Pictured Left: The interior spaces of the St Albans apartments are light filled and contemporary.
Gertrude Street St Albans Wins Victorian Architecture Award In June 2022, Housing Choices St Albans housing project in Melbourne’s west won a Victorian Architecture Award. Designed in collaboration with NMBW Architecture Studio and Monash Art, Design & Architecture, the St Albans development received the award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing. This project was supported through the Victorian Property Fund and an Australian Research Council grant, and trials an ageing-in-place design. The project invested considerable research and tenant engagement to inform a design featuring moveable walls and joinery units that can be dismantled and relocated to give residents flexibility with room sizes and door locations. During the building process, lead architect Nigel Bertram and the team from NNBW, liaised with prospective tenants to discuss layouts and needs. St Albans sets a new exemplar for accessible social housing, with lessons learned throughout the co-design process and further research being undertaken post-occupancy.
The Commercial Team also applied for a high volume of tender submissions.
In response to the worsening housing crisis facing Australia, these tender submissions are crucial to working with local, state and federal governments to address the issue. Most notably, was Housing Choices submissions to Homes Victoria and the WA Department of Communities, as our organisation works towards addressing both social housing and key worker affordable housing needs. Housing Choices also collaborated with various state government development agencies in efforts to tackle the housing crisis, including Renewal SA, Development WA, and Development Victoria.
Pictured Below: The unique exterior of the award-winning St Albans property.
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