A big day for CBA’s 6 star groundscraper

It was a big day for everyone involved, as the CBA’s massive new office building is announced officially open, at Eveleigh Technology Park in Sydney.

The premier noted it’s targeting a six star Green Star rating and 5 star NABERS.

Certainly, the spaces look extravagantly generous. A mass of intricate steel, almost sculptural elements, create the distinct feeling its been carved out of the original industrial spaces. It hasn’t; it’s brand new.

The Foundry, with 55,000sqm over six storeys and massive 8500sqm floor plates, making it a genuine “groundscraper”. At this size of floor plate, you really could feel you’re wandering around a village, which is the original intention of campus design.

Workplace architect Neil Johanson of Davenport Campbell said his studio has worked with CBA from the start to find the best site in Sydney for the more than 5000 workers who will – eventually – inhabit the space.