Rouse Hill Town Centre
Rouse Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia
In association with Rice Daubney and Group GSA
In towns and cities, public space has traditionally served as a meeting place, marketplace and traffic way. Enjoyable towns and cities find a comfortable balance between these three demands, without forfeiting their links with the natural world. The starting point for the design of Rouse Hill Town Centre was a desire to achieve this balance, responding at the same time to the climatic environment of Rouse Hill, and the principles of ecologically sustainable design.
Rouse Hill Town Centre, sits at the heart of the 120-hectare New Rouse Hill site in northwest Sydney, which has been identified by the state government as a major corridor for Sydney’s expansion, and will account for 20 per cent of the city’s population growth. The New Rouse Hill is a joint venture project between GPT and Lend Lease, and was developed within the context of a masterplan prepared by Civitas Urban Design and Planning in partnership with the NSW Department of Planning and Landcom.
The GPT Group is the developer, owner and manager of the $470 million Rouse Hill Town Centre, which has all the facilities of a small town, including a shopping-centre precinct, commercial space, a nine-screen cinema complex, education, library and community facilities, a health and medical centre, and good transport links. The design of Rouse Hill Town Centre was delivered by a consortium of three architectural firms – Rice Daubney, Allen Jack+Cottier and Group GSA.
| Date | 2008 |
| Cost | A$470 million |
| Area | Town Centre: 10 ha
Retail and commercial: 65 000 m² |
| Rise apartments | 104 (part of the New Rouse Hill) |
| Community | Baulkham Hills Shire Council Library |
| Owner, developer, manager | The GPT Group |
| Project management and construction | Bovis Lend Lease |
| Masterplan | Civitas Design and Planning |
| 2010 | Winner, Awards for Excellence - Urban Land Institute, Asia Pacific Region |
| 2010 | Winner, Awards for Excellence - Urban Land Institute, Asia Pacific Region |
| 2009 | UDIA NSW Austral Bricks Awards for Excellence - Masterplanned Mixed Use Development |
| 2009 | UDIA NSW Austral Bricks Awards for Excellence - Masterplanned Mixed Use Development |
| 2009 | Property Council of Australia Rider Levett Bucknall Awards for Innovation and Excellence - Pitney Bowes Business Insight award for shopping Centre Developments |
| 2009 | Property Council of Australia Rider Levett Bucknall Awards for Innovation and Excellence - Pitney Bowes Business Insight award for shopping Centre Developments |
| 2009 | Property Council of Australia Rider Levett Bucknall Awards for Innovation and Excellence - Overall Winner |
| 2009 | Property Council of Australia Rider Levett Bucknall Awards for Innovation and Excellence - Overall Winner |
| 2008 | Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards - Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design |
| 2008 | Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards - Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design |
| 2008 | Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW Awards for Excellence - High Density Residential |
| 2008 | Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW Awards for Excellence - High Density Residential |
| 2008 | 2008 People’s Choice Award, Banksia Awards for Environmental Excellence |
| 2008 | 2008 People’s Choice Award, Banksia Awards for Environmental Excellence |
| 2008 | Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design |
| 2008 | Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Lloyd Rees Award for Urban Design |