North Avoca

North Avoca

Located on the foreshore of the idyllic NSW Central Coast, the four North Avoca Beachside Residences are designed to capture ocean views, bringing the inside out.

Location: Avoca, New South Wales || Bulbararong (Awabakal Country)
Status: Completed 2016
Photography: Rodrigo Vargas

Project Team
Halcrow: Structural & Civil Engineer
IGS: Services Engineer
Clouston: Landscape Architect
City Plan Services: Building Surveyor

Awards
Australian Institute of Architects, Newcastle Architecture Awards, Award for Excellence 2017
Australian Institute of Architects, Newcastle Architecture Awards, Multi-Residential Architecture 2017
Houses Awards, Shortlisted for Apartment or Unit Award 2017

Media
Architecture, Au | 2017 Newcastle Architecture Awards
Green Magazine | Winners of 2017 Newcastle Architecture Awards Announced

We are proud to acknowledge the Djadjawurrung people, the Traditional Custodians of the Country in which the North Avoca project is located. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.

The North Avoca Beachside Residences are an award-winning multi-generational apartment alteration designed by Genton. Located on the foreshore at idyllic North Avoca in NSW, the project involved the transformation and extension of a 1970s block of four apartments.

Process

 

The North Avoca Beachside Residences are an award-winning multi-generational apartment alteration designed by Genton. Located on the foreshore at idyllic North Avoca in NSW, the project involved the transformation and extension of a 1970s block of four apartments.

The four beachside residences of between three to five bedrooms were designed to capture the ocean views, bringing the inside out while maintaining the residences privacy. Each of the four distinct apartments are intertwined throughout three pavilions, with sectional articulation in floor-level, light admission and clever planning to provide privacy social interaction in the shared, communal external spaces and borrowing open space from its natural setting.

The original building was completely renovated and upgraded to become the eastern pavilion of the new design. The beach-facing facade enjoys 180 degree ocean views as a result of floor to ceiling glazing and large cantilevered balconies provide exclusive outdoor amenity without impacting the foreshore exclusion zone.

Working collaboratively with the Local Council and specialist consultants, we were able to maintain the dynamic nature of the existing foreshore while meeting our clients brief and expectations.

Genton worked within the Councils Coastal Management Plan to anticipate future sea level rise and detailed the building accordingly to allow for safe erosion of independent elements.

Outbound:

Kinglake

Kinglake Village

Internal:

Town Planning

 

 

adaptive re-use architecture, multi-residential coastal design, sustainable multi-residential development, destination-driven architecture, coastal adaptive re-use, luxury beachside apartments, eco-conscious residential design, lifestyle-focused architecture, green living design, sustainable living precinct, high-end coastal living, low-impact development, environmental architecture, boutique coastal development, placemaking by the sea, architect-designed coastal precincts, adaptive re-use residential, energy-efficient apartment design, environmentally responsive architecture, regenerative design approach

 

 

Firms

Gensler, BVN, Grimshaw,

 

North Avoca

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