ParkLife Apartment Building is a high-performing, beautifully designed, community-focused apartment building located in Brunswick, in Melbourne’s inner north. Designed to build community and prioritize social, economic and environmental sustainability, ParkLife has achieved an incredible 9-star energy rating.
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Following on from the internationally recognized, multi-award-winning Terrace House, ParkLife continues to revolutionize high-density urban living. Taking the mantle again as both Architect and Developer, Austin Maynard Architects has finessed the hard lessons learned, to deliver 37 refined, all-electric, fossil fuel-free, super-sustainable homes.
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Set within Australia’s first carbon-neutral residential precinct, ParkLife has a distinctive mountainous roofline and a unique rooftop amphitheater, as well as a variety of social/communal areas, diverse in scale, location and character. Homes comprise of 14 one-bedroom, 19 two-bedroom, 2 three-bedroom and 2 Teilhaus apartments, each designed to extol space, efficiency, functionality and flexibility. Five of the apartments are designated social housing, through Housing Choices Australia.
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In contrast to the big urban moments, there is a domestic scale playfulness on the skyline. Instead of a large open, windswept terrace, ParkLife provides a series of spaces varying in size, function, and character.
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Designed in collaboration with the Landscape Architects Openwork, areas include a productive garden with fruit trees and a real grass lawn for picnics, a covered deck, big enough for large get-togethers (with an electric barbecue) as well as practical facilities including a toilet, laundry and drying area. And then there is the amphitheater, perfect for social gatherings, special events, or simply to sit and watch the sun rise or set in a vast expanse of open sky.
Project Info
Architects: Austin Maynard Architects
Country: Australia, Brunswick
Area: 4210 m²
Year: 2022
Photographs: Tom Ross
Manufacturers Fisher & Paykel, Ambiance Lumiere, Bucalu, Ceramica Vogue, Dulux, Jakob Webnet, Lo&CO, Lysaght, Schindler , Sussex Taps, United Products, Universal Fans, Urban Stone: Fisher & Paykel
Project Team: Andrew Maynard, Mark Austin, Mark Stranan
Developers: Austin Maynard Architects
Structural & Civil Consultant: WSP Consultancy Pte Ltd
Hydraulic Engineers: WSP Consultancy Pte Ltd
Fire Services: WSP Consultancy Pte Ltd
Fire Safety Engineers: WSP Consultancy Pte Ltd
Access Consultants: Access Studio
Building Surveyors: Steve Watson & Partners
Cost Consultants: WT
Builders: Hacer Group
Project Managers: Fontic
Electro-Mechanical Engineers: WSP Consultancy Pte Ltd
Acoustic Engineers: Arup
ESD Consultants: WSP Consultancy Pte Ltd
Traffic Consultants: GTA Consultants
Planning Consultants: Hansen
Landscape Architects: Openwork
