Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation
Victorian
Previously home to the Fitzroy Nursery for over 40 years, locals have come to know and love this place as a verdant and open-air respite within the tough urban fabric of the high street. The Nursery on Brunswick is a mixed used building with retail, commercial and residential tenancies that all benefit from the red brick, north facing atrium like garden at the centre of site.
Countering more typical yield focused developments in the area, the atrium prioritizes quality of amenity over maximum density, providing light, greenery, garden views and amenity to both tenants and the public realm.
While we are not professional property developers, we brought the same values that we use in our designled business into our collaboration with CCA and Marino Construction; putting the people who live and work in the space at its centre with an emphasis on community.
Fitzroy Nursery has been a beating heart of Brunswick Street’s community for nearly 40 years and we wanted it to remain this way.
The Nursery is surrounded by the repurposed terracotta bricks demolished from the original building, with its garden weaving through the site; giving residents and passing pedestrians an oasis in the inner city.
Clare Cousins, Design Architect
Aida Stopa, Project Architect
Jessica Wood, Project Architect
Tara Ward, Project Architect
ADP Consulting, Services Consultant
Ark Resources, ESD Consultant
Eckersley Garden Architecture, Landscape Consultant
Fontic Group, Project Manager
Ipsum Structures, Structural Engineer
SJB Planning, Town Planner
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
