Confluence

Fronting one of four mainly residential towers, Confluence sits above the subterranean junction of the nineteenth century Stratton Drain that still connects the filled in swamp of Newstead to Moreton Bay and the Coral Sea. Across the street is The Triffid, an enduring, well used music venue. The site is therefore at the junction of a foyer of white leather and marble, a drinking hall with music and the runoff from both to the Bay.

The north column is encircled with high relief of folded, polished stainless steel, connecting form with ornament, graphic with low relief imagery derived from the marine organisms of Moreton Bay and informed by proto geometric Greek pottery as well architectural capitals. Both columns incorporate painted metal skins encasing the façade’s structural elements.