A sawtooth roof that references the close by South Melbourne Market tops Ferrars & York, an condo block in Australia designed by native studio Six Levels Architects.
Six Levels Architects labored with property developer Hip V Hype to create the block of twenty-two residences, which occupies a difficult, slim web site alongside a tram observe in Melbourne.
Whereas echoing the roof of the historic South Melbourne Market close by, its design additionally references the twin nature of its residential and industrial environment with a combined materials palette of boardmarked concrete, timber and steel.
“The undertaking got down to be an exemplar of the potential for accountable use of under-utilised land in our cities,” Hip V Hype founder Liam Wallis informed Dezeen.
“Using concrete and metal is a nod to the economic, whereas the timber, tiles and stained glass present an intimacy, heat, and craft extra related to low-rise residential,” added Six Levels Architects director James Legge.
Profiting from the slim web site, Ferrars & York is one condo broad, permitting every dwelling to be dual-aspect and profit from exterior walkways in black steelwork overlooking the road.
“Residences had been single loaded with an open walkway to the road, connecting the constructing to position while enabling pure gentle and air flow to twin frontages of all residences,” defined Wallis.
“Open walkways not solely present the opportunity of twin facet residences, main to raised gentle and air flow, in addition they present the chance for incidental interplay of neighbours in an surroundings aside from the standard blind, double loaded, hall,” added Legge.
To the west, Ferrars & York’s street-facing elevation is enlivened by a wide range of openings and shaded overhangs. A number of entrances lead into the block, in addition to a motorcycle retailer, automotive park and a single retail unit.
“Moderately than a clean glazed or concrete facade, the road wall is skilled by passersby as an energetic neighborhood, with a materiality and textures that counsel dwelling,” mentioned Legge.
Going through the tram tracks, the block’s shortest sides are extra enclosed, with concrete facades completed with panels of darkish inexperienced timber.
Within the communal areas and residences, the inexperienced of the timber parts is picked up by small areas of glazed tilework, wood doorways and window frames to convey heat into residing areas.
On the highest flooring, the type of Ferrars & York’s sawtooth roof has been used so as to add extra top to the residences.
On the southern finish of the constructing, a rooftop terrace options planting and an space for outside cooking.
Ferrars & York has been longlisted within the housing undertaking class of Dezeen Awards 2023.
Elsewhere in Melbourne, Australian structure studio Carr not too long ago accomplished a gridded concrete condo block and Kennedy Nolan created the Nightingale housing block that’s outlined by ochre-tinted types.
The pictures is by Tess Kelly.
