Woods Bagot combines brick and board-marked concrete throughout Elwood House apartments
This low-lying brick-and-concrete apartment complex was designed by architecture firm Woods Bagot to reflect the scale and materiality of the surrounding buildings in a Melbourne suburb.
Elwood House is situated on the site of a former Retired Service League community hall in Elwood, an inner suburb located around eight kilometres south of Melbourne's central business district.
The four-storey block contains 30 apartments, ranging in size from one to three bedrooms. Each unit is unique and designed as an individual house targeted at local owner-occupiers looking to downsize to more compact residences.
The apartments are grouped within a building designed in collaboration with the client, Piccolo Developments, to create a combined sense of individuality and community, as well as a connection to the locality. "With respect for the history of the site, the building reflects the grain and scale of the surrounding neighbourhood while providing an evolution of the architectural language by introducing a refined level of detail," said the architects.
"The scheme draws on the character of its immediate context to influence the built form, transforming the typically low-scale residential vernacular in a modern interpretation of brick patterning,"Â they added.
Along one side, the building's elevation extends to the boundary of the site in reference to the way terraced properties in the area are constructed.
To further echo the neighbouring terraces, the ele...
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