An exemplar of biophillic design; around the Moonee Valley Park apartments, Stonepine House
Sitting amongst the Moonee Valley neighbourhood trees, Stonepine House at Moonee Valley Park is engulfed in nature.
Award-winning landscape architects Tract, are behind the designs of the verdant green community, integrating a plant-filled eden around the building’s form.
Set in one of Australia’s most vibrant new residential enclaves, surrounded by lush, expansive parklands, Stonepine House is a unique urban sanctuary, enveloped by historic, native greenery, and set within an amenity-rich precinct by developers Hamton.
As a model of biophilic design, Moonee Valley Park has transformed from a once green valley, into now an iconic racecourse, with homes set to be built within the botanical landscape.
Residents will experience the enhanced sense of wellbeing that comes with a lifestyle integrated within 20 hectares of curated green spaces, set to become the new social heart of Melbourne’s inner north.
Moonee Valley Park offers a series of nature-led, urban experiences within a connected 10-minute neighbourhood - where every convenience has been designed to be within walking distance from the homes.
Since its unveiling in November 2020, Tote Park has established itself as a flourishing community space, with 5,000 sqm of dedicated green space.
Open grassy lawns, serpentine gardens, and a nature playground offer a host of play based amenities for families, in addition to the MV+ Program for community health and fitness.
Tote Park is the precursor to Moonee Valley Park’s considered design for amenities and programming that put residents’ health and wellbeing as the priority.
Overlooking the park is TOTE Bar & Dining - a restored historical venue re-presented to Moonee Ponds and Melbourne as a unique all-day dining experience, with curated food and local and imported beverage options.
The Field and Rumpus will provide further active outdoor space within the development, with the Field of Moonee Valley Racecourse transformed on non-racing days into an open communal space, with a multi-purpose sports zone, fringed by landscaping.
Rumpus has been designed to incorporate nature and play with thoughtful landscapes and custom-designed play equipment, with the feature adventure playground.
Shopping and dining is also abundant within the Moonee Valley precinct, with Cox Place, The Stalls, the Arena, and The Valley.
In the vibrant village heart of Moonee Valley Park, Cox Place will feature a curated mix of specialty retailers, cafés and restaurants, alongside co-working spaces, small business hubs, as well as offering yoga, pilates and medical suites to its comprehensive lifestyle offering.
The Arena acts as a welcoming space for the community to gather, dine and enjoy events throughout the year, with an outdoor cinema and performance space.
Moonee Valley Racing Club will draw on its expertise to provide a diverse array of community experiences. When not occupied by the thoroughbreds on race-days, the historic stalls will be transformed into a unique space for activations, such as vibrant markets and creative dining and entertainment pop-ups.
Nestled within the residences are additional green, leafy spaces, with Stonepine Square, Glenara Walk and the Resident's Garden.
Stonepine Square has been curated as a Mediterranean-inspired space that features vine covered pergolas and inbuilt and free-standing seating.
The classic piazza is an organic meeting space where residents will gather around the 125 year-old Italian stone pine trees that define this curated public square with heritage accents.
Glenara Walk is a corridor of botanical beauty, adjacent to Stonepine House and leading to the wider neighbourhood.
Reimagining traditional urban pathways, Glenara Walk has been designed as a linear journey through the woodlands, with the walkway linking residents from the residences to the local precinct amenity and surrounding streets, through a diverse collection of deciduous trees and flowering plant species that change with the seasons.
The Resident's Garden is a secluded garden sanctuary acting as a restorative retreat for residents to engage with nature.
Surrounded by ferns and lush vegetation, residents can step through the garden via floating steps and decks that sit above the forest floor, with access from Stonepine Square, through a private entrance from Glenara Walk or directly through Stonepine House.
One, two and three-bedroom apartments can still be snapped up in the nature-driven development, with the project currently in the pre-construction phase.
