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SITE ANALYSIS

GM Urban Design and Architecture has undertaken extensive site analysis investigation to better understand the relationship that the Scottish Hospital Site has with surrounding development. These investigations have been used to define the design parameters and principles for the site and have informed the formulation of master plan options.To view the findings of the site analysis Click Here

Important features of this site are:

the topography of the land, with a 12 metre fall from its southern frontage at Cooper Street to its northern boundary with the Dillon Street Reserve;
the mature plantings and significant heritage trees that exist around its perimeter and on the northern and western portions. These trees define its garden character, assist to obscure existing building forms viewed from the surrounding local streets, and contribute to the green canopy that characterises the Paddington landscape;
its rich social, built and landscape heritage significance which is reflected in its location in the Paddington Conversation Area and its Heritage listing;
the context of surrounding residential development which ranges from Victorian Terraces interspersed with residential flat buildings. The result is a streetscape context consisting of 1-3 storey terrace forms interspersed with 3 storey walk up flats and punctuated by 8 and 9 storey residential flat buildings; and
the green interface at the northern edge of the site between the Dillon Street Reserve and the established hospital gardens and the extension of this green spine through the site to the forecourt of the original 1848 Hospital Building.