Duncan Street Master Plan
KIRK and ML Design won a limited design competition held by Tower Holdings, for the redevelopment of a three-hectare light industrial site on the Brisbane River in West End for medium density residential accommodation.
Location
West End, Brisbane
Client
Tower Holdings
Status
Design Competition
Gross Floor Area
3 hectares (site)
Context & Concept
The site is the largest land holding in the West End Riverside South Precinct, constituting a significant component of the current redevelopment of this part of Brisbane. The site is articulated by the proposed new road resumptions which created two parcels of land. To link the sites, a significant landscape space is used to visually connect the separated parcels. These landscape spaces contain large water features or lagoons, which are idealized memories of the River-line Rainforest that once occupied this area.
The design concept challenges conventional development models, with the buildings running perpendicular to the river to achieve improved solar orientation, increase river views and provide less building mass to the river edge. Between the buildings, substantial riverside landscaping forms the linear parks which offer improved amenity and river views for accommodation towards the rear portion of the deep site.
| Kirk in venture with | ML Design |
