Quadrangle Castlecrag

Name Quadrangle Castlecrag
Client Greencliff Developments
Country Cammeraygal
Location Castlecrag, NSW
Year 2019

The Quadrangle Castlecrag required TZG to resolve two contradictory forces within this building. First, to satisfy the policy requirement for substantial, sustainable suburbs without expanding the outer ring of Sydney and second, to preserve the best of our natural and built heritage.

The proposal links a neighbourhood centre and high-end housing with restorative public open spaces connected to its historic suburb. Planned by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin in 1919, Castlecrag’s communal areas, native landscaping, undeveloped foreshore and Prairie-style houses established the context for our proposal.

Through consultation, we heard the community’s desire for low-density development with lush landscaping that complemented the character of Castlecrag. Our proposal registers these desires whilst acknowledging the pressures of the ever-growing city surrounding the site.

The proposal offers a material palette of sandstone, in-situ and precast concrete, brickwork and timber. A range of densities, details, textures and tones that refer to and acknowledge the history of Castlecrag while ensuring its future.

Team

Tim Greer, Ksenia Totoeva, Nazia Kachwalla, Jarrod Hughes, Julie Mackenzie, Kevin Lee.

Previous Project:
Local Connections

Next Project:
Bondi Masterplan

Quadrangle Castlecrag

Through consultation, we heard the community’s desire for low-density development with lush landscaping that complemented the character of Castlecrag. Our proposal registers these desires whilst acknowledging the pressures of the ever-growing city surrounding the site.

The proposal offers a material palette of sandstone, in-situ and precast concrete, brickwork and timber. A range of densities, details, textures and tones that refer to and acknowledge the history of Castlecrag while ensuring its future.

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TZG acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, on whose land we work and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We are committed to a just, equitable and reconciled Australia and support the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Always was, always will be.

TZG acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, on whose land we work and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We are committed to a just, equitable and reconciled Australia and support the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Always was, always will be.