Weston Williamson successfully delivered this high quality mixed-use housing development on a prominent but tight island site on Jamaica Road. Commercial use occupies the ground floor level with 37 residential units above. The brief from our client was to design a building that is contemporary and appropriate to the local context. We have achieved this with a form that wraps around the sides of the triangular site, maintaining and continuing existing building lines and positively defining street edges.
A central landscaped court is protected from the noise of the road. The outer façade comprises bands of brickwork, glazing and fixed panels. In contrast the inner façade defines a more contained space with perforated vertical fins, that allow sunlight to filter in and views of the space outside. The project was completed in 2010. Much of our work results from repeat business and we were later commissioned by the same client for a mixed use development in Weston Street.
Awards: International Property Awards 2013, Mixed Use Architecture Winner.