BRICK AND GILD

also known as 8 POINT STREET
unbuilt approved mixed use development of apartments, commercial and hotel

in association under Philip Stejskal Architecture
2020, FREMANTLE

Developer: SKS Group

$45 million proposal by SKS Group involves the partial retention of the existing Point Street car park with north of the site faces Princess May Park. The site was developed to be a seven storey Doubletree by Hilton hotel with 168 rooms and a ground floor restaurant, as well as seven storey residential building comprising 45 apartments, a common area gym, 72 car bays and an internal courtyard, as well as ground floor retail and office space.

Taking cues from the material context of the site, the golden glazing and cream concrete of Doubletree hotel references the limestone heritage of old Fremantle Boys’ School north of the site whilst the southwest apartments of red terracotta cladding and concrete frame reinterprets the brick material of Woolstores. The facades are detailed with tailored sunshading of timber screening, perforated metal, window boxes and concrete frame depending on orientation.

The ground plane is activated with hotel restaurant and shopfronts, and northern amenities for the hotel and residents, with a courtyard for relief of the building mass.