Scape Victoria
Victoria, Australia
Scape
Project 2019 – 2023
Scape Victoria Street is a key part of Scape’s growing portfolio in Australia, providing high quality student accommodation in close proximity to The University of Melbourne and RMIT.
The 24-storey building, housing 533 students, is sited at the junction of the CBD and Hoddle Street grids. The design acknowledges the significance of this gateway location with two symbolic blades fanning out along the respective street grids. Vertical, deep fins on the facades provide a dynamic and changing reading when seen obliquely or viewed straight on from surrounding streets. The buildings base is articulated as stacked terraces accommodating a gym and resident’s cinema.
The building is positioned in the market to provide superior student accommodation. A catered communal dining space provides healthy cooked meals to residents, throughout the day, from a fully equipped commercial kitchen. This is supplemented by communal kitchenettes within the tower for individual cooking or hosting of resident dinner parties.
Accommodation floors are grouped into three storey ‘villages’ to encourage interaction and to engender a sense of community. Each village has a three-storey communal space together with north facing wintergardens for all weather use. Common amenity facilities include: social/break-out spaces; quiet study areas and shared kitchen/dining area. Additional whole-of-building common amenity is provided at ground and level 4, together with large external terraces at levels 4 and 24 providing a total of 4.2m2 communal space per resident.
