Commercial Building ~ Floor Plate Design

When designing a commercial building it is very difficult to create a special and unique space inside for each tenant, especially when these tenants may only be there for a short period of time. Obviously we have to understand the needs of the users on a variety of scales. Being a multi-use development, it is able to cater for as many different people, requirements, personalities, duties and hours of use for everybody concerned. On a smaller scale however, this commercial building shall be left for internal fitout once there is a tenant allocated to a particular place. Thus a space specifically required for their working conditions can be created.

Do I keep the rooftop idea for the commercial building? It would be cool to just go down a level to have smoke break in a small park rather than go down to the busy Queen Street mall. Or even just have a relaxing lunch break by yourself or with some friends in peace. For a working environment this is something which I can control with how the users feel when working in a building such as this.

To visibly make the building look more dense and like a working environment, the park areas should be smaller in terms of ceiling height. The only problem with this is the time frame in which sun can get through the protrusions. There is a solution but! Because of the shape of the building, I am able to squeeze the centre in almost like it is wearing a tight belt. This will open up the window for the sun to pass through the centre of the building.

The right hand section clearly identifies the suns ability to pass through the building when the centre of the floor plate is tightened.

The type of shadow pattern this building form creates in the morning.