609 CHURCH ST RICHMOND, VIC TOWN PLANNING APPLICATION DESIGN REPORT 24th APRIL 2020 CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction APPENDIX 2.0 Development Summary 7.0 Architectural Drawings 3.0 Context Analysis A0000 Cover Page 3.1 Site Location A0002 Perspective 01 City - Melbourne / Yarra A0003 Perspective 02 3.2 Transport Infrastructure and Main A0005 Context Plan Landmarks A0010 Site Analysis Plan 3.3 Richmond - Immediate Context A0011 Site Plan 3.4 Site Photographs A0012 Demolition Plan 3.5 Historical Context A0097 Basement 03 Plan 3.6 Existing Built Form Context A0098 Basement 02 Plan 3.7 609 Church St - View to South A0099 Basement 01 Plan 609 Church St - View to North A0100 Ground Floor Plan 3.8 Site plan - Existing Condition A0101 Level 01 Plan 3.9 Yarra Planning Controls A0102 Typical Office Plan (Level 02 - Level 03) 3.10 Nearby Heritage Items A0104 Typical Office Plan (Level 04 - Level 07) 3.11 Significant Heritage Items A0108 Level 08 Plan 3.12 Emerging Built form A0109 Level 09 Plan 3.13 Potential Context A0110 Level 10 Plan Plan view A0111 Level 11 Plan (Plant) Axo view A0112 Roof Plan A0200 Church Street Elevation (West) 4.0 Design Principles A0201 Prince Patrick Elevation (South) A0202 Rear Elevation (East) 4.1 Design Collaboration A0203 Yarra Street Elevation (North) James Richardson Furniture A0300 Section 01 4.2 Design Concept A0301 Section 02 A0450 Shadow Diagrams 01 5.0 Massing Strategies A0451 Shadow Diagrams 02 A0500 Materials Sample Board 5.1 Mass 5.2 Street Wall Height 8.0 Area Schedule 5.3 Shading and Views 5.4 Solar Access 9.0 Design Renders 5.5 Setbacks 5.6 Equitable Development 9.1 Render 01 - Church St District View 9.2 Render 02 - Church St Looking South 6.0 Design Response 9.3 Render 03 - Church St Looking North 9.4 Render 04 - Church St District View 6.1 Street Activation 6.2 Place-making 6.3 Innovative Office Design 6.4 Landscape Integration 6.5 ESD Initiatives 6.6 Communal Open Space 6.7 Materiality 6.8 Main Facade 6.9 Secondary Facades - Side and Top 6.10 Lighting 3 KOICHI TAKADA ARCHITECTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0 DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY 4 609 CHURCH ST, RICHMOND. VIC 5 KOICHI TAKADA ARCHITECTS 6 609 CHURCH ST, RICHMOND. VIC 7 KOICHI TAKADA ARCHITECTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0 DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY James Richardson Furniture (JR-F) is a boutique ADDRESS: 609 Church Street, commercial furniture solutions provider. Anchored Richmond by heritage and propelled by a dynamic vision for the future, they are committed to forging brand and SITE AREA: 1203.3m2 industry partnerships through integrity, collaboration and discourse. Their passionate team delivers genuine LAND USE: Commercial design-led solutions with a sector based focus, and their close partnerships with industry leaders means BUILDING HEIGHT: 47.90m to top of plant screen they naturally understand their needs, challenges and 43.0m to L11 parapet - RL 52.85 opportunities. Ground Floor - RL 9.85 Roof - RL 52.35 Lift Overrun - RL 57.60 Top of plant screen -RL 57.75 STOREYS: 11 CARPARKING: 60 BICYCLE PARKING: 102 + 9 visitors 8 609 CHURCH ST, RICHMOND. VIC 9 KOICHI TAKADA ARCHITECTS 3.0 CONTEXT ANALYSIS 10 609 CHURCH ST, RICHMOND. VIC 11 KOICHI TAKADA ARCHITECTS 3.0 CONTEXT 12 609 CHURCH ST, RICHMOND. VIC 3.1 LOCATION 