Schedule 1Design quality
principles
(Clause 3 (1), definition of
“design quality principles”)
Principle 1: Context and
neighbourhood character
Good design responds and contributes to its
context. Context is the key natural and built features of an area, their
relationship and the character they create when combined. It also includes
social, economic, health and environmental conditions.
Responding to context involves identifying the
desirable elements of an area’s existing or future character. Well
designed buildings respond to and enhance the qualities and identity of the
area including the adjacent sites, streetscape and
neighbourhood.
Consideration of local context is important for
all sites, including sites in established areas, those undergoing change or
identified for change.
Principle 2: Built form and
scale
Good design achieves a scale, bulk and height
appropriate to the existing or desired future character of the street and
surrounding buildings.
Good design also achieves an appropriate built
form for a site and the building’s purpose in terms of building
alignments, proportions, building type, articulation and the manipulation of
building elements.
Appropriate built form defines the public domain,
contributes to the character of streetscapes and parks, including their views
and vistas, and provides internal amenity and outlook.
Principle 3:
Density
Good design achieves a high level of amenity for
residents and each apartment, resulting in a density appropriate to the site
and its context.
Appropriate densities are consistent with the
area’s existing or projected population. Appropriate densities can be
sustained by existing or proposed infrastructure, public transport, access to
jobs, community facilities and the environment.
Principle 4:
Sustainability
Good design combines positive environmental,
social and economic outcomes.
Good sustainable design includes use of natural
cross ventilation and sunlight for the amenity and liveability of residents
and passive thermal design for ventilation, heating and cooling reducing
reliance on technology and operation costs. Other elements include recycling
and reuse of materials and waste, use of sustainable materials and deep soil
zones for groundwater recharge and vegetation.
Principle 5:
Landscape
Good design recognises that together landscape
and buildings operate as an integrated and sustainable system, resulting in
attractive developments with good amenity. A positive image and contextual fit
of well designed developments is achieved by contributing to the landscape
character of the streetscape and neighbourhood.
Good landscape design enhances the
development’s environmental performance by retaining positive natural
features which contribute to the local context, co-ordinating water and soil
management, solar access, micro-climate, tree canopy, habitat values and
preserving green networks.
Good landscape design optimises useability,
privacy and opportunities for social interaction, equitable access, respect
for neighbours’ amenity and provides for practical establishment and
long term management.
Principle 6:
Amenity
Good design positively influences internal and
external amenity for residents and neighbours. Achieving good amenity
contributes to positive living environments and resident well
being.
Good amenity combines appropriate room dimensions
and shapes, access to sunlight, natural ventilation, outlook, visual and
acoustic privacy, storage, indoor and outdoor space, efficient layouts and
service areas and ease of access for all age groups and degrees of
mobility.
Principle 7:
Safety
Good design optimises safety and security within
the development and the public domain. It provides for quality public and
private spaces that are clearly defined and fit for the intended purpose.
Opportunities to maximise passive surveillance of public and communal areas
promote safety.
A positive relationship between public and
private spaces is achieved through clearly defined secure access points and
well lit and visible areas that are easily maintained and appropriate to the
location and purpose.
Principle 8: Housing diversity
and social interaction
Good design achieves a mix of apartment sizes,
providing housing choice for different demographics, living needs and
household budgets.
Well designed apartment developments respond to
social context by providing housing and facilities to suit the existing and
future social mix.
Good design involves practical and flexible
features, including different types of communal spaces for a broad range of
people and providing opportunities for social interaction among
residents.
Principle 9:
Aesthetics
Good design achieves a built form that has good
proportions and a balanced composition of elements, reflecting the internal
layout and structure. Good design uses a variety of materials, colours and
textures.
The visual appearance of a well designed
apartment development responds to the existing or future local context,
particularly desirable elements and repetitions of the
streetscape.
sch 1: Ins 2015
(316), Sch 1 [22].