News & Discussion: Low/Mid-Rise CBD Development

[Ho Really]

...I can see such developements becoming the future of the south western area of the CBD... which I am all for.

Towards West Terrace or did you mean south eastern corner?

Cheers

[bmw boy]

...I can see such developements becoming the future of the south western area of the CBD... which I am all for.

Towards West Terrace or did you mean south eastern corner?

Cheers

hmm well along south terrace ... and also in the inner areas behind sth tce and west tce corner region... sturt st, whitmore sq etc

[crawf]

Agreed. It was a strange feeling walking from the busy inner CBD core to very quiet south western part of the CBD, felt like I was back in the suburbs.

However there are two fenced of blocks on Sturt St (one on the cnr of Whitmore Square). BTW Whitmore Square is very nice and has plenty of potential (like most things in Adelaide), but currently its very underdeveloped.

It would be the least developed square in the city.

[bmw boy]

Agreed. It was strange feeling walking from the busy inner CBD core to very quiet south western part of the CBD, felt like I was back in the suburbs.

However there are two fenced of blocks on Sturt St (one on the cnr of Whitmore Square). BTW Whitmore Square is very nice and has plenty of potential (like most things in Adelaide), but currently its very underdeveloped.

It would be the least developed square in the city.

lets not let this 'general developement' thread go onto a tangent ... but yer i think the unattratciveness of the sq and the presence of all the homeless people and shelters in the area is not a very appealing aspect...

[crawf]

^Plus a power substation

[sidler]

However there are two fenced of blocks on Sturt St (one on the cnr of Whitmore Square). BTW Whitmore Square is very nice and has plenty of potential (like most things in Adelaide), but currently its very underdeveloped.

It would be the least developed square in the city.

The block on the corner of Whitmore Square is soon to be developed into mid rise sustainable housing project. I think Troppo architects have won the right to develop this site and if there past work is anything to go by this should turn out really nice.

We should be seeing some concept designs for this one soon!

[urban]

The Whitmore Sq project was the subject of a national design competition in 2005 I think. Troppo won the competition. They released revised design drawings for a construction management tender about 6 months ago. Last I heard ACC & the State Govt were fighting about funding. The design for this project is absolutely 1st class and provides an adelaide specific interpretation of urban living.

[rhino]

an adelaide specific interpretation of urban living.

Can you expand on this? Not quite sure what you mean. Specific to the Whitmore Square location or specific to Adelaide's situation?

[urban]

Rhino,

Initially specific to Whitmore Square but because Whitmore square has buildings representative of traditional Adelaide suburbia the design characteristics could be easily transferred to North Adelaide and the inner suburbs.

I think their design provides medium to high density living in a low-density environment without dominating the streetscape. They have achieved this by using traditional domestic building materials and elements without resorting to imitation and mimicry. The scale of the different elements remains domestic and picks up on the existing rhythm of development around the square. Unlike the bus station low-cost housing the occupants of this project will have good solar access and cross ventilation allowing them to take advantage of the views which will be available to them. All this without the need for artificial heating and cooling for much of the year.

[rhino]

Thanks Urban. I'd love to see a render of their proposal. Is there one somewhere?

[urban]

It used to be on the SA Tenders website but has been removed. I haven't been able to find it anywhere else on the internet. They have some good images of their completed projects on their website http://www.troppoarchitects.com.au/

[Ben]

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This is up for pulic consultation already.

Application No:
DA/0551/2007

Address:
121-130 West Terrace, ADELAIDE 5000

Nature of Development:
Demolish existing buildings and construct an 8 level commercial building consisting of ground floor retail, commercial tenancies and carparking.

[Will]

It may well not be, but i'd imagine that was constructed before height restrictions were as enforced and restrictive as they are these days, but that could well be a case for them should this stumble at the approval stage.

From memory, I think that height restrictions along West Terrace are 28m. This building appears to be a few metres above that, so I don't think that there will be any problems.

According to the plans this building will be 29.25m tall, so that's just 1.25m above the height retriction.

[Will]

This was lodged with the ACC on 27/08/07

To demolish existing buildings at 231-235 Waymouth Street and construct a mixed use development comprising basement car parking, ground level commercial tenancies and various residential dwellings. No mention on the number of floors, but this development is expected to cost $23 million. The development has been categorised as Category 2.

[Norman]

Looks alright, will look a lot better than the current Liqurland and (AFAIK) CMI Toyota Car Yard.