Lakeside West Apartments

31 Dec

Part of a larger Kawarau Falls Station lakefront resort complex, the Lakeside West Apartments link underground to the adjacent Hilton Hotel, situated north-facing shore of picturesque Lake Wakatipu.

ASC Architects designed four lakefront apartment complexes consisting of 42 apartments over four floors, two-bedroom apartments to luxury four-bedroom penthouses, including the soft fit-out.

In support of the residential and hotel use, the development includes swimming pools and lounges. The project incorporates local schist stone cladding, ribbed metal and patterned concrete to create a discontinuity of external elevations into smaller-scaled panels. The ground floor features restaurants and retail-lined street frontages. Basement car park level entry to the south includes a pedestrian tunnel to Lakeside West.

Location
Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown

Date completed
2010

Team
Trevor Millen

All but two apartments face Lake Wakatipu in a highly modulated north façade generated by a complex plan of front and rear apartments in a staggered arrangement. This meandering north façade is articulated into vertical elements of a domestic character to maximize lakefront views. Both west and south façades are more urban in appearance, fronting up to the street and the Whakatipu Steps. Designed to respond to the unique site conditions and surrounding context, the top floor is offset to reduce the visual height from the lakefront reserve.