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23-39 FAIRWAY DRIVE, KELLYVILLE
Located 27km from the Sydney CBD, sited between the existing Bella Vista development to the West and the proposed Fairway Drive reserve to the East, the 15-townhouse ‘Natura’ development is a low scale, medium density master plan that creates an eastern fringe to a larger 80-unit master planned community on the site.
Geographically sited adjacent Strangers Creek, and an associated Riparian corridor, a naturally formed waterway cuts its way through the site in a North-South alignment. This feature provides the opportunity to inform the design and alignment of the townhouses, which are clustered in groups with a varying typology of plan and facade — providing both depth as well as relief in the articulation of the facades.
The differentiation of individual units within the elevation breaks down the scale of the development and provides the opportunity to read the built form as a series of individual houses through the variation in fa-cades. Adding to this, is the dense planting between units, the separation and relief at first floor level between roof forms.
A wide range of materials compliment the natural surroundings, with timber cladding and a palette of natural colour tones, providing diversity to the overall form and allowing it to sit comfortably within its surrounds.