Marsden Park Amenities: An Anchor for a New Community

Location
Marsden Park, NSW, Australia
Year
2014 - 2019
Status
Completed
Filed under
PublicUrban

Marsden Park Amenities provides change rooms for sports teams, a covered outdoor community space, a small kiosk and public toilet facilities for a new suburban community in Marsden Park. We explored the idea of a structure that creates a unique spatial character internally, while becoming an abstract, recessive landscape element externally.

New communal change rooms for Marsden Park. A private yet seemingly open and light space. 
Photography by Clinton Weaver.New communal change rooms for Marsden Park. A private yet seemingly open and light space. Photography by Clinton Weaver.
An orange mesh canopy stretches over the grounded cylindrical forms.
Photography by Clinton Weaver.An orange mesh canopy stretches over the grounded cylindrical forms. Photography by Clinton Weaver.

In many ways, the project’s architecture is expressed in the negative volume between the canopy and the ground plane. A raw structure, direct and straightforward in its tectonic expression yet ephemeral and playful in its spatial character.

A tectonic yet playful presence. 
Photography by Clinton Weaver.A tectonic yet playful presence. Photography by Clinton Weaver.
Column details. 
Photography by Ben Hosking.Column details. Photography by Ben Hosking.
Gutter details. 
Photography by Ben Hosking.Gutter details. Photography by Ben Hosking.

It is a structure that aims to embody a civic quality through its inverse form, serving as an anchor point for a new local community. This structure aims to provide more than just shelter and utilitarian amenity, but also an element of joy and delight.

Fluted concrete detailing.
Photography by Ben Hosking.Fluted concrete detailing. Photography by Ben Hosking.
The mesh canopy dips down to merge with the steel columns.
Photography by Clinton Weaver.The mesh canopy dips down to merge with the steel columns. Photography by Clinton Weaver.
Marsden Park Amenities.
Photography by Clinton Weaver.Marsden Park Amenities. Photography by Clinton Weaver.

Credits

Architect
Completed at CHROFI
Client
Stockland
Engineer
SDA Structures
Builder
Glascott
Landscape
JMD Design
Photography
Clinton Weaver, Ben Hosking

Awards

Commendation
Australian Institute of Architects National Awards - Small Project Architecture
2020
Winner
Australian Institute of Architects NSW, Robert Woodward Award - Small Project Architecture
2020

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