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Serene Living is a highly successful and recently developed multi storey retirement community, close to many important facilities including the Tweed Heads Hospital, Bowls Club and RSL Club. The site enjoys spectacular views over the Pacific Ocean coastline.

Stage 2 entails the addition of a new 7 level tower to the much larger original building. Located on an adjoining site to the north, the new tower is formally developed to minimise the impact on the views and northern aspect available from apartments on the northern side of the existing building. A crescent or concave shaped wall to the southern edge, expands these views and an external full height trellis screen with climbing plants offers a luxuriant green wall to the north and south edges of the new building.

The 7 levels, arranged over a basement car park and gym connected to the existing basement, include expanded community facilities to the ground floor with a large community room able to be sub-divided into 3 smaller spaces, a new café and terrace overlooking a new hydrotherapy pool. The upper levels are arranged in 2 parts of 3 levels each, the lower 3 levels accommodating 6 x 2 bedroom apartments, then stepping back with landscaped terraces to accommodate 3 x 3 bedroom apartments.

The new wing, sculpted, curvilinear, lightweight and green is conceived as a smaller complimentary counterpoint to the more rectilinear and bulky form of the existing building. Together they offer a higher level of amenity physically and visually than the current facility.