SOM unveils design for luxury waterfront development on Australian pier
International architecture studio SOM is set to transform a historic pier in Geelong, Victoria, into a waterfront destination culminating in a rounded high-rise.
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SOM recently won the competition to design the 10,000-square-metre development for developers Gurner Group and Costa Property Group, which will add public space, apartments, a 200-room hotel, shops and restaurants over the water at Corio Bay.
The project will involve transforming and extending the existing Cunningham Pier, which was originally built in 1855 to give railway access to docking ships. It underwent major refurbishment in 1929, and now acts as a stretch of car parking spaces culminating in a restaurant and event space.
Envisioned as a pedestrianised waterfront destination, visitors will enter SOM's revamped pier through a public square with water features.
A 34-storey building will rise at the end of the pier, which will surpass the 21-storey Miramar apartment tower to become Geelong's tallest building.
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