Melbourne Living Tower
A 90 story tower adjacent to the Queens Market in Melbourne envisions 30, 3 story laminated timber communities within a steel and concrete 'honeycomb' mega frame with minimal perimeter columns. Skip stop elevators and common amenities, such as gardens, play spaces and dog runs support living. A 2 meter flexible perimeter zone buffers the interior and allows for ventilation, light control, and a greater v temperature range to reduce total energy consumption and improving connections with the outdoors. The podium is carved to create townhouse typologies, while parking is decanted below surrounding streets in a new car-free zone between the site, market and new urban park.