From site to street
How planning controls and a close reading of context shape a city block, from basic site information to street life.
Good density starts with the site, not the building. This study begins with what is fixed: the subject site, its primary and secondary roads, the neighbouring park and the laneway between them.
Planning controls such as road and lane setbacks then define what can be built, before public space, pedestrian links and heritage are protected. Only then does the building take shape, through mass, graduation, articulation, facade and climate response. The result is a block that gives back to its street, with cafés on the corner, an active frontage and a green heart.
01
Basic site info
The site, the park, the laneway and the roads.
02
Linking the park
A cross-block connection to the park.
03
Site access
How people and vehicles enter the site.
04
Developable site
Road and lane setbacks define the buildable area.
05
Providing public space
A green heart and an arrival experience.
06
Pedestrian connection
A through-link that brings heritage into view.
07
Developable area
The footprint shaped by controls and context.
08
Building mass
The first volume on the site.
09
Massing graduation
Heights stepped to their neighbours.
10
Massing articulation
Volumes broken down to a human scale.
11
Facade treatment
Depth, balconies and rhythm.
12
Climate responsive
Shading and screening for the subtropics.
13
Street activation
Cafés, frontages and planting that bring the street to life.
