Following the Development Applications that were lodged by GPT prior to Christmas 2012, the local Channel 9 News team carried out a feature story on two proposed developments of the Casuarina Square Shopping Centre – Litchfield Square, and a sleeved Student Accommodation facility to sit above the existing centre.
Casuarina Square is the largest shopping centre in the Northern Territory, located in Casuarina in Darwin’s northern suburbs. Owned and operated by GPT, the development masterplan aims to expand the current leasable area while making strong moves to activate the streetscape and public domain areas which are associated with the centre.
The student accommodation facility, a six story building, will house over 300 students from Charles Darwin University. The façade of the building will contain a series of large scattered and suspended planters, creating a green façade of trees and accents complemented by climbing and hanging plants.
From a planting design perspective, the landscape is themed to work with the tropical planting of Darwin, using deep greens and large canopy plantings to provide protection during both the wet and dry seasons.
Arcadia’s involvement with the Casuarina Square masterplan and student housing development has been acknowledged in the news. To check out the story and the two projects click on the link below.
http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/video/?videoid=f05e2359-a8d6-45a2-8c6e-a2264c1386e1&src
