Platinum Apartments

Name of case study

Platinum Apartments

Location

City Road, Southbank, Melbourne, Australia

Year

2016

Scale

Building/single site

Area / size

1,700m²

NbS employed

Green / living walls (green façade)

Type of NbS

Hybrid living/engineered interventions; Created or constructed living ecosystem

Initiator

Salvo Property Group

Funder

N/A

Budget

N/A

Design group

Squillace (architect), Brookfield Multiplex (project builder), Fytogreen Australia (design and install).

Green wall, Platinum Apartments. Images credits: Andrew Lloyd.

Increased temperatures
Urban heat island effect
Reduced air quality
Biomass cover loss

Energy security
Human physical health and wellbeing

Fixation of solar energy
Habitat Provision

Summary of case study

This green façade won an Innovation award in the 2021 Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) awards program for its breakthrough in technology and design. It spans levels 2 to 10, wraps around the podium, and provides natural ventilation for the car park. The installation involved a pre-grown system that acts as a trellis, fall protection, and vehicular barrier, achieving 50% plant coverage on-site. 203 planter boxes were grown in Fytogreen’s nursery facility in Somerville for 9 months, featuring a mix of 5 species and designed to face west and north.

References

Fytogreen (2024). Projects – Platinum Apartments. Available online: https://fytogreen.com.au/platinum-apartments/. Date accessed on 15/05/2024.

Further resources:

Platinum Apartments – Fytogreen Australia

1,700M2 LOCATION – City Road, Southbank, Melbourne CBD CLIENT – Salvo Property Group ARCHITECT – Squillace PROJECT BUILDER – Brookfield Multiplex DESIGN & INSTALL – Fytogreen Australia COMPLETION – April 2016 203 planter boxes were pre-grown at Fytogreen’s nursery facility in Somerville for 9 months. The planting pallet comprised of 5 species with the aspect…

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