SORA Rooftop

SORA is an immersive & adaptive structure with an operable skin. A façade and roof that changes with the weather, the season, & the needs of its occupants. SORA breathes, feeds, shelters & sings.

The State Heritage Pirie House entrance set the tone of our architectural response. Positioned on levels 9 and 10, rather than offering panoramas, the views from the roof were interesting pocketed views of hills and city between buildings and down laneways. With a Northern aspect, we know rooftops get hot. Our response was a lightweight structure with an operable skin, one that could retract and breathe with the weather. Framed views through stretched parabolic arches – a tip of the hat to Pirie House below, albeit with a very different language.

Materials were chosen to compliment the culinary direction, the process, the fire, the rooftop environment and the ambition and scale sought by our brave clients. The specific menu adapts and changes with the seasons, as does the built environment.