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PROJECT TYPE CLIENT SITE DATES AWARDS |
Mixed Use Development Private Developer Yagoona, NSW Oct 2006 - Sept 2009 COMMENDED NSW Arch. Awards |
This is an exemplar development through its plan. The simple exterior walls made of precast concrete enable a lesson in architectural composition and simplicity; with inboard balconies and a simple rectangular form, the building is able to economically redress the now familiar poor planning in buildings of a similar type and economic |
constraint. The plan provides a clear strategy disciplined around the necessary sourcing of light and privacy to each room but enabling sound amenity despite the simple plan and the lack of surface area in facades. The facades take the disciplined approach of one highlight colour and one understating colour to offer a presence to the street that is |
at once contextual and new. This project rationalises the constraints in which it is working and achieves its strength through those constraints to offer a simple, though not obvious, lesson about the economy and richness of form in a plan. Jury Citation: Multiple Housing |