This document discusses student housing development projects in Victoria. It covers town planning contexts, section 173 agreements requiring student occupancy, and feasibility considerations regarding location and transport access. It also examines internal and communal space design aspects like natural light, ventilation, kitchen/bathroom layouts, and multiple furniture settings for social groups. Finally, it discusses architectural approaches to placemaking and contributing positively to the public realm.

1. Project / Location
STUDENT HOUSING
THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY MODEL

3. development process
Seasons Apartments, Carlton
–– Parrallels apartment development
with sales of individual apartments
to investors and parents

4. Town planning context in victoria
–– Location - some councils
have identified precincts
–– Section 173 agreement on
use usually required
–– Normal built form parameters
–– Carparking at zero to 0.2
Pelham Precinct

5. SECTION 173 AGREEMENT ON USE
–– Prescribes student occupancy only
–– Approved management plan – On
site management or lead tenant
–– On site communal facilities
Universe, Carlton

6. Feasibility considerations
–– Town planning parameters
–– Location: transport
+ offsite amenity
–– Design + ESD
Eastern Place, Hawthorn

7. design / Internal Amenity
John Street, Box Hill
–– Good natural light ventilation
–– Quality of outlook
–– Windows shaded
–– Balconies

8. design / Internal Amenity
John Street, Box Hill Holmesglen TAFE – Student Housing

9. design / Internal Amenity
Canada Hotel, CarltonJohn Street, Box Hill
–– Compact kitchen and bathroom
–– Proven ergonomics
–– Shared laundry

10. design / Internal Amenity
Universe

11. design / Internal Amenity
John Street, Box Hill

12. design / Internal Amenity
John Street, Box Hill
–– Integrated joinery ‘designed in’

13. The Quad, Hawthorn
design / Communal and Common Spaces

14. design / Communal and Common Spaces
Universe, Carlton
–– Multiple furniture settings for
different social groups

15. design / Communal and Common Spaces
Canada Hotel, Carlton

16. design / Communal and Common Spaces
Canada Hotel, Carlton

17. design / Communal and Common Spaces
Canada Hotel, Carlton

18. design / Communal and Common Spaces
Barry Street, Carlton

19. design / Communal and Common Spaces
Eastern Place, Hawthorn

20. design / Communal and Common Spaces
Eastern Place, Hawthorn

21. design / Communal and Common Spaces
John Street, Box Hill

22. design / Communal and Common Spaces
The Quad, Hawthorn

23. design / Communal and Common Spaces
The Quad, Hawthorn
–– Context may demand
high quality landscape

24. design / Communal and Common Spaces
The Quad, Hawthorn

25. design / Communal and Common Spaces
Holmesglen TAFE – Student Housing

26. design / Communal and Common Spaces
The Quad, Hawthorn Canada Hotel, Carlton John Street, Box Hill

27. design / Communal and Common Spaces
Eastern Place, Hawthorn

28. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Retail Tenancy. Seasons Apartments, Carlton
–– Interactive uses at street level

29. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Seasons Apartments, Carlton

30. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Universe, Carlton
–– Pedestrian level architectural detail

31. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Canada Hotel, Carlton
–– Strong architectural geometry
creates building identity
AIA Victorian
Architecture Awards
Best Overend Award for
Residential Architecture,
Multiple Housing
AIA Victorian
Architecture Awards
Melbourne Prize

32. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Canada Hotel, Carlton

33. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Canada Hotel, Carlton
–– Relationship to public open space

34. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Canada Hotel, Carlton

35. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
John Street, Box Hill

36. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
John Street, Box Hill

37. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
John Street, Box Hill
–– Positive architectural contribution
to the public realm
AIA National
Architecture Award
Multi-Residential
Architecture
AIA Victorian
Architecture Award
Multi-Residential
Architecture

38. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
John Street, Box Hill

39. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Eastern Place, Hawthorn
–– Laneway activation
–– Passive surveillance
Canada Hotel, Carlton

40. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Eastern Place, Hawthorn

41. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Global House, Carlton Vista 8, North Melbourne
–– Laneway activation and
urban transformation

42. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
The Quad, Hawthorn
–– Responses to landscape setting

43. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Barry Street, Carlton

44. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Holmesglen TAFE – Student Housing
–– Expression of sun shading a
key architectural technique

45. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Serrata, Docklands – Townhouse Entry via Laneway
Bourke Street

46. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Serrata, Docklands – Public Playground
Bourke Street

47. ARCHITECTURE, pLACE MAKING + the public realm
Serrata, Docklands – Import Lane Apartment Entry
Bourke Street

48. esd
Serrata, Docklands Vale Street, North Melbourne
–– Sustainability initiatives
active and passive

49. floor area
Sydney Hilton Hotel (JPW)
29 sqm
–– Compact size does not
equate to low quality

50. 24 sqm
Cairo (Best Overend 1936)
floor area / High design standards give lasting quality