Tooronga Village

27.07.2011

Tooronga Village forms the heart of the Glen Iris community. It sets a new precedent in integrated design, bringing liveability and iconic architecture together in one vision. The design combines shops, secure parking, cafés and restaurants opening out onto vibrant plazas and gardens. Overlooking these are the striking apartment towers which provide uninterrupted city views and sunny northerly aspects. “Our vision was to create a highly liveable development that generates a sense of community, a place where people can connect with each other, their home life, their neighbours and their surrounds.

The architectural expression of Tooronga Village is governed by two archetypal elements; podium and tower.  Each is informed by program, site and boundary conditions. The podium is a lifted, folding ground plane that recalls tectonic plates. It is set into the hillside and held up by dynamic sculptural web of tree like columns.  The main entrance corner is raised, rippling out while lifting and folding as a terrain throughout the rest of the structure. Users are able to access the development at multiple levels of ‘ground floor’ entry, continually challenging the notion of what lies above and below. The roof of the podium becomes a ground plane for the towers, restaurants, plazas and gardens. The two apartment towers above form a more backdrop to the public spaces below. The facades are a collection of snapshots of the city skyline they face. Rectilinear forms and frames break down the building faces into a collection of scaled elements rising out of this new urban-suburban village.

  

 

The Carlyle, Crimea St

26.07.2011
The Carlyle is a three storey residential development located on the corner of Crimea and Reden streets, St Kilda.

The building provides ground floor car parking and apartments, with levels 1 and 2 made up of one and two bedroom apartments. There are 16 apartments in total.    

  

Regent St

23.07.2011
The proposed development on Regent St is a 6 storey apartment building with a 4 storey street wall and one additional storey set back from the street. Ground Pedestrian entry is slightly elevated in concrete finish which creates a differentiation to the surrounding buildings. Above is a mix of one and two bedroom apartments varying between 42m and 70m2.

Prahran is characterised by its eclectic mix of low rise and high rise buildings, both new and old. The area is anchored around the retail and restaurants of Chapel street with the existing workshops and warehouses in the adjacent streets being increasingly converted into residential development.

The design has overcome the challenge of creating an appropriate and contemporary building that references and complements the post industrial warehouse qualities of the existing neighbours.

The proposed development is a reference to the brick character that dominates the local streetscape in two scales. At a micro scale there will be a brick skin not common to contemporary designs, bridging the new developments in the area to the old. At a macro scale, these sections of tile go from being the brick to the mortar in a pattern that provides definition to all three facades. This pattern deconstructs the street wall providing a unique contribution to the local built environment.

  

Elan – 59 Darling Street, South Yarra

16.07.2011
Elan is a high-end apartment development on Darling Street, South Yarra featuring 8 dwellings.It ia a sensitive yet contemporary contribution to its local where some of Melbourne’s most iconic, early apartment buildings are situated.

The design provides Darling Street with a new dynamic addition to the streetscape, maximizing views the building divides into two visually separate vertical forms. Each responds to its respective neighbours scale, setbacks and materiality.Visually separate from the main body of the building, the ‘capitol’ is a two-level component wrapping over the top of the development. It is highlighted through the use of copper cladding, reflecting both the roof forms and colour of the historic precinct.

The design not only provides a positive contribution to apartment living in Melbourne, but also  engages in a contemporary manner with a historically and culturally sensitive site.

The Marina Avenues, NewQuay

8.07.2011
The Marina Avenues at NewQuay are a synthesis of elegance and contemporary design, inspired by Melbourne’s rich architectural history and Victoria Harbour’s industrial past.Uniquely sited in one of Melbourne’s last true water front developments, the Avenues at NewQuay captures uninterrupted vistas to Victoria Harbour and surrounding parklands.

The Avenues represent a new level of luxury for Melbourne’s rejuvenated Docklands, with 3 storey townhouses perched upon a reconstituted wharf. Each townhouse has its own distinctive design, featuring a lap pool, four car garage, wine cellar, home theatre, home office, elevators and three or four bedrooms as well as large entertaining terraces.

The precinct is a peaceful haven where residents can enjoy parks and marinas at their doorstep – all this while only being minutes away from Melbourne’s CBD.

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