About the Project

The proposal is for two new buildings located on the corner of Gungahlin Place and Camilleri Way.  The buildings will be mixed use, including commercial spaces, a new registered training organisation facility, restaurant, serviced accommodation and apartments:

Building one (fronting Camilleri Way):

• A new training facility for around 500 students (with space for administration offices, training rooms, counselling spaces, computer lab and student lounge / common room)

• Serviced apartments (with a terrace garden)

• Rooftop restaurant (+ hospitality training) overlooking the Mullanggari Grasslands

 Building Two (addressing Gungahlin Place):

• 46 apartments (with a mix of 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedrooms and including affordable housing)

Both buildings will have commercial tenancies at the ground floor fronting Gungahlin Place and Camilleri Way

About the location

The site is 2,705sqm and is zoned for mixed uses (CZ5 zone), located in Gungahlin Town Centre Precinct 4a: ‘Southern Transition’.

Meeting the objectives for CZ5

The proposal is consistent with the objectives for mixed uses zones.

Encourage higher density residential development in locations with convenient access to transport corridors, and commercial and employment centres

The project includes 46 new apartments (including affordable dwellings) (in accordance with the lease requirements for the site) within easy walking distance to the centre of the Gungahlin Town Centre, the bus interchange and light rail terminus.  The new buildings are also excellently located on a quality cycle route.

Create an efficient and sustainable urban environment and provide for a diversity of living, working and recreation opportunities

The new buildings will include a mix of uses.  In addition to the Registered Training Organisation and apartments, the buildings will include commercial spaces at the ground floor, serviced apartments and a new rooftop restaurant.

Maintain and enhance environmental amenity and undertake development using best practice environmentally sustainable development principles

The proposal targets 7 stars for the apartments and will be exploring more innovative ventilation strategies for the RTO building, as well as the potential use of solar PV and onsite water reuse.  The team will also be looking at the potential to use low energy / low carbon materials and mechanical plant.

Encourage a standard of urban design that is consistent with selected major avenues, approach routes and other strategically located areas

Encourage activities particularly at street frontage level that contribute to an active public realm

The proposal’s landscape strategy is for deep rooted planting zones at the ground plane on the corner of Gungahlin Place and Camilleri Way, providing an attractive place for pedestrians and visitors to commercial tenancies.  The entrance to the new training facility will have an appropriate sense of address to Camilleri Way, flanked by commercial spaces and creating an inviting and vibrant access point into the building.  Landscape and proposed commercial tenancy spaces will create opportunities for activation of the public realm at both street frontages.

Promote active living and active travel

Provide a high quality public realm by facilitating active uses on ground floor level that connects with the wider open space, pedestrian and cycle networks to promote active travel and active living.

Provide a mixture of compatible land uses and integrate suitable business, office, residential, retail and other development in accessible locations so as to encourage walking and cycling, and maximise public transport patronage.

Located adjacent to a quality cycle and pedestrian link, the new buildings will include a number of uses including commercial, residential, training spaces, serviced accommodation and restaurant – all with excellent proximity to light rail, bus routes, cycle routes and pedestrian connections.  Pedestrian and cycle pathways adjacent to the site provide connections to the Town Centre and transport hubs and are in excellent condition and are readily accessible.  The proposal also includes well located bicycle parking and end-of-trip amenities.

The proposal is also subject to the relevant rules and criteria of the Territory Plan including the:

• Gungahlin Precinct Map and Code

• Multi Unit Housing Development Code

• Commercial Zones Development Code

The development is consistent with the requirements for building height, setbacks and articulation, solar amenity and deep rooted landscape (please refer to the information material for relevant drawings).

Download the information material

Engaging with the community

The project was presented to the Gungahlin Community Council on 13 October 2021.  A presentation was also made to the National Capital Design Review Panel on 20 October 2021.  Based on the feedback from those sessions, we have continued to refine the design and will present the updated project to the community in November (see dates below for information sessions). 

We will be hosting two online ‘zoom’ information sessions to present the updated project design.

Sessions will be held on the following dates:

Tuesday, 9 November: 12-1pm

Monday, 15 November: 12-1pm

To join the session, please click on the session dates above to register your interest (you can register at any time before the session is concluded).  We look forward to seeing you there.

Do you have any questions?

If you have any questions please send them through to community@juddstudio.com.au (or you can ask us directly during the information session) before Friday 19 November.

Let us know what you think by Friday, 19 November 2021

To provide your feedback and comments on the project please click here to ‘Have Your Say’ before Friday 19 November. 

Alternatively, you can send us an email at community@juddstudio.com.au.

If you don’t have access to email you can also call our office on 6181 4963.