Rothschild - Rosebery

The Rothschild is Deicorp newest release a $60 million apartment development south of Sydney's central business district (CBD) in Rosebery. The two buildings at 12-22 Rothschild Avenue, Rosebery are eight and nine storeys. The total area of the project is 8,403 square metres, including 161 square metres of retail warehouses. The parking lot of the new residential building is connected to the retail storefronts. Currently, a commercial building from the 1980s stands above the plot. The new development will include 176 apartments, including 4 studios, 71 one-bedrooms, 86 two-bedrooms, and 15 three-bedrooms. The eight-storey, 90-apartment building on Mentmore Avenue has two outdoor seating areas and a music room on the ground level and more communal spaces on the top floor facing east. An "architectural roof feature" with skylights provides light and air to upper-level apartments. The second building, seven metres from Rothschild Avenue, has 86 apartments, a ground-floor retail tenancy, and communal open space. The ground floor retail tenancy will have outdoor dining and access to the communal courtyard. Councillors unanimously approved the development, which includes public art, land dedication and embellishment, two new through-site links, and a monetary contribution to Green Square urban renewal area. The Rothschild Rosebery is located within one of Sydney’s richest post-industrial areas. The project seeks to offer joy to everyday life, recognising the meaningful prompts from Australia’s largest urban renewal project that seeks to create a sustainable, vibrant and well-connected community. The offering includes two buildings, eight and nine storeys respectively housing 176 apartments, one retail tenancy, two levels of basement parking as well as public and private communal spaces distributed throughout. Each building is topped by an architectural roof feature containing high level windows and curved ceilings which serve to harness light and ventilation for the upper-level apartments. By closely observing the surrounding context there are many influences that have guided the overall design aesthetic. The immediate area is characterised by the charismatic and aspirational Mentmore House development to the west and the repetitive composition of the adjacent interwar industrial buildings. Within the development there are carefully considered public and private offerings. Public art is not merely applied to surfaces but integrated in the form of caryatids which serve to enhance the public domain. Beyond the two buildings, an open courtyard seeks to engage the urban conduct of the street. Spatially the courtyard design is prioritised over the built form, positioned to maximise the effect of entry, movement and experience whilst providing enclosure and refuge. There is a relationship between the quietness of the façade and the drama of the internal courtyard’s symmetry around which the spaces are organised.