29-35 PRINCE STREET

NAME OF THE APARTMENT: 29-35 PRINCE STREET

ARCHITECT: CANDALEPAS ASSOCIATES

LOCATION: CRONULLA, AUSTRALIA

YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION: 2013

TYPE: RESIDENTIAL- MULTI UNIT HOUSING

STRENGTH OF THE PROJECT: Exposed to and protected from the proximate ocean and its vagaries.

The project retains a relaxed, beach we feel that does not change the character of the neighbourhood.

The building presents a highly considered formal, spatial and detailed response to its coastal site.

Deeper into the space another palette is introduced: off-white, dry-pressed bricks and glazed bricks of a similar tone are set against solid timber shutters that bring light and breeze into the core of the dwellings, accompanied by very wide pivoting entry doors.Naturally ventilated and lit, the lobbies offer a model of a suitable sustainable strategy in Sydney’s climate.

The external materials of stone, concrete, timber and bronze will weather beautifully in the marine environment. 

In lieu of glass balustrades, concrete upstands are taken to 760 mm with an angled timber top rail above.

 

INTERIOR VIEW

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

ABOUT THE FLOOR PLAN: A long living room creates the ‘lung’ of the units and enables air to directly flow through from the ocean (in the east) to the street beyond (at the west); the unit being totally ‘held in air’. 

Another line of rooms beside the living spaces are bedrooms and service quarters; a simple arrangement of possibilities in the entire development is enabled by the universality of this plan.

Planning is highly considered, with clearly demarcated public and private zones within the apartments.

Long cuts between blocks bring light and air into the deep plans, and also house the lobbies

The chain of living spaces is balanced by a sequence of private spaces – the main, second and third bedrooms, with generous bathrooms and utility spaces.

These individual spaces claim parts of the hall through the stepping of the hallway in plan.

Living spaces are open to the beachfront, which allows the breeze to pass through the apartments to the private zones at the back.

From inside, the building emphasizes the long stretch of the distant horizon.

WEST ELEVATIONThe western elevation is composed of a series of projecting rectilinear bays and windows set between concrete blades.

Sections of the concrete have been painted white to add visual relief, suggesting frame and infill.

SOUTH ELEVATION

A sandstone wall with forty-five-degree corners pulled off the concrete substrate anchors the centre of the southern elevation. 

EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

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