Urban Design Assessment - Morpeth Apartments

An urban design assessment for an apartment development in Warkworth.

Urban Detail sought urban design advice to support a resource consent for a luxury apartment development in Warkworth.

The sloped site situated on the edge of Warkworth town centre, is in the Mixed Use Zone. It would be the first development to realise the Mixed Use built form in Warkworth. While on-site commercial was not included, the design development sought a high quality residential design outcome with spacious floor plans, sustainable on-site amenities, locally informed materiality, access details for support easy pedestrian access to all the amenities available in Warkworth centre. Overall the urban design input supported the apartment to achieve resource consent.

The Urban Advisory supported Urban Detail to develop an appropriate design for this apartment building ‘The Portland’. The design materiality made reference to the river port history of the town, and resolved as an attractive, high quality development. This development is thought to be the first development consented in the Mixed Use Zone around Warkworth town centre.