Well this is a little prophetic, isn’t it. Back in May, Holcim launched its low carbon concrete product range, titled ECOPact. Fast forward six months, and the product was named as the Winner of the Best of the Best category at the 2021 Sustainability Awards.
198 Beavers Road Northcote VIC 3070
What began as an old abandoned 12,000sqm bus repair shed at Northcote, located in Wurundjeri Country in Victoria, has developed into a site hosting 74 diverse, flexible townhouses that boast an 8 star overall NatHERS rating.
A benchmark in sustainable community living, Northcote Place combines indigenous flora and fauna with the modern, sustainable premises of modern architecture, complementing local regeneration initiatives in the process.
Northcote Place was born of a collaboration between Metro, Akas Landscape Architecture, SDC (Sustainable Development Consultants) and ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects, a carbon-neutral practice.
Centred around shared public and private spaces, community gardens and widespread street furniture are cornerstones of the community. There is also a central mews for pedestrians and cyclists that provides a missing link between local bike paths, the popular Merri Creek Trail, and the new footbridge to CERES Communit
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A new townhouse development alongside Northcote’s Merri Creek is being described as ‘a holistic exemplar of sustainable living’ with features such as shared community spaces, lush landscaping and residences designed to achieve an overall NatHERs rating of 8 stars.
Located on Wurundjeri Country adjacent to the bushy parklands of Merri Creek, on the site of a disused bus repair shed, Northcote Place is a planned community of 74 diverse, flexible townhouses born of an unusually close collaboration between Metro, Akas Landscape Architecture, SDC (Sustainable Development Consultants) and ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects.
Though the project was designed before the pandemic, Northcote Place delivers the kind of environmentally and socially connected 20-minute neighbourhood Melburnians in particular have been calling for since the tough Covid-19 lockdowns, says Metro general manager David Steele. Eighty percent of stage one residences are already sol