Lizard Log Amenities: A Park Built to Patina

Location
Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Year
2009-2012
Status
Completed
Filed under
PublicUrban

The team collaborated with McGregor Coxall to design and deliver the project which called for a new playground, amenities blocks, event space with adjoining events pavilion, car parking, shade and BBQ facilities. The park design was a response to the scale and character of the greater site context with a strong environmental agenda. The Amenities Buildings and Shelters were driven by an adaptive design response to the existing structures on the site. Rather than demolishing the existing structures the new designs continue the tectonic language and introduce robust materials that
age and patina over time.

Lizard Log Amenities PlanLizard Log Amenities Plan
Lizard Log Amenities.
Photography by Brett Boardman.Lizard Log Amenities. Photography by Brett Boardman.
Lizard Log Amenities.
Photography by Brett Boardman.Lizard Log Amenities. Photography by Brett Boardman.
The event pavilion.
Photography by Simon Whitbread.The event pavilion. Photography by Simon Whitbread.
Lizard Log Amenities. 
Photography by Brett Boardman.Lizard Log Amenities. Photography by Brett Boardman.
Lizard Log Amenities.
Photography by Brett Boardman.Lizard Log Amenities. Photography by Brett Boardman.

The Events Space Building is a multi functional pavilion and forms part of an
ensemble of amenities and shade structures which are distributed throughout the park. The building provides a back drop to the major events space within the park and continues the language of the other park structures through materiality and detail.

Lizard Log Amenities Events Space PlanLizard Log Amenities Events Space Plan
Lizard Log Amenities.
Photography by Simon Whitbread.Lizard Log Amenities. Photography by Simon Whitbread.

Credits

Architect
Completed at CHROFI
Client
Western Sydney Parklands Trust
Engineer
Northrop Engineering
Builder
Timber Creations
Landscape
McGregor Coxall
Photography
Brett Boardman, Simon Whitbread

Awards

Winner
Australian Institute of Architects NSW Awards - Steel Architecture
2017
Winner
Australian Institute of Architects NSW Awards - Public Architecture
2017
Winner (Overall Park)
AILA Premier's Peoples Choice Award
2012
Winner
Australian Institute of Architects NSW, Geberit Award
2011

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