A new highly permeable fine grain array of pedestrian streets, lanes, courtyards and landscaped urban spaces occupy an impressive 36% of the site. These Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) extend the public realm throughout the site and into the neighbourhood.

The urban spaces are defined by three new buildings, including: a 200-guestroom hotel, along with thirteen retail, food and beverage outlets ensuring activation.

Diverse workplace arrangements are designed to appeal to new ways of working. They include floor plates ranging from 350m² to 2,260m², some with extensive terraces in the distinctive Wedge, accommodating 19,000m² NLA along with 3,000m² co-working in lower floors and 10,000m² NLA in the mid-scale Stack Building. Below, the Wedge a central galleria, aligned with the chimney axis, provides outlook for the deep workplace floors.

The new buildings defer to the heritage setting adopting a base with solidity and complimentary colouration. Above lighter pure geometric forms are adopted as a visually clean backdrop to the heritage structures. This includes the distinct Wedge, angled to maintain views to the iconic clock tower and chimney.

Matchworks creates a sustainable climate resilient precinct designed to 5.5 Star NABERS, 5 Star Greenstar Workplace and BESS 50% to hotel and includes a solar voltaic glass northern facade to the Wedge.

Low rise, human scale, street level buildings and public spaces extend around the conserved three-storey former Beach Road Police Station. Drawing inspiration from the Beach Road shophouse district, new streets are extended into the site.

The centrally located Seawater Street is flanked by public spaces and low-rise retail and restaurant buildings with alfresco dining spilling into two large sheltered public spaces: City Room and Market Place. Each has a distinctive design creating a memorable sense of place.

In total, eight different public plazas and gardens provide 19,000m2 of landscape and lush greenery, with a combined total of 94% green replacement of the site area.
The 71,500m2 premium 30-storey Grade A office tower caters to dynamic companies with fast-changing demands.

In association with DP Architects.

Almost all materials, along with the manufacturing of finished products, are resourced and made in Indonesia. The perforated aluminium skin references a ‘bubu’, bamboo fish trap, a cultural artifact found in the northern coastal area of Jakarta is made locally by a company in East Java utilising recycled Maspion cooking pots and pans.

The main lobby has a sculpture by well-known 85-year-old German born sculptor, Rita Widagdo, responding to the architecture of DSN and the company’s identity as a major agro-industry company. Rita’s work blends formal abstraction with organic influences from Indonesia’s rich flora.

Staff facilities include a large open canteen, facing the main courtyard, with outdoor dining terraces. The interior space is designed with five-star hospitality qualities, with lounges and intimate interactive spaces scattered throughout.

At ground level, the glazed foyer opens up river views for pedestrians on the Collins Street corridor.  The remaining Collins Street façade comprises fine grain retail shop boxes.

The 56,200m² gross floor area development devotes 19 floors to office space.  Boutique office units of 1,170m² occupy the first two floors of the Collins Street podium, with an accessible, landscaped roof terrace above.

Office space is accommodated in large, column-free floor plates of 2,000m² net lettable area, providing flexibility and maximised core to wall ratio.

Sustainability principles are embodied in the design to achieve a 5 Star Green Star, and a 4.5 Star NABERS energy rating.

Melbourne Quarter brings together all the ingredients that make diverse, vibrant neighbourhoods including workplaces, city living, dining, shopping and urban open space.  The commercial precinct of the $1.9B redevelopment comprises three towers linked with a unique Sky Park floating above a central square and a network of laneways.

One Melbourne Quarter contains 25,000m² in a 14-storey block, over a four level carpark / strata office block.  Public realm frontages on all sides are activated with retail and café spaces together with a 200 bicycle end of trip facility.  Retail space in small stepped articulated retail pavilions accommodate the Collins Street hill.

The Sky Park floats 10 metres above open public space, entries and retail pavilions. Conceived as a timber plank it overhangs the Collins Street frontage for 90 metres.

The prime location of the site offered the opportunity to visually link the main thoroughfare of Farringdon Street with the Fleet Place, a quiet city square.  The façade design of the typical office floors, reinforces this link by wrapping around all three sides of the building to create a strong visual connection between the two areas.

The lower levels of the 12-storey development respond to the existing building line and oversailing restrictions on Farringdon Street and Old Fleet Lane.  The upper levels are set back in response to built form controls, creating accessible terraces.

Internally, floor to ceiling glazing creates a light, bright and contemporary office environment, reinvigorating this key site and Farringdon Street.

With a total of 52,000m2, the building provides tenants with large office floorplates and shared amenities including a ground floor lobby café and meetings rooms on level 1. This project was awarded a LEED Gold pre-certification by the US Green Building Council.

The new space reflects the Denton Corker Marshall approach to design – disarmingly minimalist, direct, simple, robust and enduring.  It is predominantly a working space, a workshop for the making of architecture.

A memorable entry instantly signals the practice as a creative institution within a corporate tower.  The reception seat is the stand-out insertion, a distinctive and memorable feature of the space.  It is not an object of place on the floor; it is the floor itself – swollen and split.

Fundamental to our design philosophy is the pursuit of simplicity and clarity. The Tower’s sleek, tapering form creates a distinctive landmark on Gatot Subroto Road in Jakarta’s Golden Triangle. Designed for strata offices, the efficient central core accommodates four units per floor of between 350 – 450m2 in the mid-rise and 240 – 320m2 in the high-rise, with a total GFA of 71,800m2.

The 4,600m² building was stripped back to its concrete structure, including the removal of all services and existing cladding, and upgraded to achieve a BREEM excellent rating.

Now a boutique office environment, the upgraded property is finished with a new, fully glazed façade with a metal interlayer on the south elevation, providing not only solar control but also a distinctive feature for the building.