Worldpark 01 features approximately 33,000 square meters of net lettable area, incorporated with the latest in environmental development and green design. Masterplanned by Woodhead, in collaboration with project engineers Lincolne Scott and Wallbridge and Gilbert, Worldpark 01 features three buildings of approximately 11,000 square meters, each grouped around a large plaza forecourt. This plaza forecourt, designed to be a dominant visual and active feature of the scheme, will house common facilities and meeting spaces. The space will connect all of the site’s activities through a north-south street. The purpose of this design is to create a new community within the complex, which can easily engage with the wider community.
World Park 01 is distinct with some unique features that other business parks commonly lack. The scheme contains an enhanced lifestyle environment encompassing onsite childcare facilities, gymnasium, retail, food and beverage and other support facilities.
Sustainable features are incorporated throughout the design to make it an energy-efficient scheme. Woodhead is targeting five-star Green Star rating. The building is integrated with central plant serving passive chilled beam air conditioning that minimises energy use.
Water neutrality is a focal point of the World Park 01. The design team has developed a water cycle system that generates as much water as it uses. This system is designed to recycle and reuse storm water from both roof and ground surfaces, and uses a black water treatment plant for sewage recycling for re-use for toilet flushing, cooling towers and irrigation. It is claimed to be the first system of its kind in Australia.
The project will also include restoration of the origins of the site through the re-establishment of the Adelaide Plains landscape ecology as an environmental feature of the development. Indigenous plant species will be used wherever possible to provide natural habitats for the region’s original bird and animal species.
Construction is currently underway and the development is expected to be completed in September 2010.
