Articulation for residential buildings longer than 15m

Articulation is the physical variation in a building’s wall that reduces large expanses of blank walls.

It's done by stepping the building wall and balconies outwards, or recessing it inwards. This creates more corners, which allows for windows and other openings to be added. This helps create light and air movement.

Benefits

Articulation can also:

• make a building more interesting to look at
• reduce the bulk and visual massing of buildings.

Rules and conditions

The design of residential buildings must meet certain rules regarding building articulation within the NT Planning Scheme 2020.

For every 15m of building length, or part of that, the building design must include a minimum step in the building line of one metre by one metre. This applies to all external walls of the residential building.

These rules don't apply to dwellings-single or the ground level of residential buildings in zone CB.

More information

To find out more, read the guidance note for building articulation PDF (808.6 KB) under clause 5.4.17 of the NT Planning Scheme PDF (2.8 MB).