Woods Bagot has prepared a concept design for a 23-storey tower at 378-390 Pacific Highway in Sydney’s Crows Nest.
The tower would neighbour the three-tower over-station development at Crows Nest Metro currently under construction, which is also designed by Woods Bagot as part of the Crows Nest Design Consortium.
A planning proposal submitted to North Sydney Council seeks approval for a building envelope of 180 metres high, on a site with a current building limit of 16 metres.
The site currently comprises commercial and retail buildings ranging from two to three storeys.
Woods Bagot’s concept design envisions a four-storey commercial podium which wraps around the Pacific Highway and Hume Street frontage, “activating and celebrating the corner.”
378-390 Pacific Highway concept design by Woods Bagot.
Image: Doug and Wolf
The rear of the podium would consist of a series of cascading landscaped terraces with a built form that “suitably transitions to the western residential neighbours and provides for visual interest, reducing the perceived visual bulk,” according to a planning report prepared by Urbis.
“Cantilevering the commercial podium is a tall slender residential tower form of 19 storeys, creating two clearly distinguishable building languages that express their internal land uses.
“Set between the commercial podium and the residential tower is one storey dedicated to residential amenities, supported by a potential ‘lifestyle’ commercial tenant, providing a combination of internal and external areas that exudes a high-quality architectural outcome.”
The development would include substantial landscaping within the tall vertical proportions of the podium to deliver a “leafy green character that spills out onto the street and breaks down the building composition.”
The tower would house 104 units. The plans include no carparking, with residents expected to use the adjacent metro station, scheduled to open in 2024. See the planning proposal here.
