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

    Trinity Apartments

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    Overview

    Excellent example of a perimeter block development.

    Project Summary

    Project Summary

    ​​​​​​​​​​​​Trinity Apartments is an L-shaped apartment building providing a mix of apartment sizes. The configuration of the building has been designed to address the two road boundaries of the site. The apartments overlook an internal west-facing landscaped courtyard and have been designed to maximise natural ventilation and lighting.

    The development sits on the corner of Parnell Road and Birdwood Crescent. Birdwood Crescent is a quiet street that contains mostly older detached houses, while Parnell Road is a busy, city-fringe street with residential and commercial properties. The site is opposite the Holy Trinity Cathedral and the site marks the start of the Parnell Village retail strip.

    The site slopes down from Parnell Road towards the west and neighbouring detached houses, over which there are views to the Auckland Domain and the Auckland War Memorial Museum. The 32 apartments are arranged over six floors (there are five floors visible from the street), which comprise a mix of spacious one, two and three-bedroom apartments.

    The building has been considerately massed to provide a compatible scale to the street and residential neighbours. Striking vertical glass fins and recessed balconies are a feature of the building frontages. The use of stone panels at the end walls provides a sense of solidity and permanence in the urban landscape.

     

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