
Design challenges
For DC8 Studio’s lead interior designer, Kara Kennedy, the display suite location was perfect, however with a strong street presence, the size proved a major challenge. “We needed to sell the community ‘feel’—including the various accommodation options, retails spaces, and surrounding facilities—within an 80 sqm, long, narrow shop space”, Kennedy reveals. “Our brief was to create a homey atmosphere, and we wanted to promote the colours and influences of the surrounding environment, so we aimed for a ‘bush meets lake’ feel and created private meeting booths and a kids’ zone, which enabled us to fit everything in”