The Design District comprises 14,000sqm of live-work units, intended for start-ups and individual makers, supported by 4,000sqm of education facilities and retail spaces. The buildings comprise of structurally modular units with an engineered timber cladding framing glass and aluminium openings. The modular steel structure allows units to be configured easily to accommodate a variety of use cases and occupancy requirements. The Design District will provide a new creative destination for the area.

The Design District is designed to create a permanent location for creative enterprise, delivering high-quality deisgn at low costs to ensure tenant rents can be kept affordable in a highly dense urban city center. Part of the development extends out over the adjacent waterfront, providing opportunities for striking views and creating a neighbourhood of connected walkways and boulevards of small-scale business operators. Newtecnic is responsible for the complete multi-disciplinary design of the project, including architecture, structural and civil engineering, facade engineering and MEP engineering.