About our aspirations
Glyde_Bautovich are architects, urban designers and planners who work together and separately to transform resources, regulations, programs, and ideas into places of beauty.
We believe in the ‘spirit of place’ or genius loci and passionately engage in the art of making meaningful places of distinctive character through a careful process.
We research and analyse client aspirations, economics, demographics, urban structure, history, building typologies and appropriate precedents.
We re-use and revisit these layers that are beneath the surface to inform an appropriate outcome.
The place becomes a palimpsest set within its context.
The experience of the public space, what makes the city or place stick together, becomes rich, activated and vital.
Our analysis feeds into the architectural process which becomes form driven whereby we mould the fabric of the building to engage with nature, capture light and air, in a way that we know will lead to joyful inhabitation.
We breath in information, aspirations and breath out a new space or building as an offering to the people of the city and those who occupy them.
About our aspirations
Glyde_Bautovich are architects, urban designers and planners who work together and separately to transform resources, regulations, programs, and ideas into places of beauty.
We believe in the ‘spirit of place’ or genius loci and passionately engage in the art of making meaningful places of distinctive character through a careful process.
We research and analyse client aspirations, economics, demographics, urban structure, history, building typologies and appropriate precedents.
We re-use and revisit these layers that are beneath the surface to inform an appropriate outcome.
The place becomes a palimpsest set within its context.
The experience of the public space, what makes the city or place stick together, becomes rich, activated and vital.
Our analysis feeds into the architectural process which becomes form driven whereby we mould the fabric of the building to engage with nature, capture light and air, in a way that we know will lead to joyful inhabitation.
We breath in information, aspirations and breath out a new space or building as an offering to the people of the city and those who occupy them.
Church Street Apartments
Ryde, Sydney
Glyde_Bautovich were commissioned to provide architectural, urban design and planning services for this project which is located within City of Ryde’s Shepherds Bay, Meadowbank Precinct. Meadowbank has a strong maritime history and still operates a ferry service from the Parramatta River.
Substantial local analysis was completed to inform the design of this 13.7m wide site. Although there are 2 street frontages, vehicular access was only available from one. It’s long northern boundary is shared with a public park providing amenity and engagement with the public domain.
The conceptual framework for the design comes from the question of how to engage with the park. The decision was made to set the building back 2m from the park and drop the ground level apartments down to within 500mm of the park levels. The setback allows a landscape buffer and access down to the park. A two storey apartment typology was used to maximise the opportunity for bedrooms and living areas to engage with the park, optimising the northerly aspect and providing good ventilation. Internal corridor spaces are ramped to follow the natural levels of the site making users more aware of the sites natural topography and directly connecting the two street frontages together.
