at the end of 2015, zaha hadid architects presented their vision for ‘600 collins street’ — the firm’s first project in melbourne — featuring a tapered mixed-use tower sited on the western boundary of the city’s central business district. it has now been announced that the architectural scheme has been given planning permission, taking it one step closer to realization.

 

 

600 collins street by zaha hadid architects
animation by VA © zaha hadid architects

 

 

 

zaha hadid’s 54 storey tower comprises 420 apartments, offices, retail and public spaces, with the overall arrangement characterized by its elegant colonnades of ‘stacked vases’. a delicate filigree gently envelops the building, with each vase gently tapering inwards to create new civic spaces for the city — including a public plaza, terraces and new link for pedestrians to access southern cross railway station. ‘it’s pleasing to see a project of this quality proposed for melbourne and see a strong architectural response within the framework of the interim controls,’ says planning minister richard wynne.

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a delicate filigree gently envelops the building
all images by VA © zaha hadid architects

 

 

 

evolving from the city’s distinctive urban fabric, the organization of the form is influenced by its mixed-use program. the building’s overall volume is converted into a series of smaller stacked ‘vases’. central to the concept is the break-down of the vertical body by the design team to establish a coherent relationship between tower, podium and surrounding streetscapes. furthermore, within the proposal, there is a significant proportion of the ground plane given over to public realm, with external area dedicated to a plaza accessible 24 hours a day.

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the 54 storey tapered tower in melbourne’s CBD district

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with 420 apartments, offices, retail and public spaces, the design has evolved from the city’s distinct urban fabric

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the tower is designed to use 50% less energy than a conventional mixed-use tower

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each vase gently tapers inwards to create new civic spaces for the city including a public plaza

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350 bicycle parking spaces and bays for electric vehicles are included within the planning

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no targeted completion date for the project has yet been announced

 

 

 

project info:

 

architecture: zaha hadid architects (ZHA)
design: zaha hadid and patrik schumacher
ZHA director: gianluca racana
ZHA project director: michele pasca di magliano
ZHA project architect: juan camilo mogollon
ZHA project team: johannes elias, hee seung lee, cristina capanna, sam mcheileh, luca ruggeri, nhan vo, michael rogers, gaganjit singh, julia hyoun hee na, massimo napoleoni, ashwanth govindaraji, maria tsironi, kostantinos psomas, marius cernica, veronica erspamer, cyril manyara, megan burke, ahmed hassan, effie kuan

 

local architect: plus architecture
structural engineering: robert bird group
building services engineering and sustainability: adp consulting
planning consultant: urbis
quantity surveyor: wt partnership
facade consultant: aurecon
landscape designer: oculus
wind engineering: mel consultants
traffic engineer: ratio
building surveyor: plp
fire engineer: omnii
waste management: leigh design
pedestrian modelling: arup
acoustics: acoustic logic
land surveyor: bosco jonson

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