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Apartment Building Design Whare Whaitua Noho

1. Introduction 2. Site Design 3. Placing the Building 4. Street to Front Door 5. Outdoor Spaces 6. Accommodating Cars 7. The Building
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Site ecology and habitats
  • 2.3 Design for the topography
  • 2.4 Built environment
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Building placement
  • 3.3 Building separation and outlook
  • 3.4 Designing for privacy
  • 3.5 Designing for light and sun
  • 3.6 Site access
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Relating the Building to the Street
  • 4.3 Boundary treatments
  • 4.4 Safety, activity and overlooking
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Communal outdoor spaces
  • 5.3 Balconies & private outdoor spaces
  • 5.4 Service areas
  • 5.5 Landscape design and biodiversity
  • 5.6 Stormwater management
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Vehicle access
  • 6.3 Car Parking
  • 6.4 Surface Parking
  • 6.5 Alternative parking solutions
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Apartment building types
    • 7.2.1 Apartment building types: Basic forms
    • 7.2.2 Apartment building types: Building access arrangement
    • 7.2.3 Individual apartment types
  • 7.3 Principal components controlling building form
    • 7.3.1 Building height and massing
    • 7.3.2 Building depth
    • 7.3.3 Building setbacks (yards)
  • 7.4 Primary building elements
    • 7.4.1 Building entrance
    • 7.4.2 Building façade
    • 7.4.3 Integrated facades
  • 7.5 Universal design and Lifemark Standards - accessible and adaptable apartments
  • 7.6 Apartment layout
    • 7.6.1 Apartment mix and designing for families
    • 7.6.2 Apartment space
    • 7.6.3 Storage and utility space
  • 7.7 Sustainable design
    • 7.7.1 Energy efficiency - fixtures and fittings
    • 7.7.2 Energy efficiency - home management
    • 7.7.3 Energy efficiency - Space heating, cooling and the use of solar energy
    • 7.7.4 Energy efficiency - the building 'envelope'
    • 7.7.5 Material Selection
    • 7.7.6 Water conservation

Case Studies

  • 3333 Main, Vancouver
  • 3333 Main, Vancouver
  • AUDP The Issac
  • AUDP The Issac
  • Berenger Apartments, Portland
  • Berenger Apartments, Portland
  • Camperdown Sydney (Common Ground)
  • Camperdown Sydney (Common Ground)
  • Capers Building
  • Capers Building
  • Chapel Street, St Kilda, Melbourne
  • Chapel Street, St Kilda, Melbourne
  • Chews Lane
  • Chews Lane
  • Collection 45, Vancouver
  • Collection 45, Vancouver
  • Cross Roads, Vancouver
  • Cross Roads, Vancouver
  • Drake Street
  • Drake Street
  • Enso
  • Enso
  • Ladies Mile
  • Ladies Mile
  • New Water, Vancouver
  • New Water, Vancouver
  • North Main Village
  • North Main Village
  • On Que
  • On Que
  • Peirmont and Monument Apartments
  • Peirmont and Monument Apartments
  • Redfern East, Sydney
  • Redfern East, Sydney
  • The Isaac, Grey Lynn, Auckland
  • The Isaac, Grey Lynn, Auckland
  • The Ockham
  • The Ockham
  • Trinity Apartments
  • Trinity Apartments
  • Tupelo Alley, Portland
  • Tupelo Alley, Portland
  • Zavos Corner
  • Zavos Corner

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    Overview

    ENSO is a mixed use development located within the Pearl District (1400 NW Marshall Street) on the edge of Portland’s CBD. It has retail facing the main street frontages with five floors of apartments above (170 residential units in total).

    Project Summary

    Project Summary
    ​​ENSO occupies three-quarters of a city block, bounded by NW Marshall Street, NW 14 and 15 Ave and NW Lovejoy Street. The remainder of the city block is occupied by a heritage building, currently used as a commercial bank. The surrounding area consists primarily of other residential apartment blocks.

    The development sits within easy walking distance of central Portland and is only 30m from the NW 13th & Lovejoy Tram stop, which provides access to the wider Portland Light Rail Service.

    The residential units are arranged in a back-to-back (double-loaded) arrangement accessed from a central corridor. The lack of natural light access into the central corridor and the limited number of windows in many of the corner studio units are negative aspects of the development and should not be encouraged.

    The development includes studio units (59m2), one bedroom units (71m2) and two bedroom units (101m2). The outward facing units have views over the street, while the inwards facing units have views onto a first floor internal courtyard (above the retail and car parking elements), which also provides outdoor space for the occupiers of the residential units. Given the building does occupy most of the full city block, a number of the inward facing units also have street views.

    The development takes full advantage of its location to a high level of services, with a walk score of 97.

    Parking for residents is provided in a basement and ground floor garage accessed via a single access point off NW 14 Ave.
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