UNStudio Wins Beulah Southbank Competition

John Hill
15. augusti 2018
Visualization: Norm Li

The winning proposal by UNStudio with Cox Architecture was selected by a seven-member jury. The team bested five other teams that were shortlisted in April: BIG with Fender Katsalidis Architects, Coop Himmelb(l)au with Architectus, MAD Architects with Elenberg Fraser, MVRDV with Woods Bagot, and OMA with Conrad Gargett. Of the lead design architects, only OMA has realized a project in Australia to date.

Visualization: Norm Li

"Green Spine" features a mixed-use podium with retail, entertainment spaces, a public rooftop park, and a BMW Experience Center (the site is currently a BMW dealership). Rising from the podium are two towers: a 360-meter residential tower and a 246-meter tower with hotel and commercial space. Each tower twists "to reveal the almost geographical strata of their core layers" and visually extend Southbank Boulevard upward.

Visualization: Norm Li

This extension of Southbank Boulevard is created by stepping the podium with stairs and terraces that provide access to the public podium. Per a press release from UNStudio, the podium and its rooftop park are reserved for public use. At the same time, the whole project is described as a "city within a city," given its mix of residential, commercial, retail, leisure, and even cultural uses.

Visualization: Norm Li

Beulah International's Southbank development is budgeted to cost more than $2 billion. The nearly 360-meter residential tower would make the project the tallest in Australia, more than 35 meters taller than the Q1 Tower in Gold Coast.

Visualization: Norm Li
Drawing: UNStudio
Drawing: UNStudio

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