By Katz Architecture
Organic, Dynamic, Exciting
Responsive to the significant and dominate undulating forms of the Atkinson Street Boulevard tree-scape, the street is animated with a lively floating timber screen, with the main entry and circulation cores dramatically showcased to provide a safe, welcoming and accessible facility.
Atkinson Street car parking complex responds strongly to its context and juxtapositions itself by rebelling against the normal square and boxy appearance of most car park structures. The circulation cores are celebrated at the street edge and made transparent to maximise safety and visibility.
The Monash Council was delighted to see that the building reflected their environmental credentials and a number of key sustainability initiatives were employed, including:
The elements present result in a highly organic structure that responds to the leafy boundary of Atkinson Street, forming an undulating and modulating facade of significant interest and intrigue.
"The circulation cores are celebrated at the street edge and made transparent to maximise safety and visibility."
Location
Oakleigh, Victoria
Client
City of Monash
Area
8,027 sqm
Status
Completed 2017
Sustainability
Designed to meet Green Star Energy rating standards
Project cost
$7.4m
Photographer: John Best
Katz Architecture is a people focused practice, motivated by the needs of our client and seeing these resolved in a functional and poetic response to each specific site. Our simple desire is:
Enriching Spaces – Enriching lives
Founded on strong community experience, we desire to give back to communities through design and delivery. Under this mandate, Katz Architecture has grown to complete projects in a broad range of sectors including:
Katz Architecture embraces cutting edge technology and is running state of the art BIM (Building Information Modelling) systems on all projects. Such systems help us to design, illustrate, coordinate and deliver the highest level of professional service.
Our Approach
We start by looking forward.
We listen, collaborate, question and explore.
We examine detail, investigate opportunities and firm up solutions.
Our goal is to design spaces with value and purpose.
Create
Balancing budget with brief, we leverage our knowledge and understanding of our client’s objectives to design enriched buildings that deliver real value.
Experience
We’re there for our clients throughout the project journey, ensuring details are followed through from inception to delivery.