Roundhouse Design Guidelines - Victoria

4.4 DA-4 Residential with Retail at Grade
DA-4
Intent:
Building
Form:
This sub-area is intended to accommodate residential
apartments with retail use on the ground floor and underground
parking.
This mixed use residential site will provide a pedestrian-scaled
podium surrounding the tower component. The ground floor
will introduce small-scale retail frontages along the edge of Lime
Bay Mews with a high degree of pedestrian animation.
The tower component will be a slim profile. Above the podium,
the building will terrace back from both the south and north
sides. It is intended that terracing of this mid-section of the
building as it transitions from the podium to the tower may
occur in increments of approximately three floors.
It is intended that two floors at the top of the tower will terrace
back from the south side.
Architectural
Character:
The design of this building will reflect the use of brick, at a
minimum, at the podium level, with large areas of glass in the
upper tower floors.
It is intended that the tower be grounded with a podium
constructed of brick walls and columns, aluminum windows, and
glass or wood doors. This podium will be similar in scale to the
height of the existing Roundhouse building.
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