCREENS: NATURAl ANODISED AlUMINIUM pERFORATED AlUMINIUM SCREENS

BuiLDiNG SPECiFiCATiON DETAiLS: BuiLDiNG SERviCEShOT wATER SERviCE: CENTRAl gAS FIRED HOT WATER SySTEM WITH SOlAR bOOST AiR CONDiTiONiNG: INDIvIDUAl REvERSE CyClE SplIT AC SySTEMS hEATiNG: INDIvIDUAl REvERSE CyClE SplIT AC SySTEMSBAThROOM AND LAuNDRY EXhAuST: DUCTED SySTEM WITH ExTERNAl DISCHARgEKiTChEN EXhAuST: DUCTED SySTEM WITH ExTERNAl DISCHARgE COOKiNG FACiLiTiES: gAS HOT plATE, ElECTRIC OvEN, REFER ApARTMENT FIxTURES SCHEDUlES SECuRiTY / ACCESS CONTROL: AUDIO / vISUAl INTERCOM WITH REMOTE DOOR ACCESS CONTROl, SECURITy ACCESS TO MAIN ENTRy AND lIFTS, SECURITy ACCESS TO CARpARK BuiLDiNG iNTERCOM: AUDIO / vISUAl INTERCOM, INTEgRATED WITH ACCESS CONTROl SySTEMFiRE PROTECTiON: SMOKE DETECTION, THERMAl DETECTOR AND SpRINKlER SySTEM TO All lEvEl COMMON AREAS. INDIvIDUAl SMOKE DETECTORS AND SpRINKlERS TO EACH ApARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AUTHORITy REqUIREMENTS LiFTS: SECURED lIFTS TO All lEvElS TELEviSiON: 2NO. SEpERATE CAblINg SySTEMS RETICUlATED TO EACH ApARTMENT, CATERINg FOR FREE TO AIR AND pAy TvhiGh SPEED iNTERNET: CAblE CONNECTION TO EACH ApARTMENT TO SERvICE pROvIDERS lATEST SpECIFICATION TELEPhONE: 5NO. x 4pAIR CAblINg WITHIN ApARTMENTS, WITH OUTlETS TO EACH bEDROOM AND lIvINg SpACE

BuiLDiNG SPECiFiCATiON DETAiLS: COMMON AREASENTRY LOBBY: FlOOR FINISHES – SElECTED gRANITE TIlINg AND COIR ENTRANCE MATTINg. WAll FINISHES – HONED MARblE SURROUND TO INTERNAl vERTICAl gARDEN, glAzED TIlINg TO lIFT CORE, OpERAblE TIMbER SHUTTERS TO glAzINg AND pAINTED plASTERbOARD TO WAllS gENERAlly TYPiCAL APARTMENT LOBBY: FlOOR FINISHES – SElECTED WOOl CARpET WAll FINISHES – pAINTED plASTERbOARD

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