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Paddington Central
Multi-unit residential with 47 Apartments located behind Walter Reid Reserve in Paddington. The site is set behind the remains of of surrounding Victorian and more contemporary buildings,
a nineteenth century water reservoir in Oxford Street Paddington. The project accommodates 47 x 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. while simultaneously utilising contemporary materials and
geometry.
The project was designed to form an urban edge to a future public space in advance of the restoration of the historic water
reservoir. Apartments were set out as split-level crossover format to orient living spaces to the north.
Paddington Central addresses its architectural context in the abstract - matching parapet lines and the rhythm and proportions
