Located in the Maitland region on the land of the Wonnarua Nation, “Site 6” comprises 13 properties in Metford, NSW. Owned by Homes NSW and managed by Hume Community Housing, the site currently contains single-storey detached dwellings constructed in masonry, weatherboard, and fibre cement sheeting with terracotta tiled roofs. These dwellings have reached the end of their functional lifespan and are now due for replacement.

Brcar Morony Architecture was engaged by Point Capital to prepare a concept masterplan for a social and affordable housing development on behalf of Hume Community Housing (HCH). The masterplan, based on modular construction principles, was developed to demonstrate compliance with HCH’s internal design requirements, including the NSW Apartment Design Guide (ADG), Livable Housing Guidelines, and HCH’s own design principles. It also served to support HCH’s pre-lodgement discussions with Council.

While modular construction presents certain constraints in terms of manufacturing and transport logistics, BMA demonstrated that a variety of apartment typologies could be achieved using one- and two-module configurations. These were shown to accommodate the desired mix of dwellings while meeting minimum internal dimensions and circulation standards set out in the ADG and Livable Housing Guidelines.

The resulting concept masterplan delivered a proposed yield of up to 117 apartments across three storeys, achieving an FSR of 1:1 and 8.3:1 increase on the existing accommodation, with a 40:60% split between social and affordable housing.

Located in the Maitland region on the land of the Wonnarua Nation, “Site 7” comprises 9 properties in East Maitland, NSW. Owned by Homes NSW and managed by Hume Community Housing, the site currently contains single-storey detached dwellings constructed in masonry, weatherboard, and fibre cement sheeting with terracotta tiled roofs. These dwellings have reached the end of their functional lifespan and are now due for replacement.

Brcar Morony Architecture was engaged by Point Capital to prepare a concept masterplan for a social and affordable housing development on behalf of Hume Community Housing (HCH). The masterplan, based on modular construction principles, was developed to demonstrate compliance with HCH’s internal design requirements, including the NSW Apartment Design Guide (ADG), Livable Housing Guidelines, and HCH’s own design principles. It also served to support HCH’s pre-lodgement discussions with Council.

While modular construction presents certain constraints in terms of manufacturing and transport logistics, BMA demonstrated that a variety of apartment typologies could be achieved using one- and two-module configurations. These were shown to accommodate the desired mix of dwellings while meeting minimum internal dimensions and circulation standards set out in the ADG and Livable Housing Guidelines.

The resulting concept masterplan delivered a proposed yield of up to 84 apartments across three storeys, achieving an FSR of 1.1:1 and 9.3:1 increase on the existing accommodation, with a 40:60% split between social and affordable housing.

Located in the Maitland region on the land of the Wonnarua Nation, “Site 8” comprises 10 properties in Rutherford, NSW. Owned by Homes NSW and managed by Hume Community Housing, the site currently contains single-storey detached dwellings constructed in masonry, weatherboard, and fibre cement sheeting with terracotta tiled roofs. These dwellings have reached the end of their functional lifespan and are now due for replacement.

Brcar Morony Architecture was engaged by Point Capital to prepare a concept masterplan for a social and affordable housing development on behalf of Hume Community Housing (HCH). The masterplan, based on modular construction principles, was developed to demonstrate compliance with HCH’s internal design requirements, including the NSW Apartment Design Guide (ADG), Livable Housing Guidelines, and HCH’s own design principles. It also served to support HCH’s pre-lodgement discussions with Council.

While modular construction presents certain constraints in terms of manufacturing and transport logistics, BMA demonstrated that a variety of apartment typologies could be achieved using one- and two-module configurations. These were shown to accommodate the desired mix of dwellings while meeting minimum internal dimensions and circulation standards set out in the ADG and Livable Housing Guidelines.

The resulting concept masterplan delivered a proposed yield of up to 84 apartments across three storeys, achieving an FSR of 1:1 and 9.3:1 increase on the existing accommodation, with a 50:50% split between social and affordable housing.