Structural Integrity

As my design building will be covering existing heritage buildings on Elizabeth st and Albert st, I needed to research of exemplar building system and how they are connected.

Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects: Portico, The Scots Church Redevelopment (2005)

                                        

This project saw TZG transform the disused heritage-listed Scots Church in Sydney’s CBD – originally designed by Rosenthal, Rutledge and Beattie in 1927-30 – into a residential development.

Sitting atop the original six-storey building, the form of the new zinc-clad addition borrows from the neo-Gothic language of the church. For structural support, the project makes use of an existing steel frame, installed when the church was first built as support for an additional six storeys – a plan later abandoned with the arrival of the Depression.

 

 

 The rhythm of zinc and glass reinterprets the architecture of the heritage building, while variation between glazing, blinds and shutters reflects the project’s residential use. Double-storey apartments are contained within a graduated height plane, which preserves solar access to the neighbouring park, and also transforms the south-facing roof into a façade in its own right.


http://www.australiandesignreview.com/features/17146-top-five-residential-adaptive-re-use