1 Park Lane is set to become Australia’s tallest tower and the gateway to the new CBD of the Gold Coast. The proposed $400 million “vertical neighbourhood” at Southport will comprise two slim super towers; a 100-storey apartment building and a 60-storey office building.

Located on a vacant 1,245sqm site at 1 and 6 Park Lane, the proposed development will deliver 197 apartments and 12,693sqm of office space to accommodate 500 workers. The sky-bridge connecting the towers is set to feature a restaurant, function space and bar.

The twin tower and sky bridge concept presented a wonderful opportunity to consolidate services in a mid-level plant room on the commercial building and use the sky bridge to transfer water and power across to the residential tower. This approach allowed us to diversify peak loads, reduce the overall plant sizes and rationalise the vertical service corridors resulting in an optimised floor plate for the residential apartment layouts as well as full flexibility of the commercial tenant floors.

ADP Consulting is delivering building services engineering, plant location and services reticulation strategy, vertical transportation analysis and core optimisation to facilitate optimal floor plate efficiency. Our team is also providing acoustics and sustainability design, which is an essential element of the project.

The development will feature a photoelectric solar cell wall on its western-facing side, harnessing renewable energy to provide for reuse within the apartment building.