ASHMORE PRECINCT DESIGN EXCELLENCE COMPETITION

Being a good neighbour in a dense urban environment is in part about the response to the physical and spatial environment. Equally, being a good neighbour is about the environmentally sustainable approach to building and use of limited resources. The scheme boasts an envelope shaped by equitable access to sunlight for neighbours, and residents, coupled with thin building sections that ensure more views out to streets and greater access to daylight amenity. Additional breaks in the long street walls create more corners, more opportunities for natural cross ventilation, and greater air flow through the block. Finer grain buildings with positive separations allow views through and into the courtyards whilst setting up a rhythm along the streetscape. Use of nuanced variation within the over-arching consistency of the envelope to respond directly to neighbouring street walls, provide differentiation and modulation within cohesive street corridors. A robust and adaptive modular approach allows variation and inflection responding to context, orientation, and environment The majority of apartments have their own entry vestibule that increases the usable floor area of each residence, provides practical useful space and allows for natural cross ventilation whilst maintaining privacy and security. Communal facilities are arranged in a layered manner to provide easy access from multiple locations and connections to broader network of public domain. A series of complementary spaces are organised throughout the proposal, designed to be enjoyed at different times of the day and year. Places of interpretation, regeneration and repair of Country. Stepping ground plane serves to establish distinct moments of pause in the communal landscape spaces.