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Medland Metropolis Melbourne were recently a key member of the project team on the award winning  Tryptich Residential Tower Melbourne VIC, winner of the Best Residential Development at the 2012 National Property Council of Australia/Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation & Excellence Award.

Triptych was a project that challenged all conventional building services boundaries and the engineering mindset, redefining the art of living. Medland Metropolis was engaged by the client knowing that within the engineering intellect lay the passion and a vision for excellence to deliver flexible building services.

The challenge set by the client required the building services to be flexible in design to allow for changes to the building apartment footprint. This was met in the design of a services spine. The ‘spine’ is essentially a vertical services chamber that runs right through the building from top to bottom. There are a series of these throughout the tower that provide the services to each apartment. With the advent of the joinery ‘spine’, we are able to consolidate mechanical, waste, ventilation ducts, exhaust and return air within these chambers. This means that floor plans can be very flexible, apartments are quiet, exhaust is expelled vertically, and ceiling heights are not compromised by bulkheads.

From imagination to documented reality, Medland Metropolis have pioneered a design philosophy that is the services spine, a flexible approach to services for apartment buildings.