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Brunswick's much hyped buildings which constitute Nightingale Village are on show for the first time.

The seven constituent buildings designed by differing architecture firms were jointly lodged with City of Moreland during May, and are now available for public viewing. 210 apartments and 8 commercial tenancies are included within the project which has an accumulated delivery cost of $70 million.

An exemption in statutory car parking requirements is also sought, in line with the Nightingale model's mantra of including minimal or no car parking.

The development which straddles Duckett, Hope and West streets in Brunswick is adjacent to Anstey Railway Station and is formally backed by R &amp; A Michael Investments Pty Ltd. Advisory Hansen Partnership is handling planning duties.

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<figcaption>The seven buildings that constitute Nightingale Village</figcaption></figure>The architects involved in the design of Nightingale Village include Architecture Architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe Architecture, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball, Kennedy Nolan and WOWOWA Architecture. Whilst some firms such as Hayball and Architecture Architecture are fresh to the Nightingale model, Breathe Architecture are saddling up for their third tilt at a Nightingale design.

Nightingale's model is described as "leading a housing revolution in our cities by constructing multi-residential buildings that are financially, socially and environmentally sustainable."

Whilst Nightingale projects to date have been solitary designs, Nightingale Village is an attempt to bring mass-scale change to a pocket of Brunswick that has traditionally been dedicated to light industrial uses. Sites surrounding Nightingale Village have been transformed into apartment blocks, although few pay little design attention as to how they reach with the streetscape.

As far back as 2015 Urban.com.au highlighted the blossoming apartment precinct surrounding Anstey Station and its <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/expert-insights/buying/the-anstey-precinct-failing-at-a-basic-level">failure to adequately address the streetscape</a>.

Nightingale Village aims to bring the seven different designs together cohesively at street level. Nightingale's backers describe the designs and wider village as "a chance to change the way housing is built on a wider scale and to create smart, deliberate and liveable density."

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<figcaption>Separate buildings with a common street level purpose</figcaption></figure>A short distance from pilot projects The Commons and Nightingale 1, Nightingale Village's designs will be looked at in depth by Urban.com.au over coming weeks. Links to these can be found below:

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<li><a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/nightingale-village-episode-i-nightingale-wow">Nightingale WOW</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/nightingale-village-episode-ii-crt-yrd">CRT+YRD</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/nightingale-village-episode-iii-nightingale-cca">Nightingale CCA</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/nightingale-village-episode-iv-kennedy-nolan">Kennedy Nolan</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://www.urban.com.au/projects/skye-house-1-3-duckett-street-brunswick">Skye House</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/nightingale-village-episode-vi-nightingale-coup">Nightingale Coup</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/nightingale-village-episode-vii-austin-maynard-architects">Austin Maynard</a></li>
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The overall project is maintaining a tight development timeline, with information evenings for prospective buyers leading into further small group sessions and a targeted town planning approval for late this year. <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/architects/hayball">Hayball have noted</a> that subdivisions of the irregularly shaped development plot are also expected later this year, with a purchaser sales night slated for March 2019.

Owing to the popularity of the Nightingale model and subsequent waiting list, construction is expected to begin mid next year with an eye toward a late 2020 completion.

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<a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://vimeo.com/276660386">Nightingale Village Architects Presentations 18.06.18</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user62285734">Nightingale Housing</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.
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Nightingale's magnificent seven on show for the first time

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Urban.com.au's coverage of the 2018 Victorian Architecture Awards continues today with a look at two of the shortlisted entries in the public architecture category and the positive contributions they make to their respective communities.

According to the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects, the growing role of social sustainability is one of the themes to emerge in this year's shortlist of projects.

Additionally, to ensure the continued viability and longevity of public spaces, architects in Victoria are increasingly designing projects which are both socially and environmentally conscious.

A well designed public project should engender positive social outcomes, create active spaces, encourage interaction and enrich lives claims the Vic Chapter of the AIA.

One of the challenges of sustained population growth is ensuring access to and provision of quality space within communities, thus making it an increasingly valuable commodity. To address this issue numerous public projects across Victoria have been designed to accommodate a variety of diverse program within buildings, to appeal to different members of the community or community groups.

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<figcaption>Fjmt's Bunjil Place. Image: John Gollings</figcaption></figure>Bunjil Place has been shortlisted in this year’s architecture awards for demonstrating a new form of community and civic building. It incorporates a library, theatre, function centre and a multipurpose studio, an art gallery and the City of Casey customer service centre, all in the one building. 

According to its architects fjmt, Bunjil Place has been designed as an inclusive, hybrid form of public building, reflecting and embracing the diversity of its community.

Similarly, Bargoonga Nganjin North Fitzroy Library, which has been shortlisted for three awards, provides more to its community than a traditional library.

Designed by GroupGSA, Bargoonga Nganjin – which, appropriately, means ‘gather everybody’ in Woiwurrung, the language of the Wurundjeri people – is a 6 star green star building that is home to a library, maternal child health service, playgroup spaces, the customer service centre for the City of Yarra, community meeting rooms, an exhibition space and a spectacular rooftop garden.

Designed to provide a suite of services to people of all ages, from newborns to seniors, the building is intended to support the wellbeing of its community for decades to come.

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<figcaption>Bargoonga Nganjin North Fitzroy Library by GroupGSA. Image: Tom Hutton</figcaption></figure><blockquote>
It comes down to design resilience and proper consultation processes – this lies at the heart of making buildings socially sustainable. Both architects and an ever better informed client sector now see the benefit of hosting extensive conversations and workshops prior to work commencing. Determining how spaces should be used, these processes are valuable to the design of quality architecture. Quick-fix solutions or less-than-rigorous design processes cost more in the long run, by creating expensive ‘white elephants’ that do not reach the potential of their purpose.

As architects we are building for people and ultimately the public realm is about social connection. Providing a conduit for people to interact is incredibly important when it comes to strategic and effective urban planning. Architecture and design’s public sphere nurtures communal responsibility defining an enriched city governed by more than what one might read as simple form making. The instigation of building sustainable communities is an imperative condition for successful architectural and urban planning outcomes.

- Amy Muir, Victorian Chapter President of the Australian Institute of Architects
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The winners of the 2018 Victorian Architecture Awards will be announced at the awards dinner on 29 June 2018. Winners of each category will then progress to compete in the National Architecture Awards program.
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