3.2 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAIN LANDMARKS CITY - MELBOURNE / YARRA 10 SWAN STREET ACTIVITY CENTRE 5 12 3 11 CITYLINK 9 CITYLINK ALEXANDRA AVE CHURCH ST 400m 800m JR/F 4 5 min walk 10 min walk 1 2 6 7 8 BRUCE ST PUNT RD CHAPEL ST TOORAK RD WILLIAMS RD GRANGE RD N Subject site RICHMOND BOUNDARY Planned activity centre rail way train station CITY LINK 01. Dale Street Reserve 06. Herring Island 11. Golden Square Bicentennial Park 02. McConchie Reserve 07. Como A Park 12. Burnley Park tram stop City of Yarra Boundary JAMES RICHARDSON / FURNITURE CURRENT LOCATION Green spaces Tram 03. Barkly Gardens 08. Hockey ground 04. Charles Evans Reserve 09. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria 14 Central Business District 609 CHURCH ST, RICHMOND. VIC 15 Subject site Bus routes 05. White Street Park 10. Yarra Park KOICHI TAKADA ARCHITECTS 3.3 RICHMOND - IMMEDIATE CONTEXT 3.4 SITE PHOTOGRAPHS CHURCH STREET - EAST 1 2 3 4 8 597 CHURCH STREET 609 CHURCH STREET - SUBJECT SITE PRINCE ALFRED RICHMOND - 619 CHURCH STREET 625 CHURCH STREET - SPACE FURNITURE CHURCH STREET - WEST 5 6 7 8 CHURCH ST 1 7 12 10 YARRA ST BRIGHTON ST 2 11 9 VIEW FROM SOUTHERN END OF CHURCH STREET 650 CHURCH STREET AND DALE STREET 630 CHURCH STREET 594-612 CHURCH STREET YARRA STREET 9 10 11 12 PRINCE PATRICK ST 3 15 14 6 16 13 4 8 YARRA STREET 6 YARRA STREET 2 YARRA STREET 2 YARRA STREET PRINCE PATRICK STREET 13 14 15 16 5 YARRA RIVER VIEW FROM CORNER OF PRINCE PATRICK AND BRIGHTON STREET 9 PRINCE PATRICK STREET 6 PRINCE PATRICK STREET 3 PRINCE PATRICK STREET 16 Subject site 609 CHURCH ST, RICHMOND. VIC 17 KOICHI TAKADA ARCHITECTS 3.5 HISTORICAL CONTEXT 3.5 HISTORICAL CONTEXT CHURCH STREET VIEW SWAN STREET AT CHURCH STREET DIMMEY’S STORE IN SWAN STREET Yarra City, an area of 19.5 sq km, is a municipality Richmond’s premier retailing landmark is Dimmey’s immediately east of central Melbourne. It was formed store in Swan Street. Built in 1907, its brick façade with on 22 June 1994, by the union of Collingwood, Fitzroy arched windows as well as the clock tower and the and Richmond cities and part of Northcote city south copper ball on top (1908-16) are widely recognised. of Heidelberg Road. Yarra city comprises three former In 2012 the site underwent transformation as the inner eastern municipalities which have had strong Richmond Icon Apartments around the historic presences of industry, post war migrant settlement and Dimmey’s clock tower and Swan Street facade as a subsequent gentrification. mixed use development of apartments, heritage lofts and retail. Richmond, 3 km east of central Melbourne, has been a residential and industrial suburb. Until 1994 Richmond The final transformation was gentrification. As was also a municipality. Its western boundary, Punt industry left for cheaper, larger sites outside the inner Road, adjoined Melbourne city and its eastern city, and as middle-class Melbourne discovered the boundary was the Yarra River, across from leafy charms of inner-city living and Victorian architecture, Hawthorn. The river curved around to form Richmond’s Richmond was socially reinvented. House renovation southern boundary, opposite South Yarra and Toorak. has given way to warehouse conversion as some of the The northern boundary, Victoria Parade, adjoins industrial landmarks have become luxury apartments, Collingwood. and