Multi-tower precinct planned for South Brisbane riverfront
It was just last month that construction materials provider Hanson Australia rebranded to Heidelberg Materials Australia, in line with a global rebrand of the company.
A few weeks later, Heidelberg has submitted plans for a landmark riverside community in South Brisbane.
Heidelberg Materials Australia has had global design firm fjcstudio draw up plans for the 1.3-hectare precinct that will comprise three 50-level residential buildings with 620 apartments, a food and beverage plaza, and a 5,400 sqm public park.
Fjcstudio says the eastern and southern towers respond to the Brisbane landscape with a subtle earthy tone facade, while the western tower, providing more premium views, features a largely glazed facade and white cladding.
Of the 620 apartments, only 15 per cent (96) will be one-beds. 122 two-bedroom apartments have been pitched, while 372 of the apartments, 60 per cent, will have three or more bedrooms.
The documents submitted to the Brisbane City Council suggest the prestigious development at the intersection of Nott Street and Hoskings Street "celebrates the area’s rich industrial heritage, seamlessly blending it with the vibrancy of an emerging inner-city lifestyle and the allure of a subtropical climate."
Conversations about the development have been ongoing for 12 months prior to the recent submission. They focused on the riverfront parkland proposed dedication, proposed embellishments associated with the proposed park, parking location, and the built form of the tower, including setbacks and separation between the towers.
Each tower will have a rooftop communal level with outdoor terraces and alfresco spaces, as well as another level further down the building with a swimming pool and other facilities.
Urbis said in the town planning report that South Brisbane, and specifically the Kurilpa Precinct, is undergoing significant change in response to Brisbane’s demand for housing supply, affordability, and diversity in the inner-city areas.
"The current external circumstances have resulted in changes in policy including the adoption of the recently gazetted Kurilpa Temporary Local Planning Instrument (TLPI) Amendment No 1, which provides for greater density, building height and reduced car parking requirements where design and sustainability benchmarks can be delivered.
"The proposal comprises of an integrated, subtropical, high-density mixed-use development, which capitalises on the site’s location within the Kurilpa TLPI."
Urbis said the proposal "goes above and beyond the usual offering for a residential building with a level of community and public benefit that is unprecedented for a development of this scale in Brisbane."
"This level of community and public benefit are made possible through the additional density allowed for by the TLPI and is more than justified through its suburban, precinct and site-level context. This unique offering of a high-quality, high-density residential product will become an important landmark in South Brisbane and will set the benchmark for development in the region moving forward."
Currently on the site are industrial and warehouse buildings which have been owned and operated by Hanson.
