RFI - Attachment 1 - Amended Architectural Plan · MCU22/0094

The building orientation has been carefully considered to ensure the location of operable windows and
doors maximises the prevailing winds to create cross ventilation within the rooms to naturally cool the
building.


The roof has been designed so that it can accommodate a solar panel system to generate renewable
energy to power the center. Whirly birds in the roof will also regulate the internal temperature of the building
by removing hot air from the roof cavity passively through wind movement.


Large awnings provide shading to internal rooms during the summer months while allowing the sun to enter
during winter to naturally warm the spaces.


Existing established trees exist to the Western side of the site to shade the carpark.


Vegetation is incorporated into the design of the building with many screens and arbours accommodating
vertical vegetation that shades and cools the building. There is also extensive vegetation arounds the site
encapsulating the building in the landscaping.


The Covenant landscape area frames the development to the West, with the shade from these trees being
cast across the carpark in the afternoons. The established vegetation and trees form a backdrop to the
childcare centre.


Stormwater will be retained within a bio detention designed to mimic a dry creek bed with larger stones,
native trees and reed species to create a natural environment.


A large deep landscape buffer has been allocated at the front of the site which screens the building from the
street and retains the existing environment of Hofmann Drive.


The built form contains a combination of colour, texture, form and finishes. Dark fibre cement cladding
has been used on the front of the building to blend in with the shadows from the trees in front of the
building. The building is non obtrusive and the scale allows the landscaping to be the focal point and for the
building to become secondary in the street vista.


Accessibility to and within the building has been at the forefront of the design. The pedestrian pathway is
step free and complies with the ramp and walkway gradients set out in AS1428.1 (2021). A UniverSal
Accessible Bathroom has been provided as well as an ambulant toilet.