↘ Residential Micro Village Southport

Calista Urban Village reimagines what inner-city housing can be — a collection of compact, individually designed micro homes on freehold lots in the heart of Southport. Located on Lenneberg Street within the Southport Priority Development Area, the project takes advantage of a progressive planning framework that challenged the conventional apartment and townhouse model. Rather than relying on strata title and shared body corporate ownership, the land could be divided into remarkably compact individual freehold lots, giving residents ownership of both their home and the land beneath it. The result is a distinctly different approach to urban density: small footprints without sacrificing individuality, ownership or a genuine sense of home. Carefully considered building forms, natural light, ventilation, screening, landscaping and strong connections to the street allow each residence to feel independent despite the compact urban setting. Building on an award-winning micro-lot housing model pioneered on Lenneberg Street, Calista demonstrates how thoughtful building design and innovative planning can create greater housing diversity without defaulting to conventional high-rise development. It is a more human-scaled vision for density — one centred around ownership, liveability and making better use of well-connected inner-city land. Calista Urban Village is small-lot living with a bigger idea behind it: more homes, individual ownership, considered design and a different way of belonging to the city.