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PROJECT TYPE
MUlTI-RESiDENTIAL, interiors, mixed-use
PROJECT ADDRESS
173-177 Barkly Street
St Kilda, victoria
AUSTRALIA
PROJECT TEAM
Client: Buxton Group
Council: Port Phillip city council
Elenberg Fraser: Callum Fraser, Reade Dixon,
Tom Orton, Hana Hakim, Tony Desapquale, Mauris Lai
Project Manager: AWC Property
Contractor: Hacer Group
Town Planner: SJB Planning pty ltd
Building Surveyor:
PLP Building Surveyors and Consultants pty ltd
Land Surveyor: REEDs consulting pty ltd
Quantity Surveyor: Slattery Australia Pty LtD
Structural Engineer: Webber Design
Mechanical Engineer: Murchie Consulting pty ltd
Hydraulic Engineer: Murchie Consulting pty ltd
Electrical Engineer: Murchie Consulting pty ltd
Civil Engineer: Murchie Consulting pty ltd
Fire Engineer: Umow Lai pty ltd
Acoustic Engineer: Acoustic Logic consultancy
Traffic Engineer: Cardno Grogan Richards
ESD Consultant: Murchie Consulting pty ltd
Landscape architect: TRACT Consultants
Waste Consultant: Leigh Design
Signage manufacturer: premier graphics
3D Renderer: Pointilism
time – DESIGN / DOCUMENTATION: 12 months
Time – CONSTRUCTION: 15 months
Project cost: AUD $16.2m
GROSS FLOOR AREA: 7.000sqm
luna
It has inspired a dedicated fan web-site,
generations of fancy-dress costumes and
countless YouTube tribute videos, and now
a building. That’s right, Luna, Elenberg Fraser’s
new four storey residential project on Barkly
Street, St Kilda, is based on Princess Leia’s
infamous ‘dancing girl’ gold bikini, featured
in Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
While Luna’s curvaceous form echoes the
draping lines of Leia’s usual white robes,
the shimmering gold glass and metal mesh
materials are matched perfectly with the
colours and textures of the gold brassiere.
To address privacy, light and visibility issues,
we designed an operable shutter system, which
surrounds the entire building, protecting the
interior and housing a series of lights, which
offer residents ultimate control over not only
what they see, but what others can see of them!
Switching the inside lights on reflects the
interior of the apartment onto the windows,
and people outside can see in, however leaving
the outside lights on illuminates the interior,
turning the windows transparent, and people
outside are prevented from seeing in by the
reflection of the lights on the glass.
Callum says that “the science of the building
is the science of perception”. The metallic skin
seems almost intangible, hovering between
reality and fantasy – a comment on the tension
between the interior and exterior self. How much
of ourselves do we reveal; what is introverted
and what is extraverted?
Whether you’re pro-voyeurism or antiexhibitionism, at Luna, you can rest assured that
people will only be able to see what you let them!
The kinky scene gave audiences the answer
to their poignant question: what is Leia hiding
under her robes? Luna was the answer to the
ongoing conundrum of apartment life – how do
you retain privacy, keep your lights on and still
enjoy the view? And like Leia, who overcame the
indignation and humiliation of being enslaved as
Jabba the Hutt’s dancing girl through her inner
strength – Luna is not just a pretty face.
Besides the curvy form, revolutionary lighting
system and flesh and bronze façade, Luna is also
Elenberg Fraser’s first completed wayfinding and
signage project for multi-residential apartments.
A red Sith Lightsaber stands guard like a sentinel
at Luna’s front entrance, and the red light carries
through to the retail arcade directing you to the
apartments above. White LED light battens are
used in the lobby and throughout the ground
floor; we created a dot-dash numbering system
to identify the apartments.
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03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
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15
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MATERIALS, FINISHES, PRODUCTS
VISUALISER CONTACT DETAILS
BUILDING SPECIFICATION DETAILS: BUILDING FRAME and FABRIC
FLOORS: Reinforced concrete
EXTERNAL WALLS: Floor to Ceiling Glazing behind gold mesh
facade screens
DIVIDING WALLS: Double stud framed plasterboard walls
with acoustic insulation, AFS concrete columns with
plasterboard lining
INTERNAL WALLS: Stud framed plasterboard walls
ROOF: Post tensioned concrete with waterproof membrane
WINDOWS / GLAZING: Full height and width high performance fine
gold solar control double glazed window systems – satin black
aluminium frames. Full height doubleglazed sliding doors
to terraces
EXTERNAL BALUSTRADE: Black mild steel top and bottom plates
with mild steel rods at 125 centres
APARTMENT EXTERNAL SCREENS: Woven anodized aluminium mesh
BALCONIES / TERRACES: Fully drained with selected paint
finish to slab
LANDSCAPING: Ground level planter, internal light well
creeper wall and selected planting to rooftop
CARPARK: Reinforced concrete structure with clear seal finish
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BUILDING SPECIFICATION DETAILS: BUILDING SERVICES
HOT WATER SERVICE: Central gas fired hot water system
with solar boost
AIR CONDITIONING: Individual reverse cycle split AC systems
HEATING: Individual reverse cycle split AC systems
BATHROOM AND LAUNDRY EXHAUST: Ducted system with external
discharge through facade
KITCHEN EXHAUST: Ducted system with external discharge
through facade
COOKING FACILITIES: Gas hot plate, electric oven
SECURITY / ACCESS CONTROL: Audio / visual intercom with remote
door access control, security access to main entry and lifts,
security access to carpark
BUILDING INTERCOM: Audio / visual intercom, integrated with
access control system
FIRE PROTECTION: Smoke detection, thermal detector
and sprinkler system to all level common areas
Individual smoke detectors and sprinklers to each apartment
in accordance with authority requirements
LIFTS: Secured lifts to all levels
TELEVISION: 2no. separate cabling systems reticulated
to each apartment, catering for free to air and pay tv
BUILDING SPECIFICATION DETAILS: COMMON AREAS
ENTRY LOBBY: Floor finishes – Black bluestone pavers
TYPICAL APARTMENT LOBBY: Floor finishes – selected wool carpet
Wall finishes – painted plasterboard
Peter Clarke
Latitude Group
9 Hillingdon Place, Prahran
VICTORIA, 3181
telephone + 61 (0) 412 057 383
[email protected]
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contact
Melbourne
Level 3, 160 Queen Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
Australia
Telephone +61 3 9600 2260
Facsimile +61 3 9600 2266
Sydney
Telephone +61 2 9600 8455
hanoi
Villa D-25, The Manor My Dinh
Me Tri Ward Tu Liem District Hanoi
Vietnam
Telephone +84 4 3787 8401
Facsimile +84 4 3795 9764
email [email protected]
www.elenbergfraser.com