The SykPark Tower is a departure from the typical extruded plan typology. Our objective was to design an alternative vertical building form from a series of stacked floor plates expressed as individual volumes, as opposed to one large extruded volume with a repetition of window and balcony expressions. The result is a highly articulated rectilinear building that is expressed and narrated horizontally. The penetrations and balconies are intergraded within each volume which creates the architectural syntax.
A beautiful1930's Art deco building covers the entire footprint of the small 700sq/m site which we retained and integrated as part of our design response. The tower building is inserted within the envelope of the Deco building and sits on a series of large columns that penetrate through and beyond the existing building thereby creating a complete separation between the old and new. Given the constraint of the site envelope, the building does not have a podium and tower set back typology; instead the separation or void between the old and new provides for this transition and simultaneously preserves the historical character of the Deco building.
The Urban SkyPark provides an alternative "green space" to the landscaped roof garden for high-rise buildings. The large four storey void 30 storeys in the sky provides sporting and recreational programs associated with urban living that overlook the city from a vantage point not characteristic to such spaces.
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