59A Bourke Street
- client:
- City of Melbourne and The Ladder Group
- date:
- 2007
- location:
- Melbourne CBD
- map:
- link to google maps
This project addresses a shortage of housing for underprivileged youth in the Melbourne CBD and creates an enigmatic piece of architecture on a surprising site at the top end of Bourke St.
59a Bourke Street is located on a sliver of a site only 3m wide at the top end of Bourke street in Melbourne’s CBD.
A title search revealed that the site in fact extended an addition 3m into the adjacent lane.
Inspired by a recent trip to Tokyo we considered this an ample site and proposed a 21 apartment supported youth living complex to be funded by rental from a ground floor retail tenant and a 140m2 office above all access by a lift to the rear of the site and resolves an eyesore in the street.
This we presented to the City of Melbourne and the Ladder Group who are considering a partnership with Melbourne Affordable Housing to develop the project.
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