Yarraville Place regenerates a former industrial site, providing more housing and character to the vibrant Yarraville community
Embracing the context of the site, each row of townhouses has a unique identity, creating varied neighbourhoods within the broader village of the masterplan.
Celebrating the Heritage
The site was covered with abandoned, derelict factory buildings, amid which stood the original factory onsite – the Melbourne Woollen Mills, constructed in the 1870s. Its battle-scarred bluestone walls became a central part of Yarraville Place, as the offset siting – not quite square to the street – established a more dynamic masterplan that introduced unique spaces to the development.
Creating Diversity Within Density
We designed each row of townhouses to relate to its immediate context, creating diversity and character and imbuing Yarraville Place with a village feel and pedestrian scale. The different typologies cater for a variety of households and the architectural form and materiality gives each row its own identity.
Establishing Neighbourhoods Within a Village
At the centre of Yarraville Place, the heritage bluestone walls enclose two rows of three-storey terraces. Their sawtooth profile reinterprets the old factory roof, and existing openings in the walls become front doors to the dwellings, giving each a sense of individuality. Red brick houses along Banool Avenue reference the former warehouse onsite, and large two-storey homes along Scouring Lane relate to the existing houses across the road. Alongside the railway line, three-storey terraces have a sawtooth façade, and living spaces are elevated for views across the reserve.
