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Netball Central is the first sporting facility to
be built at Sydney Olympic Park since the
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and the first
venue dedicated to professional and amateur
women’s sport in Australia. The building’s
key dramatic expression derives from the
continuous and large-scale use of structural
roof sheeting, which skins this large urban
shed with a robust simplicity, unifying its
dramatic roof with the louvred walls.
Stepping down the site in response to the
topography defines individual courts within
the much larger structure. The bold use
of laminated veneer lumber for the portal
frame brings an unexpected warmth to
the expansive space, and well considered
openings at ground level bring human scale.
This project is an excellent demonstration of
material and spatial creativity in the field of
sports facilities.
Photo: Geoff Ambler
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Netball Central
Scott Carver
Bringing clarity, efficiency and dignity to the
processes of security screening, customs and
immigration, the most recent reworking of
Circular Quay’s Overseas Passenger Terminal is
a confident and accomplished work. Resolving
the tension between border control and
publicness in this intensely busy civic space
has been deftly achieved by the architect.
Bringing flexibility of use, greater transparency
and an effortless logic, the project satisfies
the demanding operational environment
associated with cruise ships, then moments
later can be transformed to permit an active,
public waterfront promenade and plaza space.
Photo: John Gollings
Overseas Passenger Terminal Upgrade
JPW
From under the considerable burden of
technical demands and legislation framing
the governance of health care and production
of hospital facilities in New South Wales,
this project successfully carves out humane,
generous, and natural light filled spaces for
both staff and patients alike. Aiming to be
more than simply a healthcare provider for a
rural community, this facility acts as a broader
critical node in its daily social life.
In addition to formal treatment and work
spaces, the production of high quality informal
and social spaces are central to the hospital, all
of which are enhanced by the relationship of
the building to its surroundings. Framed views
out into the landscape are used frequently to
extend and open up the interior spaces of the
hospital, while careful attention has been paid
to outdoor spaces on the northerly façade
which work to break open the usually tightly
constrained envelope of most hospitals.
Photo: John Gollings
South East Regional Hospital
BVN
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