A1 @ SW1 South Bank

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A1 @ SW1 South Bank, Brisbane
General information
AddressSW1 site, South Bank
Town or city Brisbane
CountryAustralia
Coordinates 27°28′33″S153°00′59″E / 27.4757°S 153.0163°E / -27.4757; 153.0163 Coordinates: 27°28′33″S153°00′59″E / 27.4757°S 153.0163°E / -27.4757; 153.0163
Current tenantsCommercial/Retail/Residential
Completed2009
Height180 metres (590 ft)
Technical details
Floor count8
Floor area9,900 square metres (107,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect Allen Jack+Cottier (in association with Cox Rayner Architects)
DeveloperAustcorp

The A1 is an eight-storey building that is located at SW1 on the South Bank of the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The building was designed by Allen Jack+Cottier architects, in association with Cox Rayner, and the building comprises ground floor housing retail and services and seven storeys above being used as commercial spaces. SW1 consist of six residential buildings and four commercial towers with retail nodes.

South Bank, Queensland precinct of Brisbane

South Bank is a cultural, social, educational and recreational precinct in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The precinct is located in the suburb of South Brisbane, on the southern bank of the Brisbane River.

Brisbane River river in Australia

The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823. The penal colony of Moreton Bay later adopted the same name, eventually becoming the present city of Brisbane.

Queensland North-east state of Australia

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

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Design

Landscape architects Gamble McKinnon Green designed the ground floor atmosphere to resemble the surroundings of a rainforest oasis. Fern trees have been planted along the pedestrian pathways and green vines climbs the wall of the A1. According to the architects, the ground plane is crucial as it has to attract people to walk through the space. A long pedestrian spine divides the buildings and allows the sun to penetrate at the urban square which is also along the thoroughfare. The pedestrian spine aims to connect the sense of open space in between the buildings and so that the surrounding buildings will not give a sense like the block is a block by itself but rather an open space block.

Sustainability

Like other buildings located at the SW1, the A1 is given a 5stars rating for its energy efficiency under the Australian Building Greenhouse Rating (ABGR) scheme. The precast concrete sunblades and extended eaves reduce solar access that penetrates through the window. Rainwater collected from the roof will be recycled for toilet flushing and irrigation.

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