Mixed-Use High Rise
Combining architecture and urban design, this studio places strong emphasis on urban morphology and designing with virtual reality tools. The site analysis of Southern Cross is completed together by students of architecture and urban design. Based on these collaborative findings, the urban fabric is reconsidered and developed individually.
In the design proposal, the goal is to create a mixed-use building typology that contributes to the urban fabric productively. The pandemic and its consequences have demonstrated that single-purpose buildings are no longer suitable. Therefore, each building typology must include private residential, rental residential, office space, and green space to ensure continuous activity and long-term adaptability.
Urban Fabric
Southern Cross Precincts
Curated in a group of architecture and urban design students, Southern Cross and its surroundings are analysed for its unique attributes and general qualities.
Urban Moves
The urban fabric is dynamized with more connections, pulsified with strategic massing and vitalised with connective greenery. The building typology must embody these design moves. The building includes private residential, rental residential, and office programs, each with its own vertical circulation. It encourages interaction of different user groups on every floor reflecting the fabric.
Three Big Moves
Mixed-Use
Each program has its own vertical circulation and dedicated lobby demonstrated in the floor plan of the 20th floor. Green spaces spiral through the tower. Essentially, the design takes advantage of the tower’s verticality to contribute to urban biodiversity and create a direct ecological connection with the Southern Cross Terrace Park.
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Design Studio D | 2025 Semester 1 | Sander Versluis
Site Area: 66,634 m²
Gross Floor Area: 73,530 m²
Height Change: +246.0 m
Site analysis is completed with multiple architect and urban design students of Jasmine Wong, Winky Zheng, Nan Wang and Charis.