By Sora Interior Architecture and Design
Client: Bluecross
Location: Malvern East
Completion: 2019
Bluecross is positioned to service a discerning aged care market with an elegant and contemporary three-storey residence. The development of this continuous design reads as four commanding townhouses along the main Waverley Road address. The project involved taking down the original residence and reimagining it from the ground up, almost doubling its capacity.
The building is home to a cluster of common areas which simulate a lively street, while the residences are nestled in four wings which resemble quiet cul-de-sacs. This echoes the facility’s location on Waverley Road, a fairly commercial, busy interface, which looks inward into leafy Malvern.
A winter garden, library, cafe, hair salon and cinema round out the civic-minded and enriching amenities. The design concept strikes a balance between communal spaces and well-appointed and spacious domestic retreats.
Photography by Jack Lovell
Sora Interior Architecture and Design creates spaces for and with people.
We are passionate about design, and are inspired by the way people inhabit space. We take a considered approach to design, researching and collaborating with our clients to understand the why before the what or how.
Within each project, we embrace the design process with a sense of adventure; allowing curiosity and playfulness to help drive us through our design ideas and material choices.
The results are spaces that people want to engage with; places to eat, to stay, to sleep or work. Thoughtfully designed spaces that help people engage with places better