Common Ground

Written By Connor Steven

Led by Dr. Timothy Burke


Studio 6 - The Pattern Book

the Islington Renewal Corridor will be the testing-ground for low-and mid-rise patterns designs, seeking to achieve the goals outlines in the DCP, while exploring innovative, create and sensitive approached to housing densification. Currently Islington has an estimated population of 2,298 people living in 1,044 dwellings. Your schemes must provide clear and justified figures on how many additional dwellings and occupants can be provided along the renewal corridor, responding to the site controls while providing a diverse range of housing options

Exterior Renders

Requirements

  • Incorporate a diverse range of medium and low density housing that significantly increases housing supply

  • Include designs from NSW Housing Pattern book and NSW Apartment Design Guide

  • Propose a model of ownership and governance across development lots and housing types

  • Deliver a minimum of 15% of dwellings to be affordable housing

  • Identify and justify which existing building stock should be maintained, protected or adapted.






Dwelling Arrangements

Assessments

  • Project 1 - Research Module

  • Project 2 - Final Design

  • Project 3 - Design Book


Project 1 - Research Module

In collaboration with

Scarlett Mitchell (B.Des Arch)

Aayousha Karki (B.Des Arch)

Jenny Nguyen (B.Des Arch)

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