Student housing complex proposed for Sydney’s Glebe

SJB and Land and Form Studios have won a design excellence competition for a new student housing complex in Glebe.

To be located on the corner of Broadway and Glebe Point Road, the six-storey complex is set to become a gateway to Glebe and the University of Sydney precinct.

The team said the project is designed to "create a home where students both international and local alike would feel comfortable creating new communities and lifelong friendships."

"Starting university and leaving the family home can be a paradigm shift. It's a time to expand your social network and forge a new community," said SJB studio associate Stefanie Hughes. "We believe that architecture has the power to help facilitate the formation of new relationships."

The project will activate the surrounding precinct with retail tenancies at the ground floor frontage of Glebe Point Road, as well as landscape and art interventions on Grose Street at the rear.

The aim of the design is to improve social connectedness and connection with nature through inclusive, diverse and natural landscape experiences.

"The concept was to create a place of discovery, a hidden landscape sanctuary nestled away from the hustle and bustle of Broadway and its busy surrounds," said Land and Form Studios director Ro Iyer.