First look exclusive: Deicorp submit plans for Joynton Square, mixed-use Zetland precinct
Sydney's busiest apartment developer Deicorp is continuing its dominance in Sydney's inner-city suburbs.
They've filed plans with the City of Sydney Council for their 2.86-hectare Joynton Avenue site, the former AusGrid facility they secured two years ago.
The proposal is for nine new buildings as part of a new mixed-use precinct at the end of Zetland Avenue, near Gunyama Park. There will be a total of 574 apartments at a cost of just over $300 million.
Akin to its other Zetland apartment development Downtown, the new development, dubbed Joynton Square in the planning documents, will have extensive retail at street level.
Designs have been drawn up by Fender Katsalidis, Candalepas Associates and Lachlan Seegers Architects for the nine buildings. The larger buildings, labelled A, B and C on the perimeter of the site, have been designed by Fender Katsalidis.
Building A by Fender Katsalidis
Building A, next to Woolwash Park, will be the tallest of the three at 14 levels. That will home 93 apartments. Building B will have 76 apartments across 12 levels, while building C, next to Biyanbing Park, will rise just eight levels with 61 apartments
Building A will home a providore grocer, cafe and bistro on the ground floor. Building B will have a coffee pop up, juice bar, and a speciality food retailer and Building C will have a large restaurant, a smaller restaurant, and a food and beverage outlet.
The three buildings FK has designed will home 230 apartments, 44 one-beds, 162 two-beds and 24 three-bedroom units.
Building C by Fender Katsalidis
Candalepas designed several of the other smaller buildings. They will bring the other 344 apartments, 62 one-beds, 231 two-beds and 51 three-bedroom units.
The Design Verification Statement, signed by Angelo Candalepas, said the proposed building provides a density within the constructs of both the Sydney Local Environmental Plan and the City of Sydney’s current Development Control Plan.
"As such, the proposal is reflective of the future desired character for this area. Given its inner-city location, the Site is well-serviced by local infrastructure, public transport, employment, community facilities, parks, shopping etc."
Building D1 by Candalepas Associates
On the design, Candalepas said the materials are unified and developed as a series of earth-coloured brick structures that provide a deliberate warmth to the centre of the heavily landscaped site.
"The proposal is based around building forms with elegant proportions, contextual linkages as well as a number of pleasuring aesthetic offerings such as textural variety and the carefully considered interplay of light and shadow."
Building E2 by Lachlan Seegers Architects
The buildings will be sustainable, with the design of the façade developed as a thermally efficient high-performance envelope, to optimise passive thermal design principles and provide user-controlled, external shading devices in conjunction with natural ventilation to regulate thermal comfort.
"We propose to deliver an Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) that will not only respond to the regulatory challenges of achieving BASIX and SEPP Sustainable Buildings 2022 targets, but will also provide a vibrant, engaging and healthy development for residences," Candalepas noted.
Deicorp is one of Sydney's most active developers. It has live developments in Zetland, Parramatta and several in Sydney's Hills District, while also preparing to launch apartments in Melrose Park, Rhodes and Crows Nest.
Joynton Square Summary
Address: 130 Joynton Avenue, Zetland
Site: 27,980 sqm
Developer: Deicorp
Architects: Candalepas Assocaites, FK and Lachlan Seegers Architects
Apartments: 574
Parking: 229
