Bonbeach “Boutique” Residential estate

Bonbeach “Boutique” Residential estate

Florence Jaquet Landscape Architect was engaged by VicUrban as part of the redevelopment of the old TAFE site into a 100 lot residential estate adjacent to Paterson River Country Club. Significant indigenous heath and large established Coastal Banksia trees adorn the site and were retained as part of the four local parks within the estate.

The main open space acts as a retarding basin and bio-retention pond mitigating and treating surrounding run-offs in storm events. Small WSUD (Water Sensitive Urban Design) swales in the nature strips treat the run-offs from the estate before they enter the main bio-retention basin which has been purposely designed using an angular and very contemporary layout showcasing that WSUD does not need to be naturalistic in appearance.
Bonbeach “Boutique” Residential estate
Client
Vic Urban
Location
Bonbeach, VIC
Size 
7.5Ha
Consultancy Type
Part of a multi-disciplinary team
Wantirna Lea “Boutique” Residential estate

Wantirna Lea “Boutique” Residential estate

A.V. Jennings has established a new housing estate at Knoxfield, an outer-eastern suburb of Melbourne. Laycock & Jaquet were commissioned to undertake the housing estate landscape design, construction documents and oversee contract administration for the project.

The residential estate landscape entrance includes two asymmetrical curved walls used as identity markers. The frontage treatment includes mass planting of shrubs and ground covers in a repeating pattern to create rhythm and harmony.
A consistent palette of materials has been selected to provide a cohesive character for the estate.

The central park has been designed to link in with the entrance treatment and draws visitors’ attention through the site with the use of seating walls and planting materiel in keeping with the entry area. The park includes a community space with a shelter.

Several years later, the team returned to assess how the project had performed. The park remains well used as a central community space. Planting has not only survived and grown extremely well, all paving and natural stone walls remain undamaged, attesting to the careful and wise plant selection and thorough, well informed specifications.

A good design and good execution should always outlast its makers. This will be the case here.

Wantirna Lea “Boutique” Residential estate

Client
A. V. Jennings

Location
Bonbeach, VIC

Size 
7.5Ha

Consultancy Type
Lead