The development is located within the dense urban centre of Hurstville, an area undergoing rapid transformation as a major sub-centre in the Sydney metropolitan area. The challenge of the site was to design a predominantly residential building which retained a strong commercial street presence and to address a local demand for large apartments which is not being met by other developments in the area.

Outcome

• 74 apartments and five shops
• large family style units with up to four bedrooms
• a genuine alternative to single dwelling houses
• utilises off-the-form precast and pre-coloured concrete
• zinc and recycled ironbark for a natural low maintenance finish

Designed as a complementary development to the adjacent Clifton Beach Estate and as an interface between the Estate and the Kewarra Beach Resort, Kewarra Retirement Village combines the features of a luxury resort with the amenity of a well serviced retirement community. A mix of apartments and villas is organised around extensive clubhouse facilities.

Outcome

• Recreational facilities and restaurants around a large freeform swimming pool
• Wellness Centre and Cafe
• Over 250 apartments and villas
• Includes 90 bed Residential Aged Care facility

The aim of this project is to organise a group of single storey villas around a communal space onto which the villa courtyards can open, deploying a configuration that interprets the traditional Balinese compound.

Outcome

• 20 villas suitable for elderly residents
• Integrated within the Kewarra Retirement Village
• Use of water as a key landscape feature
• Designed to be built in three stages
• Stone and timber finishes

Objective

The design brief for APAF was for a new laboratory in existing space in one of the Macquarie University Science Buildings, involving commercial and academic research and compliant with OGTR, requirements for PC2 & PC3 work environments.

Outcome

• Flexibility through modular furniture system, which enables changes in work practices throughout the building’s life cycle
• Complaint with OGTR physical containment requirements

Jones Sonter in association with Room 4.1.3 Landscape Architects were invited to submit a proposal as part of a limited competition to master plan the public environment on a site at Landcom’s Victoria Park development in Zetland.

Outcome

• Utilisation of natural rainwater storage and flow to create the thematic connection for the landscape
• Landscape designed as a series of interconnected ecosystems

To provide a balance of retail and residential uses on a busy corner site with a design that responds to the impact of constrained vehicular access and significant traffic noise.

Outcome

• 6 commercial suites with shop frontage
• Landscaped courtyard providing quiet and secure access for residential users
• 12 X 2-bedroom units oriented for noise mitigation and solar access
• Mass and prominence for the corner address with mediating scale to adjacent residential

The priority of the design approach was to respond to four clearly identifiable contextual aspects arising from the site’s address to two separate streets. One is the context of three storey apartment buildings at the north-east portion of the site. The second is the individual dwelling houses to the south. The third is historic character of the existing sandstone dwelling and garden setting, and the fourth feature is the cliff across the middle of the site.

Outcome

• Design completes and matches the three-storey apartment context to the north
• Compatible relationship with the individual dwelling houses to the south-west
• Retains heritage garden setting to the west address
• Establishes a dialogue of scale with the existing sandstone dwelling

The site is intersected by a major creek system with significant riparian corridors. The objective was to utilise these corridors to enhance the village environment and provide outlook for residents.

Outcome

• A mix of 88 pavilion and villa homes with 132 apartments all with unique tropical design features
• Community facilities and outdoor recreation areas
• Energy efficient design promoting an outdoor lifestyle and ecological awareness
• Overall village broken into discrete hamlets connected by pedestrian paths and walkways

The Client required design rationalisation of a heritage listed 1907 federation style house on a Sydney Harbour waterfront site. The aim was to confine extensions to the street side because of the need to retain the waterfront facade. The design strategy for the extension incorporated a Pavilion connected to the original building by a courtyard and narrow gallery.

Outcome

• Minimum intervention to existing building
• Original slate roof and waterfront facade unchanged
• High quality tallowwood joinery throughout
• Reuse of existing sandstone
• A clear definition and separation of existing and new work

Division of Law building refurbishment, linking common faculty buildings with new technology solutions.

Outcome

• Relocation of law resources library and document centre
• Rationalisation of circulation, storage and learning spaces
• New consolidated building entry foyer