The state government of Victoria has unveiled designs for new apartment buildings that will replace two vacant 1960s-era public housing towers in Melbourne. The designs, however, have been criticized for resembling the current structures but using inferior materials.
It’s the first glimpse of Melbourne ’s future public-housing tower designs. Here’s what architects sayThe planned redesign of two public housing towers in Melbourne ’s inner north has been criticised by experts, including one who says they look just like the existing buildings, but with worse materials.
But some architectural experts are disappointed by the designs, including Rory Hyde, of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. Rory Hyde, of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne, at the red-brick public housing towers.The new 16- and 18-storey towers will be made with a mixture of prefabricated concrete panels and bricks. The number of apartments will increase from 183 to 248.
The government has spruiked the new buildings – which will have apartments with up to five bedrooms – for their improved accessibility, reverse-cycle heating and cooling, individual laundries, double-glazed windows and modern kitchens. The estates will also include community spaces, a kitchen garden and communal terrace.
The towers, which have been uninhabited since 2022 when a sewerage system failed, are slated for demolition in the new year and the replacement towers are scheduled to open in 2028.“A lot of building, a lot of energy, a lot of effort, a lot of displacement ... to basically end up where you started,” he said.this year cited expert advice that the red-brick towers would “remain structurally sound for another 50 years” and that the sewerage failure offered an opportunity to overhaul the estate.
The Carlton red-brick towers are unlike the other 42 towers slated for demolition – they are not as tall, don’t have concrete panels and have balconies.
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