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Marlborough Street Residences

This 46-unit residence has been purpose-built for our client, HousingFirst, a multi-award-winning, regulated, not-for-profit organisation providing social and affordable housing to over 1,600 people across Melbourne and recognised as one of Victoria’s fastest-growing community housing organisations.

The development is a six-level development consisting of one-, two-, and three-bedroom dwellings suitable for families, older residents and people living with a disability. It incorporates a public car park in the Basement to replace the previous at-grade car park, a retail frontage, and a Level 4 private community terrace “veggie garden” to bring residents together.

Client
HousingFirst
Location
Balaclava, Victoria
Photography
Elizabeth Schiavello
Traditional Country
Bunurong and Wurundjeri
The development employs masonry construction to complement the local area with exposed concrete "pilasters" used to front Balaclava Train Station.
Sustainability has been high on the agenda, with naturally ventilated corridors, integrated solar shading, and a high proportion of dual-aspect, cross-ventilated apartments.
The ground floor foyer incorporates a feature wall “inverse-Nolli Map” of the St Kilda / Balaclava vicinity. Lighting colour-codes four key character areas reflected in the colours on the four floor levels above. The colours give each resident’s floor a point of difference and a sense of belonging.

The development is the result of a successful partnership between the City of Port Phillip, the Victorian Government and HousingFirst, which saw the site transformed into a contemporary housing complex to meet the needs of a cross-section of our society.

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands where our studios are located, the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people of Yálla-birr-ang, Collingwood and the Wadawurrung people of Djiling, Geelong.

We pay our respects to Elders, past and present, across all regions of Victoria and beyond. We honour the design ingenuity of First Peoples over millennia, their unique contribution to our understanding of place, and their care for the Country on which we create.