Havilah on Palmerston

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Havilah on Palmerston is a residential aged care facility and retirement village development in the heart of regional Victoria. 

The project revitalises a currently unused site (previously Maryborough High School) into a sustainable development of a central town block.

Maryborough’s ageing population and dry climate has created a need for low-cost, ecologically sensitive developments. 

This project answers these criteria with the inclusion of 48-independent retirement villas surrounding the central core of a 30-bed residential aged care facility and community centre.  The reuse and transformation of the original, and now heritage-listed, schoolhouse into a community centre requires careful planning and consultation with Heritage Victoria. 

Catchment and reuse of surface water run-off, rainwater harvesting from roof areas, grey water recycling, natural ventilation, solar hot water systems, orientation and insulation levels provide the sustainable outcomes now expected by consumers and developers.

The design intention seeks to create a language between the old and the new incorporating the connection of the rural lifestyle and architecture. Materials and construction methods allow a modern rural vernacular to demonstrate a compatible building type within the diverse built-form common in these early gold-rush settlements.

Local council is completely supportive of the development with planning well underway. Construction is proposed to commence in late 2009.

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Today's built environment presents complex challenges to society and the design professionals who shape it. No longer can projects be addressed in simple terms, as the community demands performance in every aspect of the development cycle. GHD is committed to delivering innovative projects that integrate social, cultural, economic and political values into sustainable design solutions. GHD's urban planners, architects, landscape architects, environmental scientists, building engineers, traffic and civil engineers are some of the in-house design professionals who form our powerful multi-disciplinary project teams.

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GHD can work with providers to create dynamic lifestyles, comforting environments and innovative planning solutions. We have worked on many kinds of accommodation projects such as residential care facilities, dementia care facilities, retirement villages, lifestyle resorts and serviced apartments. 

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