Imagine this! Future plans for Bakery Hill

Artist impression of the proposed mixed-use precinct along Humffray Street.

The Hygge team have been working with Six Degrees Architects towards the regeneration of a former industrial project site in Bakery Hill.  

The 4,200 square metre site, located at 102–108 Humffray Street in Bakery Hill was previously occupied by a timber merchant for decades. The site currently contains a mix of dilapidated houses and timber storage sheds, with pedestrian access limited by vehicular routes and truck loading bays.

The site is within easy walking distance to the growing retail, café and dining activity along Main Road and the Bridge Mall as well as the supermarket precinct. 

Plans are evolving for a new mixed-use precinct with offices, retail and apartment living and new public open space centred around the existing notable red brick chimney.  

“Previously, it was a light industrial site, but it is actually quite a historic part of the city,” said Six Degrees director James Legge. The history of the site will be celebrated, with the retention of the existing smokestack which will be integrated to become a “marker in an active and landscaped ground plane.”

The project will involve the regeneration of the area, transforming a carpark and underutilized spaces into a higher density precinct. Two separate buildings are planned, comprising an eight-storey residential building to the west and a commercial building to the east, with the communal and public space between.

A textured locale, the Bakery Hill area is on the cusp of change offering a vibrant landscape appealing to dynamic businesses and people seeking connected urban living.

The project targets a minimum 7-star NatHERS thermal performance rating for the apartments, a 5-star Greenstar rating for the commercial building with zero fossil fuels used in the operation.

A formal design review process of the precinct has been completed and a permit application has been lodged with the City of Ballarat.  

Read more about the design of the project in an interview with Six Degrees director James Legge on ArchitectureAU here.