152 Fanshawe Street

This building was conceived as 'a benchmark environmentally friendly speculative development' before it was fashionable to be green.

Medium sized floor plates (1,300m²) have a ceiling height of 3 metres and a maximum distance to external glazing of 11 metres. An internal courtyard protects daylight to the internal, eastern façade and provides for building servicing, and car park access.

The Western façade overlooks Victoria Park with full height glazing at the two lower levels, and clear full height glazing for the upper levels. Light aluminium vertical fins to control solar gain from the west. The two façades slide past each other at the corner where a glazed wall spans between the two elements, bringing people and activity into the street corner. The glazed wall is cut back at street level to provide shelter for pedestrians, and links back to the building entry with a short portico along Halsey Street.

Sustainable features include shading, high performance glazing, and high levels of insulation, T5 light fittings and low water usage fittings. Cooling and heating is by a VRV multi split air-conditioning system controlled by a building management system.