Spectrum Apartments / Kavellaris Urban Design

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Text description provided by the architects. Spectrum Apartments is situated on a site with three frontages. It was critical that the architecture address and activate all three frontages but also be of a single architectural language.

Spectrum Apartments  / Kavellaris Urban Design - Facade
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Spectrum Apartments  / Kavellaris Urban Design - Facade, Windows
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The project is expressed as strips of building mass to exemplify the diverse cultural context of Box Hill. The “strips” geometrically alternate over the floor plates to create highly articulated façades. The terminations of the “Strips” are expressed with brightly coloured fascia around the balconies, adding a vibrant presence to the public realm.

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To increase the public amenity of the occupants of the apartment, the internal circulation areas are open to the sky, acting as a “lung” to the development. This “lung” would provide for additional daylighting and natural ventilation while allowing for vegetation to populate the open atrium.

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Address:Australia

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Cite: "Spectrum Apartments / Kavellaris Urban Design" 20 May 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/787622/spectrum-apartments-kavellaris-urban-design> ISSN 0719-8884

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澳大利亚光谱公寓 / Kavellaris Urban Design

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