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Gran Central
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year

2018

location

Granville

client

Starryland Australia

status

In Construction

first nation

Eora Nation

A 373 apartment mixed-use development with over 30,888 m2 of GFA across two 25 storey towers. The project will include retail with cafes, restaurants and shops on the ground level and residents’ communal gardens with BBQ facilities and communal room on the podium.

Drawing from a 5-pod concept breaking down the built form with a series of heavily recessed and articulated protrusions, this promotes additional corner apartments and allows for increased solar amenity to proposed occupants.

The podium building form is rectilinear with brick materiality to connect to the existing street grid and emphasize the existing building materiality. Podium level rooftop incorporates communal green gardens and open space for the residential apartments.
Fluid and sculptural quality
The residential buildings rise above the podium in contrast with a refined, fluid and sculptural quality creating a dramatic and appealing built form.

The new plaza creates a place for retail, entertainment, cultural and community activities to occur on a regular basis throughout the week and weekend creating a new highly sought-after gathering space for the community.

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