The old speaks; the new listens
23-room Co-living facility with basement parking and a repurposed heritage building
Project - Co-living is a fresh take on rental accommodation.
Site Area > 626 Sqm
Project Area > 724 Sqm
Status > Design Development
Collaborators > Boffa Robertson Group
Project Number > 2338
Location - Kograh, NSW, Australia
Rapidly gaining popularity in Australia, co-living involves renting a fully furnished room with a designer interior with shared, community-oriented amenities. These include common living & kitchen areas at a minimum, with more creative providers offering social BBQs, movie nights, meditation & yoga facilities, pet-friendly environments, which have a strong appeal to the target renters.
Typically located close to public transport, co-living enables young professionals, students, new arrivals to the city, and essential workers to enjoy a premium lifestyle, close to work workplace, in a community of like-minded people at an attainable price point. Offering medium to long-term rental agreements, co-living extends well beyond a traditional boarding house to become a robust and resourceful housing model for the future.
The project featured here involves the adaptive reuse of a heritage building combined with a new-build extension, creating a 23-room co-living facility near the Kogarah city centre. The heritage house is carefully retained and restored to its original character, while the ground level is reimagined to provide shared, interconnected communal spaces.The new upper levels accommodate five rooms per floor, with the top level opening onto a generous communal terrace.
