The Cammaraygal people of the Eora Nation
NSW
NINE provides a blueprint for a contemporary housing model in which residents enjoy the best of apartment living with access to natural light and aspect, along with parklands, recreational facilities and urban amenity.
It is an outstanding example of urban renewal, introducing 442 low maintenance apartments to a suburb dominated by single housing, along with publicly accessible parklands, and community facilities.
Through its respectful masterplan and architecture, in which apartments are distributed across 10 buildings of varying scale and materiality, residents are able to feel a sense of belonging to a small community within the larger community.
The built form has been carefully managed to create a progression from the low-scale street edges to the taller buildings consolidated at the centre of the site.
This approach has allowed the new community to be a good neighbour, with a scale and aesthetic sympathetic to the established Federation era streetscape.
The respectful masterplan created by CHROFI with its abundance of publicly accessible open space ensured the benefits of urban renewal were shared broadly throughout the community. By dispersing the 442 apartments across 10 buildings of varying scale and materiality, residents are able to feel a sense of belonging to a small boutique community within the larger NINE community. With a high proportion of large two bedroom and three bedroom apartments, and access to shared indoor and outdoor spaces, high density living becomes an attractive proposition for a diverse range of people, particularly families and downsizers
Mirvac Design P/L, Design Architect
Chrofi, Design Architect
McGregor Coxall, Landscape Architect
Mirvac Residential (NSW) Developments P/L, Developer
IGS (Integrated Group Services), Services Consultant
JHA Consulting Engineers, Services Consultant
McKenzies Group Consulting, Building Surveyor
Efficient Living, ESD Consultant
ADG Engineers, Structural Engineer
SMEC Australia P/L, Civil Consultant
Apex Facade Design, Facade Consultant
Ethos Urban, Town Planner
Footprint Green, Arborist
Jamie Eastwood (via Boomali), Artist
PTC, Traffic
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.
