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July 4, 2007
A hole in the ground in Gouger Street near the Central Market, which has stood empty for 25 years---ie., since the boom of the 1980s--is currently having remedial site work. A new building is going to be built. What sort? Another faceless anonymous office block in a decayed modernist style? Or something postmodern?
Gary Sauer-Thompson, apartments, Adelaide, 2007
Or will it be something innovative and visually interesting that promises a regional urban architecture? Or a cutting edge sustainable building in terms of water and energy use?
Development is now happening in Adelaide. Does that mean there will there be some public art introduced into Gouger Street as there is all around Brisbane?
The building currently being constructed in the south east corner of Victoria Square as a green star rating, so it is designed to be energy efficient and reduce CO2 emissions. It is heralded as beginning the move to pull the centre of gravity back up from the Torrens to Victoria Square, which is the natural heart of the city. The Square has been so carved up by east west north south traffic that it is unlikely a building will activate the centre and have it thronging with people. The traffic has to go to achieve that.
Meanwhile Adelaide has a empty heart.
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Sorry Gary
I looked at the rendering yesterday. It is a large glass rectangle, completely out of character for the area. We are doing the environmental work for the initial stages, so got a private viewing. The Greek Developer, Kambitsis is the guilty party.