Housing for the homeless has started construction in Camperdown, Sydney.
The Common Ground project is being partly funded through the 'A Place to Call Home' - a joint Commonwealth-State initiative where homeless people and those at risk of homelessness are moved directly into long term supported housing – rather than into crisishousing.
The project comprises a six-storey residential building located in the inner city suburb of Camperdown, between Pyrmont Bridge Road, Lyons Road, Lambert Street and Layton Street.
It will contain 104 self contained studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments, plus space for on-site support services on the ground floor.
The design includes communal gardens and a 24/7 concierge who will provide security for the tenants.
"Half the units will be tenanted by former rough sleepers, while the remainder will be used for affordable rental housing to enable a social mix, another key characteristic of the Common Ground model," Verity Firth says, Member for Balmain.
The Common Ground model has been a successful model in substantially reducing street homelessness and helping people achieve and sustain long term and stable accommodation.
Grocon (NSW) has been working closely with Housing NSW, architect HASSELL, structural engineer Meinhardt, services engineer NDY and heritage consultant Godden Mackay Logan on the design of the building.
Grocon will employ two formerly homeless people on the project and retain them as part of its full-time workforce beyond the completion of the project and encourage subcontractors to do the same.
Grocon also has an Aboriginal employment protocol and is working with the Redfern Waterloo Authority to implement this. The project is scheduled for completion in October 2011.
Credit:Architechture&Design
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