Bronzu Architettura · 2024
Marion Park Masterplan Edificii à Usu Mistu
by Rafael Contreras and Monica Earl
- A' Design Award di Bronzu 2024 in Architettura
- CLIENT: Contreras Earl Architecture
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 15,844
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About Marion Park Masterplan Edificii à Usu Mistu
Marion Park mira à esse un riferimentu architetturale iconicu in Canberra, incarnendu standard ambientali, suciali è di guvernanza. Ispiratu da i paisaghji indigeni, i so edificii organichi riflettenu u tarrenu lucale. U quadru similante à un parcu, arricchitu da i cuntributi di cuncezzione di e Prime Nazioni, offre spazii diversi. L'opzioni d'alloghju danu priorità à a sustenibilità è l'accessibilità, mirandu à un cunsumu d'energia Net Zero. Cunforme à i piani di a cità, preserva a prominenza di u Parlamentu mientri ch'ellu migliura u tessulu urbanu.
About the A' Design Award di Bronzu
Marion Park Masterplan Edificii à Usu Mistu hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Bronzu, una ricunniscenza assai prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni eccellenti chì si distinguenu per a creatività, l'ingegnu è l'acutezza. I vincitori di Bronzu sò artefatti largamente abili è sorprendentemente creativi chì autenticanu a vasta sperienza, l'imaginazione è l'ingegnosità di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Marion Park Masterplan Edificii à Usu Mistu sia un oggettu assai apprezzatu, ammiratu è caru, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è innuvatore. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Bronzu incorpora e migliori pratiche di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia è hè eccellente per l'attinzione à i detaglii. Marion Park Masterplan Edificii à Usu Mistu suddisfa splendidamente i bisogni, tocca i disideri, incanta i sentimenti è chjama a curiusità.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The Marion Park master plan envisions an iconic architectural landmark in the heart of the Nation’s Capital, embodying top-tier environmental, social, and governance standards. It will offer diverse housing options, including affordable units, designed with sustainability and liveability in mind. Innovative Passiv Haus principles and onsite renewable energy generation will pave the way for economically viable pathways to Net Zero operation via Greenpower, ensuring a sustainable future.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Combined the five buildings have a total of approximately 456 residential units, providing a variety of housing typologies designed to functionally meet the intergenerational requirements of individuals, partners and families.
The design consists of 2 corner elliptical buildings, each 17 stories and 3 mid-rise structures, each with seven levels. The project includes food and beverage outlets, commercial and retail offices and a community center allowing users to live and play within the district. - Tags
- Masterplan, Mixed-Use, Residential, Commercial, Retail, Park
- Production Technology
- Our goal is to integrate sustainability into design, construction, and operation, aligning with City Renewal Authority's initiatives. We aim for Net Zero operation through onsite renewables and "Greenpower," using passive design and occupant sensing controls to minimize energy demand. These measures meet environmental, health, and economic objectives while supporting climate resilience and Authority's sustainability goals.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was to develop a master plan that would meet sustainable targets with a unique organic design inspired by the surrounding nature on a prime located site.
- Research
- The research laying the fundamentals of the project are based around delivering sustainability initiatives. Key initiatives are passive solar design, optimizing natural ventilation, responsible water management, developing for a green city, growing for long term, maximizing green spaces and moving away from non-renewable energy sources.
- Inspiration
- Drawing on the same geographic elements which Walter Burley and Marion Mahoney Griffin used in their prize-winning design proposal for Canberra, we have strived to express in built form the indigenous landscape of Ngunnawal country. Each of the buildings has evolved with an organic topographical form reminiscent of the local hill side landscapes. Knowles Place has been considered as urban park emulating Lake Burley Griffin & the Molonglo River as they flow through the Parliamentary Triangle.
- Project Duration
- The project was master planned between June and August 2023.
- Operation Flow
- Passive design principles reduce cooling and heating demand, following Passiv Haus standards. Intelligent occupant sensing controls decrease energy usage by adjusting light and air-conditioning in unoccupied areas. Responsible water management is integrated with sustainability goals, aiming for net-zero carbon operation, Nathers 7-star rating, and adherence to Passiv Haus principles.
