RFI - F - Visual Assessment

Response to Council Request for Information
Specific Outcome O42 b) ‘visually integrate with the building and to not dominate the street front’
The garages shown in the design package (Architectural Drawing Package, Rev B 25.06.2020) would not
dominate the street front. There are several devices which have been used in the architectural and
front garden design to integrate the garages with the building and ensure they are not visually
dominant in views from the street. These are explained further in the following paragraphs.
The garages would be set back from the street and set within an architectural frame formed by the
cantilevered terrace on the first level and wrapping down around the garage entry. This frame would
add articulation to the building façade, creating shadow and a sense of depth, visually breaking up the
height and width size of the garage door in views from the street.
Also, the view to the garages would be partly screened and visually softened by vegetation in garden
areas along the street frontage. This includes gardens either side of each driveway, which would
include several small trees. The garage would also be partly blocked by the proposed entry structure
(with suspended planting), further assisting in the visual integration of the garages in views from the
street (refer architectural render, provided by OH Architects, below).




Architectural render, view from Margit Street
In relation to the driveway and hardstand areas, the proposal would not be visually dominant in views
from the street front. The driveways are divided into two smaller width areas, interspersed with
gardens. The visual rhythm created by the provision of a garden, driveway, garden with entry structure,
and repeated along the frontage (in reverse), visually breaks up the frontage. Furthermore, it presents
a residential scale to the street due to the stepping down in scale from the garage to the entry
structure. (refer landscape plan, provided by OH Architects, below)The use of different building
materials along the street and visual interest created at the pedestrian entrance, including areas of
planting, would also reduce the visual prominence of the garage and hardstand areas in views from the
street. The entry structure and dividing garden wall, would further frame the entrance to each
property, providing visual interest and creating a threshold for pedestrian arrival and entry.


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