Gungaderra Homestead Redevelopment

CHC Affordable Housing, a not-for-profit affordable housing provider, commissioned AMC to develop initial masterplan feasibility studies to support an application for funding, which was ultimately successful. The site included a number of challenging constraints including heritage listed buildings and landscape elements, but which ultimately have given the development character and meaning. The redevelopment of Gungaderra Homestead was completed in March 2011 and includes the adaptive reuse and extension of the main house as a Community Centre and attractive central hub to the development, the adaptive reuse of the machinery shed as a Men’s Shed and the construction of some 29 new townhouses designed to comply with AS4299 and Universal Housing Standards sitting respectfully in this interesting and indeed beautiful heritage precinct.  Most of the original Gungaderra Homestead features have been preserved including a generous landscape setting around the Main Homestead building and the Machinery Shed. Three basic dwellings have been adopted across the site each of which were planned to ensure that their form was subservient to the original buildings, that the development had interest and variety while always benefiting from excellent northern solar access.