Richmond’s Yarra River precinct is returning to residential use. The main easterly thoroughfare through Richmond was Bridge Road, which crossed the Yarra River to Hawthorn by a punt (1843), and later a bridge. It is one of Melbourne’s oldest industrial areas, although at the beginning it was a mixture of villas, tanneries and BRYANT AND MAY MATCH FACTORY CHURCH STREET BRIDGE brickworks. An important landmark of the area is the Bryant and May match factory (1909) in Church Street. The Edwardian factory complex was built in 1909 to a design by William Pitt. Bryant and May was well known for providing workers with excellent working conditions and amenities including a dining hall and sports facilities such as a tennis court and bowling green. 18 609 CHURCH ST, RICHMOND. VIC 19 KOICHI TAKADA ARCHITECTS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL 1 STOREY 2 STOREYS AMSTERDAM STREET TRAMAREA GORDON STREET 138 BRIGHTON STREET 581 - 593 CHURCH STREET 4 - 10 AMSTERDAM STREET 142 BRIGHTON STREET COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL 3 STOREYS RESIDENTIAL 1 STOREY CYCLE LANE 1 STOREY RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL 1 STOREY 2 STOREYS 144 BRIGHTON STREET WILLOW LN 620 - 630 CHURCH STREET 146 - 148 BRIGHTON 19 - 21 YORKSHIRE STREET 587 - 593 CHURCH STREET STREET RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL 2 STOREYS 3 STOREYS 1 STOREY 2 STOREYS COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL 1 STOREY 1 STOREY 150 BRIGHTON STREET RESIDENTIAL 2 STOREYS WALNUT STREET YORKSHIRE STREET 11 - 13 NEWTON STREET 15 - 21 NEWTON STREET COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL 154 BRIGHTON STREET 3 STOREYS 2 STOREYS 597 CHURCH 4 - 10 YORKSHIRE RESIDENTIAL STREET STREET 2 STOREYS 15 YARRA STREET 17 YARRA STREET NEWTON STREET COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL 2 STOREYS 2 STOREYS 1 STOREY 3 STOREYS 648 CHURCH STREET TRAMAREA YARRA STREET 8 NEWTON STREET COMMERCIAL 6 YARRA COMMERCIAL CYCLE LANE 12 YARRA STREET 166 - 164 BRIGHTON STREET 2 STOREYS RESIDENTIAL STREET 1 STOREY 1 STOREY 658 CHURCH STREET RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL HERITAGE 1 STOREY 1 STOREY 1 STOREY 1 STOREY COMMERCIAL 5 STOREY 3 PRINCE 5 PRINCE 9 PRINCE 609-615 11 PRINCE 19 PRINCE 168 BRIGHTON STREET PATRICK PATRICK PATRICK CHURCHSITE AREASTREET 1203.3 m2 PATRICK PATRICK RESIDENTIAL LOCAL TRAFFIC STREET STREET STREET 650 CHURCH STREET 2 DALE STREET 650 CHURCH STREET 1 STOREY NOISE STREET STREET COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL WALNUT STREET COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL 2 STOREYS 2 STOREYS COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL 170 BRIGHTON STREET 1 STOREY 1 STOREY SW PREVAILING 2 STOREYS 2 STOREYS 1 STOREY 2 & 3 STOREYS WINTER BREEZE RESIDENTIAL 1 STOREY 3.6 EXISTING BUILT FORM CONTEXT 3.6 EXISTING BUILT FORM CONTEXT COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL 3 STOREYS COMMERCIAL 1 STOREY 1 STOREY 2 STOREYS PRINCE PATRICK STREET RESIDENTIAL BALMAIN STREET 3 STOREYS COTTER STREET DALE STREET PLAN AXO VIEW COMMERCIAL CHURCH STREET 2 - 6 PRINCE 8 - 10 PRINCE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL BRIGHTON STREET DURHAM STREET 3 STOREYS 12 - 18 PRINCECOMMERCIAL PATRICK 1 STOREY 1 STOREY 2 STOREYS COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL 619 CHURCH ST - 1 PRINCE