The beginning of a project can be a very exciting period! Often projects come out of a reaction to a perceived problem where a solution is half determined before the problem is fully understood, ‘critiqued’ or even challenged. This can perpetuate as funding is sought, approvals from relevant personnel are obtained and a kind of consultation with stakeholders is completed. Before too long, there is a ‘brief’ for a building project which then is used to seek engagement of architectural services. As Architects, we often get called in late in this process and get pulled in to the excitement of…
Community
Project Update: Dalwallinu Recreation Centre reaches PC
Dalwallinu Recreation Centre Extension and Refurbishment have reached practical completion. We would like to share some photographs from Project Architect’s Christian Wetjen’s latest visit to Dalwallinu with a before and after comparison. The project includes: New Entrance Foyer/breakout space Lesser Hall Bar Kitchen Meeting Room Leasable space Additional amenities and change rooms Umpire’s match room Refurbishment works for the existing centre facilities
Wungong Town Community Centre and Library Feasibility Study
Element (formerly TPG + Place Match) in partnership with SITE Architecture Studio was engaged by the City of Armadale to provide consultancy services for the feasibility study for a new Library and Community Centre within the Wungong Town Centre. The City identified that the current Armadale Library will outgrow its capacity to deliver community and library services within the existing catchment. Without the additional Library services, the Armadale Library’s catchment population would be exceeded by 2026. The City also recognised that the forecast of Wungong Town population growth warranted a prevision of Library and Community services within the area. SITE…
Project Update: Dalwallinu Recreation Centre
Construction is progressing at the Dalwallinu Recreation Centre Refurbishment and Extension. We would like to share some images from Project Architect’s Christian Wetjen’s latest visit to Dalwallinu and builder Devlyn Construction.
Project Update: Ballajura Place and Library under construction
The diggers are on site for the construction of the New Ballajura Place office extension and refurbishment of the existing Ballajura Library. The brief is similar to the Altone Place Office and Beechboro Community Hub. SITE worked with the City and key stakeholders from Place, Community services, Library, and Leisure personnel. The open plan environments were designed with workstations being grouped into the different service areas to enable team working, with the layout of the groups positioned with circulation and storage between to create a sense of separation between each of the services while still maintaining the open office feel. A…
The advantages of engaging architects early
As we roll into 2019 we have reflected on our 10 years in practice as Site Architecture Studio, what we have achieved and the lessons we have learned along the way. We have completed a variety of community, education, commercial and residential projects with a diverse range of public organisations and private clients, yet the stand out successful projects for us, are for clients who understood the benefits of early engagement of Site Architecture Studio in the project process. Often, there is a perception that we only need architects when we know what we want to do and how we…