Shout Ridge

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With an enviable Lane Cove National Park aspect, Shout Ridge is the second of five residential precincts of the DHA residential development in Lindfield.  The existing natural elements on the site include Indigenous flora, rocky outcrops and ravine-like watercourses. These presented unique opportunities and constraints for the landscape design approach which has integrated these iconic elements to protect and enhance the site character.

Arcadia collaborated with Architectus, under Principal Mark Curzon, to create a sustainable community for Shout Ridge. More than 25 per cent of the total site area has been developed for outdoor communal use, an element which contributed to Shout Ridge becoming the first residential project to be awarded a 6-Star Green Star – Multi Unit Residential Design v1 Certified Rating in Australia. Other sustainable elements include the retention of many significant existing trees and an extension of the bushland planting palette, made up exclusively of endemic species to the Lane Cove National Park, to create xeriscape gardens.

Communal open space amenity that sets this residential flat development apart includes a series of outdoor rooms for passive recreational use, nestled into the existing landscape. These spaces adapt to the existing topography to ensure the natural landscape feels like it creeps right up the building edge while providing separation and privacy from a user’s perspective. A feature of the landscape is the elevated  timber boardwalk, which weaves through the existing trees providing connections whilst protecting existing native grasses and landscape on the woodland floor. Residents also have access to outdoor dining and cooking facilities, a community garden with composting facilities and worm farm, open landscaped areas for active play and seating areas in quiet zones, with access to sun and shade.

Photography by Brett Boardman.