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Heller Street Park and Residences by Six Degrees Architects. Photographer: Patrick Rodriguez.<a href="http://sixdegrees.com.au/projects/residential/heller-street-park-residences">Heller Street Park & Residences</a> is an award-winning residential development in suburban Melbourne by <a href="http://sixdegrees.com.au/">Six Degrees Architects</a>. Built on the site of an old rubbish dump, the project is both environmentally and socially sustainable as it encourages a sense of community and communal ownership through shared space and resources.1
Heller Street Park and Residences by Six Degrees Architects. Photographer: Patrick Rodriguez.Heller Street Park and Residences, by <a href="http://sixdegrees.com.au/">Six Degrees Architects</a>, consists of a public park and ten townhouses in inner suburban Melbourne.2
Heller Street Park and Residences by Six Degrees Architects. Photographer: Patrick Rodriguez.It is built on what was originally a clay pit, then a rubbish dump and, most recently, a council depot.3
Heller Street Park and Residences by Six Degrees Architects. Photographer: Patrick Rodriguez.Soil excavated during construction was mounded up on the site to raise the park area, providing privacy from the street for the three-storey townhouses that overlook it.4
Heller Street Park and Residences by Six Degrees Architects. Photographer: Patrick Rodriguez.The houses have minimal private outdoor space, given that they front onto the public park; instead residents are encouraged to participate in the wider development through community gardens and shared common space.5
Heller Street Park and Residences by Six Degrees Architects. Photographer: Patrick Rodriguez.Each individual house has four bedrooms and is designed for a young family.6
Heller Street Park and Residences by Six Degrees Architects. Photographer: Patrick Rodriguez.Passive heating and cooling are provided by the thermal mass of the living room floor slab, plenty of insulation, double-glazed windows, cross ventilation and the extraction of air through a skylight above the stairs.7
Heller Street Park and Residences by Six Degrees Architects. Photographer: Patrick Rodriguez.There are <a href="http://inhabitat.com/solar-power/">solar panels</a> and rainwater collection facilities on each roof.8
Heller Street Park and Residences by Six Degrees Architects. Photographer: Patrick Rodriguez.The project won awards for sustainable architecture and residential architecture at the 2012 <a href="http://www.architecture.com.au/">Australian Institute of Architects</a>’ National Architecture Awards in November. <a href="http://simontaylorlandart.com/">Simon Taylor Landart</a> was the landscape architecture firm on the project.9
Heller Street Park and Residences by Six Degrees Architects. Photographer: Patrick Rodriguez.<big><a href="http://sixdegrees.com.au/">+ Six Degrees Architects</a></big>10
