SEPP 65 - Apartment Design Guide

03 I Siting3G Pedestrian access and entriesGood pedestrian access delivers high quality, equitable,safe and pleasant walking environments along the street,into the development and to individual apartments.Pedestrian access and entries must be priorities overvehicle access.Building entries provide a connection with the publicspace and an address for a building or group of buildings.The design of building entries and their integrationwith the building and landscape design contributesto the identity of the building and the character of thestreetscape. Building entries may lead into a commonentry or directly into the private space of an apartment.Figure 3G.2 Breaks between buildings, colour and landscaping can becombined to help identify building entriesFigure 3G.1 Successful building entries define public and private space,are clearly identifiable and activate the streetFigure 3G.3 The use of colour of this building entry contrasts with thefacade and surrounding landscape setting66 DRAFT | Apartment Design Guide I September 2014