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Location
Preston, VIC
Builder
Balmain & Co
Collaborators
MAB
T.C.L
Photographer
Derek Swalwell
Nightingale Preston is about a moment in time. An inflection point. A fork in the road.
The site is on Wurundjeri Country, in Melbourne’s north, tied to three histories. A pre-colonial history of wooded grasslands, of a rich biodiverse open landscape, a post-colonial history of industry and rail infrastructure and more recently, a residential history, an island site of monocultural social housing, a failed attempt at public good. Nightingale Preston, however, looks to the future. A future that pays homage to its past, that looks to regenerate the landscape and the planet while building equity and community.
This project sits as part of the broader Preston Crossing, a precinct project led by MAB. An all-electric precinct, a precinct stitching together the housing continuum from social housing, not-for-profit housing for first home buyers, small footprint housing for singles, market apartments and market townhouses for growing families. A precinct of buildings and housing designed by leading architects Archier, Breathe & Hayball, to bring richness and diversity to the streets and all stitched together via a series of lush parklets, lanes and streets by the talented landscape team at TCL.
For more information, visit the Nightingale Preston project page.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which Nightingale Preston will stand. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
Nightingale Preston is about a moment in time. An inflection point. A fork in the road.
The site is on Wurundjeri Country, in Melbourne’s north, tied to three histories. A pre-colonial history of wooded grasslands, of a rich biodiverse open landscape, a post-colonial history of industry and rail infrastructure and more recently, a residential history, an island site of monocultural social housing, a failed attempt at public good. Nightingale Preston, however, looks to the future. A future that pays homage to its past, that looks to regenerate the landscape and the planet while building equity and community.
This project sits as part of the broader Preston Crossing, a precinct project led by MAB. An all-electric precinct, a precinct stitching together the housing continuum from social housing, not-for-profit housing for first home buyers, small footprint housing for singles, market apartments and market townhouses for growing families. A precinct of buildings and housing designed by leading architects Archier, Breathe & Hayball, to bring richness and diversity to the streets and all stitched together via a series of lush parklets, lanes and streets by the talented landscape team at TCL.
For more information, visit the Nightingale Preston project page.
Location
Preston, VIC
Builder
Balmain & Co
Collaborators
MAB
T.C.L
Photographer
Derek Swalwell
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which Nightingale Preston will stand. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. Breathe acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which Breathe stands. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.
