RFI - F - Visual Assessment

treatment and front yard design that achieves visual integration and reduces the potential visual
dominance (Refer to discussion in relation to Specific Outcome 042b))
There are several examples in Ventura Street where a single driveway has been used to provide access
to a duplex property. In these examples, the wider driveway leading to a large manoeuvring area within
the front garden of the property results in a less residential character to the streetscape. This is due to
the larger expanse of continuous hardstand visible and the resulting views to the garages over this area
of hardstand.




42 Ventura Street (left) 45 Ventura Street (from Google maps, street view)
The provision of two narrow driveways, rather than one wide shared entry, as is proposed for this
project, offers a more residential character to the street that would not be achieved by a broader,
combined driveway. This approach reduces the expanse of hardstand in any one area and allows for
garden areas to be spread evenly across the frontage, each allowing for a small tree, and reducing the
scale of the built form beyond.
The driveway arrangement allows for the provision of a wide pedestrian entrance, which provides a
street address for pedestrians. By focusing on the pedestrian rather than vehicular access the layout
reinforces the pedestrian scale of the frontage.
Building design
In addition to the treatments relating to the garage and hardstand areas, the massing and scale of the
building design incorporates several architectural treatments which respond to the need for a
residential scale as viewed from the street.
The roofline of the proposed duplex would be consistent in height with the neighbouring buildings and
the predominant roofline along the street, which would follow the landform (refer to elevation
provided by the Architects, below).




11 Margit Crescent, Sunrise Beach – Streetscape elevation
The visual mass and bulk of the building is reduced by the use of colour and materials which divide the
building into both vertical and horizontal planes. The material palette includes timber, weatherboard,

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