Paragon Apartments - Australia’s First Indoor Urban Forest - 282m2 Private Sky Garden
Location - Paragon Apartments, 318 Queens Street, Melbourne
Client - BEULAH
Architect - Fender Katsalidis
Landscape Architect - John Patrick
Project Builder - Multiplex
Design & Install - Fytogreen Australia
Maintenance - Fytogreen Australia
Completion - November 2020
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Paragon transforms city living with Australia’s first indoor urban forest within a stunning mixed-use building with a 48-level residential tower in Melbourne’s CBD.
Fytogreen designed, constructed and continue to maintain the striking “urban forest”, creating a lush green escape high above Melbourne’s bustling city streets.
Level 5 - Features Fytogreen’s fire compliant green wall systems, roof gardens, water reservoir planters and a striking water feature incorporated into the vertical garden. Fytogreens tree anchors were also utilized to secure the Ficus Benjamina.
Level 6 – Continues with additional FC_FytoFelt green walls, cascading planter boxes and ballastroof garden.
Level 7 – Mirrors level 6 with FC_FytoFelt green walls and cascading planter boxes. In addition it also houses an indoor 2m Ficus Benjonea feature tree inserted into the decking of the spa level.
Roof Garden - 35m2
Fire Compliant Green Walls Across 3 Levels - 75m2
Planter Boxes - trees and cascading species - 34lm
AWARDS
“Award of Excellence” Winner Best Tall Buildings category in the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2023 Awards
Asia Pacific Property Awards: Best Residential High-Rise Development
iProperty Development Excellence Awards: Best International Development
UDIA Awards for Excellence: High Density Development (Shortlisted)
AREA Gamechanger of the Year: (Shortlisted)
LEVELS 5-7 ROOF GARDEN, PLANTER BOXES & FC_FYTOFELT GREEN WALLS
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