Kerr Court is a 40-room co-living project located in the suburban grain of Lidcombe, in Central Western Sydney. It doesn’t aim to reinvent the neighbourhood, but to work with it—to sit confidently among an eclectic mix of housing types and offer a dignified, utilitarian response to the growing need for short-term, affordable housing.

Two storeys, no taller than it needs to be, anchored by a calm and deliberate material palette. The massing reads as compact and efficient—neither retreating nor overstating itself. Its blade walls conceal services and frame the façade, giving order and rhythm to an otherwise modest composition.

At the heart of the project is a generous central courtyard, open to the sky. More than just a planning move, the courtyard is a climatic, social, and spatial engine. It naturally ventilates all rooms, draws daylight into the plan, and creates the conditions for incidental social interaction, neighbours passing on the gallery walkways, a wave across the void, a short conversation at dusk. The courtyard extends westward into a generous, open foyer space that centralises movement and arrival: mailboxes, bicycle storage, lifts, and open stairs come together to form a communal threshold that encourages pause, encounter, and movement.