{"id":5033,"date":"2023-04-23T07:11:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T07:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:31:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:31:23","slug":"waf-judge-reflections-on-world-building-of-the-years-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/waf-judge-reflections-on-world-building-of-the-years-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"WAF Judge: Reflections on World Building of the Year’s Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On a recent visit to Sydney, I visited the 2022 World Building of the Year <\/a>as decided by the World Architectural Festival Awards<\/a>, staged in Lisbon, Portugal in December last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considered to be a \u2018world first\u2019 innovation<\/a>, rather than demolish and rebuild the 50 Bridge Street, Sydney skyscraper, the project kept the existing core structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expanded 1970s office tower has been extensively recycled and transformed<\/a> to create the new state-of-the-art Quay Quarter Tower. A new fa\u00e7ade, new building services, doubled tower floor plate size and new podium presents a striking design to the spectacular harbourside city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reflecting on the WAF judging criteria, it is appropriate this project excelled in the strong competition field. WAF program director Paul Finch praised the skyscraper as an “example of adaptive re-use” with “an excellent carbon story\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cantilevered modules on the fa\u00e7ade appear stacked and wrap around the tower’s five sections, resulting in up to 30% less direct sunlight entering the Quay Quarter Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last week WAF Judge Mark Thomson visited the project for the first time since the November 2022 WAF announcement.<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Builder Multiplex <\/a>demolished and reconstructed one side of the tower, while simultaneously retaining and refurbishing the other side. Clever adaptive reuse kept 68% of the building\u2019s core resulting in significant environmental and operational efficiencies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy dividing the building in to five separate volumes and placing an atrium and terrace at the base of each one, the columns become smaller, more intimate social environments, making it easier for employees to connect and interact with one another,\u201d Kim Herforth Nielsen, creative director at 3XN Architects<\/a> said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new tower repurposes the former AMP Centre at 50 Bridge Street, originally designed by Peddle Thorp and Walker <\/a>and built in 1976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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