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Light House Apartments
Iridescent twisted kaleidoscope
The highly anticipated Light House Apartments in Melbourne, Australia with 69 levels features an undulating exterior façade utilizing a custom ALUCOBOND® PLUS Spectra Violet. The iridescent façade changes colors in various shades of purple to create a truly unique high-rise. The architects at Elenberg Fraser describe their design as, “…a twisting helix that seems to defy the laws of physics. Appearing to turn on its trajectory, the building has no corners.”
The architects further describe, “This three-dimensional kaleidoscope not only twists and undulates on its axis but its façade is a moving object. The effect of constant motion is amplified by the iridescent contrasts of the goniochromism ALUCOBOND® panels (which change color depending on your perspective)…” When viewing the high-rise from various angles, above, below, from the North, from the South the building looks as if shades of purple were chosen when in fact it utilizes a single panel finish. The result is as Elenberg Frasier quotes “a three-dimensional kaleidoscope.” We often see innovative designs utilized in the mixed-use residential marketplace but these building are not only aesthetically pleasing, the best designs utilize a mixture of form and function. The Light House Central Building District (CBD) apartments were created with their residents in mind to optimize natural daylight, privacy and cityscape views. Interestingly, the interior of the high-rise features a series of contrasting neutral tones with naturally influenced materials. The architects describe, “Here apartments are as unique as their owners, as every room accentuates a different view out over the Melbourne landscape.”
Project: Light House Apartments, Melbourne, Australia
Architect: Elenberg Fraser
Product: ALUCOBOND® PLUS Custom spectra Violet
Photos: Hengyi, Light House Melbourne CBD Facebook, Architectural Renderings
