The Flinders Street carpark marks the entry to Melbourne CBD from the south east.
Previous proposals for the site incorporated the City of Melbourne's requirement that carparks be faced with a strip of offices to disguise their use. Swaney Draper successfully argued for an alternative strategy that celebrated the expression of a carpark as an integral part of the city fabric.
This allowed a more efficient building footprint and enabled the retention of the adjoining lane and historic Lindrum building.
The carpark is designed as an elegantly proportioned series of components: glazed podium, stair tower and the screen wall of the parking levels.
Finely detailed perforated aluminium panels with exposed structure and fixings provide a transparency and texture to the main elevation. This is further enlivened by its useas a fixing plane for display banners promoting the changing events within the city.
The Flinders Street carpark marks the entry to Melbourne CBD from the south east.
Previous proposals for the site incorporated the City of Melbourne's requirement that carparks be faced with a strip of offices to disguise their use. Swaney Draper successfully argued for an alternative strategy that celebrated the expression of a carpark as an integral part of the city fabric.
This allowed a more efficient building footprint and enabled the retention of the
adjoining lane and historic Lindrum building.
The carpark is designed as an elegantly proportioned series of components: glazed podium, stair tower and the screen wall of the parking levels.
Finely detailed perforated aluminium panels with exposed structure and fixings provide a transparency and texture to the main elevation. This is further enlivened by its useas a fixing plane for display banners promoting the changing events within the city.