First look: Miami set for rare new apartment development, SANA
A private local developer is set to develop a rare new luxury low-rise apartment block in the Gold Coast's Miami.
The boutique residential development, dubbed SANA, at 5-7 Hythe Street, sits on an amalgamated double block totalling 974 sqm, on the prized eastern side of the Gold Coast Highway.
The developers, a collection of local business people and entrepreneurs, engaged Plus Architecture to create to the four-storey building, which will home just 12 apartments.
A render of the proposed development at 5-7 Hythe Street, Miami. Image credit: Plus Architecture
SANA has been conceived as a sophisticated, modern take on a surf shack by Plus, who created a number of different configurations, including two beach homes across the ground level, each with three bedrooms.
Four apartments will feature across both levels one and two, with Sana topping out with two penthouse apartments on level three, with each apartment is arranged to maximise views to the Miami coastline and beyond.
Crowning the development, the rooftop will have a communal pool deck as well as two private terraces, each with their own pool.
A render of the proposed development at 5-7 Hythe Street, Miami. Image credit: Plus Architecture
Plus noted in their submission to the local council that SANA is a boutique development that celebrates the relaxed lifestyle of Miami, Gold Coast.
"A paired back material palette consisting of off-form concrete, aluminium & timber look battens provides an honest yet refined architectural form, that rhythmically follows its surrounding landscapes.
"At a pedestrian scale, landscaping softens the built form and plays background to the raw material palette.
"Fixed screening to all elevations further plays on the soft architectural language, as well as providing appropriate privacy + solar shading."
Several high frequency bus routes service the area, as well as a number of established active transport routes, with dedicated cyclist and pedestrian facilities along Marine Parade connecting the site to Broadbeach, Mermaid Beach and other surrounding suburbs. Sana residents will also benefit from the future Miami Light Rail Station.
