North Kellyville Square in Australia by Scott Carver

Article source: Scott Carver

“It is a hybrid community place, both an urban square and an activated main street. It is an engaging resolution of the walkable and the vehicular – of big convenience and bespoke localism,” says Rob Sanderson [Project and Design Leader]. “It inaugurates and celebrates the future urbanity of the place”.

“Ample and changing daylight makes the space alive within the static built form while the cantilevered awnings provide comfort and the setting for activation,” says Anupama Saha [Project Architect].

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• Architects: Scott Carver
• Project: North Kellyville Square
• Location: North Kellyville, Australia
• Site size: 11650 m2
• Completion date: 2017

Image Courtesy © Scott Carver

Questions and Answers

What was the brief?

– The site provided a number of challenges including a slight slope, difficult traffic connections and residential development in close proximity
– The controls also required through site links
– A large, highly efficient and useable car park, with broad convenient ramped connections between on grade and basement levels
– Design for both a short term and long term road network
– A hybrid building creating a large square and a main streetscape

Image Courtesy © Scott Carver

Image Courtesy © Scott Carver

What were the solutions?

– The project took a long time to evolve with various scenarios and layouts being tested from a number enclosed mall versions to the realised carpark/town square model
– The team diligently worked through from the concept to detail documentation with various team members moving in and out of the project seamlessly
– The project was tendered with a high degree of resolution as a D& C contract
– The successful builders ADCO and Scott Carver formed a great working relationship ensuring on site
– Innovative lighting and economy of construction in cantilevered awnings

Image Courtesy © Scott Carver

Image Courtesy © Scott Carver

How is the project unique?

– The shopping centre occupies about 1.165 Ha in precinct of some 707 Ha in one of the fastest growing in the North West Priority Growth Area
– The site had been planned to be the town centre with significant opportunity for food and beverage tenancies to create a community hub
– The Woolworths Supermarket was a trial site for the latest kit development
– A tension between both courtyard/carpark facing retail and street facing retail has created a centre that addresses the public domain in an active and engaging manner.

Who are the clients and what’s interesting about them?

APG and Woolworths are the clients. ADCO are the builders.

Image Courtesy © Scott Carver

Image Courtesy © Scott Carver

Image Courtesy © Scott Carver

Tags: Australia, North Kellyville

Category: Shopping Mall

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