central commercial

Location: Flinders Street, Townsville
Client: Honeycombes Property Group

In reclaiming and developing the disused rail yards known as the ‘North Yards’, the master plan aims to provide Townsville with a destination that provides an alternative to CBD residential and commercial activity and invigorates and underutilised and fledging part of the city. Situated on the banks of Ross Creek, in the historic precinct fronting Flinders Street between the CBD and Townsville Railway Station, the site offers a unique and diverse living environment.

The expansion of built form is primary driven by response to context, both existing and proposed in the master plan, which incorporates concern toward orientation, views and an understanding of suitable approaches to building in the tropics.

Built form is used significantly to generate a sense of scale and spatial definition in streetscapes, forming tight-fitting but low-scale rows along small streets and permeable, fractured edges along the public routes of Flinders Street and the creek front parkland.

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