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South Melbourne site to be developed at last

Life has been breathed into a long neglected Southbank development site with Hampton East-based BPM on the verge of proceeding with a reworked development scheme located at 105 Clarendon Street, Melbourne.

Designated Shadow Play, the tower sitting on a 1260m² site will feature 52 levels of apartment living above a 9 level podium; both of which will carry a subtle rippling facade to which the project’s name references.

Designed by Elenberg Fraser and with internals by Hecker Guthrie, Shadow Play is expected to hold 546 apartments within the tower. While a restaurant may be the ground level drawcard, Shadow Play’s top floor will host an entire resident amenities level.

Standing tall on the corner of City Rd & Clarendon St, Shadow Play will form a landmark gateway to South Melbourne and CBD. Constantly morphing and changing as the viewer moves around the building, the sculptural form creates a beautiful ephemeral experience. Undulations in the façade give the illusion of movement across the building skin whilst also practically working to maximise views out across Melbourne.

The podium design is activated through residential apartments to the Clarendon St and City Rd corner. A layered and semi-transparent articulated mesh is stretched across the main corner of the building which is designed to provide privacy to the apartments and allows for a highly effective natural ventilated car park to Haig Lane and City Rd.

Shadow Play will replace the approved scheme onsite also devised by Elenberg Fraser. Approved during September 2011, the tower consisted of a 42 level, 133m high residential complex with three ground floor retail tenancies and above ground parking through the podium.

Shadow Play represents a sizeable leap in project scale for BPM, with low and mid-rise residential projects their forte to date.

Shadow Play’s project briefing suggests the tower is aiming at a 2018 completion date.

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