架构师提供的文本描述。这座17层的公寓楼位于圣基尔达交叉口的突出位置，这是一个繁忙的十字路口，供汽车、卡车、公共汽车、自行车和有轨电车使用。在建筑形式-中高层建筑、街道标志和广告牌-的夹缝中，人们最好把它描述为一个“开车穿过”的区域，这是通往圣基尔达(St Kilda)、露娜公园(露娜Park)和墨尔本海湾边郊区等热门旅游景点的门户。(鼓掌)

Text description provided by the architects. This 17-storey apartment building is located in a prominent position at St Kilda Junction, a busy intersection used by cars, trucks, buses, cyclists and trams. Skirted by an eclectic mix of built forms - medium and high-rise buildings, street signs and billboards - the site is best described as an area to “drive through”, a gateway to the popular tourism attractions of St Kilda, Luna Park and Melbourne’s bayside suburbs.

© Michael Gazzola

迈克尔·加佐拉

虽然“图标”的正式构图让人想起一个孩子第一次玩积木，但事实上，它是一个高度考虑的不规则堆叠盒子的组合。在这种高度城市化的背景下，不同高度的盒子提供了建筑与周围建筑背景之间的抽象联系。

While the formal composition of The Icon recalls a child playing with building blocks for the first time, it is in fact a highly considered assemblage of irregularly stacked boxes. The varied heights of the boxes provide an abstract connection between the building and its surrounding built context within this highly urbanised setting.

west elevation

西立面图

在较低层，这些楼宇会直接与邻近楼宇的高度接驳。堆叠效应与南面隆起的错乱建筑形式相呼应，为未来建筑形式的响应提供了基准参考点。

On the lower levels, the blocks are arranged to engage directly with the heights of neighbouring buildings. The stacking effect resonates with the rising hillside of jumbled built forms directly to the south, providing datum points of reference from which future built forms can respond.

© John Gollings

约翰·戈林斯

由JCB和艺术家马修·约翰逊(MatthewJohnson)合作的扩大网面由40种不同的颜色组成。作为一个“活生生的皮肤”，外观创造了一个移动的活力，当激活的人，而它的半透明面纱揭示了建筑的信封和居住空间后面。当太阳在天空中移动时，每一块金属都会稍微改变颜色，赋予建筑一种有趣的品质。晚上，门面网眼闪闪发光，在夜空中创造了一种迷人的建筑形式。

The expanded mesh façade, a collaboration between JCB and artist Matthew Johnson, comprises 40 different colours. Conceived as a “living skin”, the façade creates a moving dynamic when activated by the occupants while its translucent veil reveals the building envelope and living spaces behind. As the sun moves over the sky, each piece of metal changes color slightly, imbuing the building with a playful quality. At night the façade mesh glows, creating an engaging architectural form in the night skyline.

south elevation