A design for Macquarie University is one of two co-housing projects that have been shortlisted for this year’s NSW Architecture Awards in the multiple housing category to be announced next month | juliepower
Dark, isolated, institutional, prison-like: Some student housing is so depressing that it is often called housing by numbers.
Architectus’ design for Macquarie University’s R1/R2 Student Accommodation in its central courtyard precinct is one of two co-housing projects that have been shortlisted for this year’s NSW Architecture Awards in the multiple housing category to be announced on July 1. Consisting of two homes side by side, it was designed to house ageing nuns of the order Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, down to its last 32 members in Australia.It means St Vincent de Paul nun Sister Carole has finally found a room of her own – with ensuite – after 51 years serving the poor and living in any available space next to crying babies and women fleeing violence.
Johnson said the abundance of natural sunlight filtering through the communal areas including kitchens and living spaces lifted “students’ moods and enhance their experiences of collegiality and openness”. Jury chair Carolyn Mitchell said the two projects were “exemplars for inclusive and respectful design, cleverly balancing the requirement of the residents through careful consideration of communal, social and private spaces”.
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