Roundhouse Design Guidelines - Victoria

4.5 DA-5 Residential and Live/Work
DA-5
Intent:
Building
Form:
This sub-area is intended to accommodate residential
apartments with the potential for two-storey, city homes on the
ground floor of the tower component. A live/work component is
intended to be located along the E&N rail line. The ground floor
of the live/work building is intended to contain public-oriented
studios or retail facing the mews and E&N Trail to the north.
The live/work component may be either a free-standing building,
or potentially attached to the tower component and shall have a
curved facade that acknowledges the slight curved alignment of
the adjacent railway line.
The podium of the residential tower component will be either
single floor garden apartments or two floor city homes, with
unit entrances facing Catherine Street. The tower component
will be a slim profile. Above the podium, the building will
terrace. 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 the two top floors may terrace from the south side.
The ground floor of the live/work component is intended to
be artisan studios or commercial/retail uses that are accessible
to the public. At least the lower two floors of the building will
consist of two-storey units. The upper four floors can be either
two-storey or single level units.
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