Explore the designs, package inclusions and the mandatory design standards.
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Design features
All designs perform above industry standard and provide:
plenty of access to natural light
100% effective natural ventilation
improved accessibility features that exceed current standards
excellent environmental performance, including a minimum 7.5 star average NatHERS rating across the development and 6.5 star minimum for any individual apartment
generous, high quality communal and private open space
facilities that support sustainable and active transport
Design intent plans
We know how important it is to pick the right Future Home design for your site.
Design intent plans are concept plans that give a sense of the look and feel of the apartments. Design intent plans are free to download and will help you to choose the right design for your site and needs. The design intent plans are available to download under each of the designs.
Future Homes designs and exemplar designs are the same thing, the names are used inter-changeably with ‘exemplar design’ predominately used in technical documentation.
Please note that the mix of apartment types (1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, etc.) in Future Homes designs are not fixed, you can adapt your design to have any combination of apartment types, so long as you meet our mandatory standards.
Future Homes design A by Design Strategy Architecture with IncluDesign is a series of urban, architectural, landscape, environmentally sustainable, design and cost effective design strategies that work together to generate high quality, medium density living.
The scheme consists of 3 key design elements:
a well-sized communal courtyard
a welcoming threshold garden
strategically located communal stairs.
All elements are designed to support interactions between the residents and neighbourhood and respond to contextual conditions.
- Streetscape
- Entry lobby
- Threshold garden
- Interior downstairs
- Interior view with kitchen
- Floor plan, 3 bedroom apartment
Apartment floorplan by Design Strategy Architecture
- Ground floor plan
Building floorplan by Design Strategy Architecture
- Streetscape sketch
Sketch by BoardGrove Architects
- Courtyard sketch
Sketch by BoardGrove Architects
Streetscape
Entry lobby
Threshold garden
Interior downstairs
Interior view with kitchen
Floor plan, 3 bedroom apartment
Apartment floorplan by Design Strategy Architecture
Ground floor plan
Building floorplan by Design Strategy Architecture
Future Homes Design B by LIAN architects is inspired by the qualities inherent in suburban living and the single-family home. By maximising private amenity with generous space, abundant natural light and seamless connections to large, private open spaces, this scheme overlays these qualities into a new denser form.
Future Homes Design C by McGregor Westlake Architecture has been designed to consolidate and minimise its footprint, to maximise the surrounding deep soil, landscape and open space. The layout of apartments has focused on capturing northern light and prioritising the outlook for the maximum number of apartments, with an open-air ‘gallery’ circulation strategy encouraging interaction between residents. The rear yard is intended to create an indigenous forest and landscape corridor, when combined with neighbouring yards, to promote tree cover and bird life.
- Rear garden
- Interior
- Streetscape
- Three bedroom apartment plan
Apartment floorplan by McGregor Westlake Architecture
- Ground floor plan
Building floorplan by McGregor Westlake Architecture
- Streetview sketch
Sketch by BoardGrove Architects
- Rear garden sketch
Sketch by BoardGrove Architects
Rear garden
Interior
Streetscape
Three bedroom apartment plan
Apartment floorplan by McGregor Westlake Architecture
Ground floor plan
Building floorplan by McGregor Westlake Architecture
Future Homes Design D by Spiral Architects Lab is a design inspired by atomic structures.
Modular buildings, arranged in clusters, create a system that adapts to reflect their place and unique conditions of each site. This is supported by an internal and compositional logic that can scale up and down, from local site amalgamation to neighbourhood urban planning. The larger the site, the greener and denser a scheme can become.
When you purchase a Future Homes design package, you receive a set of design development level plans which can be adapted to suit your site. We recommend using a professional of your choosing to adapt the designs.
Packages include:
3 different base layout options to adapt to your site:
North-south orientation with at-grade car parking
North-south orientation with basement car parking
East-west orientation with at-grade car parking
Example site plan including landscaping
Floor plans at 1:100, showing the general apartment, circulation and parking
Elevations and sections at 1:100, showing materials, general heights and clearances
Apartment plans at 1:50 including floor areas, storage, accessibility response and breeze paths
Window schedules, showing dimensions, glazing types and overlooking minimisation techniques
Section and plan details illustrating design intent of key building junctions.
The package contains a materials schedule with guidance and information on the preferred material strategy for the scheme. Options and substitutions from the architects are also included.
Purchasing a plan gives you access to the streamlined planning process. If the design is adapted satisfactorily, planning approval can be granted as early as four months from purchase.
To ensure Future Homes are exemplary, mandatory planning controls are included in the Future Homes provision at Clause 53.24. These cannot be varied.
The 13 mandatory standards are:
Gardens: Generous landscaped areas and canopy trees and room for deep soil planting
Communal open space: Generous, accessible and a nice space for residents to foster a sense of community
Solar access to communal open space: communal open space that is not significantly overshadowed and receives sunlight
Sustainable: Homes that lead the state in environmentally sustainable design. The sustainability of Future homes will go above and beyond what is currently industry best practice*
Adaptable: Homes that are adaptable over time, to change with a household’s needs*
Accessible: Homes that are accessible, with wider entries, corridors, doors and larger bathrooms that allow space to move*
Functional rooms: Rooms that are generous and efficient in size with layouts that work
Room depths: Well proportioned rooms that have good access to daylight
Light-filled bedrooms: Bedrooms will have good access to daylight
Ventilated: Homes that are well ventilated and have through breezes*
Storage: Adequate and convenient storage provided for all homes
Car parking: At least 1 space per dwelling
Bicycle parking: At least 1 space per dwelling, plus additional spaces for visitors*.
* Indicates above current standards.
Use the Building Future Homes: adaptation guide to adapt a design to a specific site – this includes guidance on costs, landscape, accessibility, waste and an ESD checklist.
For more information about the design responses, see part 2 of the Adaption guide.
