Erko Residential apartments and shared streetscape erskineville

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Following the completion of the Ashmore Precinct DCP for the City of Sydney, HBO+EMTB led by Darren was commissioned to complete the landscape masterplan, public domain DA, documentation and construction phase services for a high density residential development over 1.6 hectares within the precinct.

Located in a floodplain, the site presented with many drainage constraints. In collaboration with the civil and flood consultants, Darren’s design employs several WSUD techniques to help ease pressure on local storm water infrastructure while enhancing the sites local ecology. An internal shared street accommodates pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles and separate cycle paths along the sites frontage integrate with the City’s existing cycle network. Together with the on-street parking layout, the traffic scheme emphasizes green street principles.

The repetition of recycled materials throughout the site and consultation with urban art consultants in the development of the public art strategy has resulted in a site character that is responsive of the developments context and history, and also complementary of the contemporary apartment complex.

Erko Building ABC is the main collection of apartment buildings within the Erko development. The private domain landscape comprises small gardens to terrace apartments, street level frontages and a primary open space for residents located on the podium at level two. A single large lawn provides an area for passive recreation. Landscape interest and seating options are provided by mounding, and a combination of mounding and walls provide the depth of soil for Crepe Myrtles planted at semi-mature size to provide shade. The large uninterrupted public areas provide residents, especially those accessing directly onto this space, with spaces that can be customised.