A visit 12 months after Practical Completion of the Ballajura Community Hub for the City of Swan and we were pleased the Precinct looks just as good as the day of handover. Previously presenting a continual maintenance problem for the City, the new Place Hub creates a vibrate community place through the integrated building and landscape design which encourages safety and well-being by discouraging anti-social behaviour.
Local Government
Feasibility and Concept Design for a new Library and Community Centre for the City of Armadale
SITE Architecture Studio recently completed a Needs Analysis, Feasibility, and Concept Design for a new Library and Community Centre for the City of Armadale. The process involved extensive engagement with element, where we workshopped ideas with Stockland representatives and key City stakeholders to create a unique community place heart in the emerging town square of Hilbert.
Donnybrook Town Centre Revitalisation
SITE Architecture Studio had the opportunity to develop a concept design for the Donnybrook Town Centre Revitalisation. The proposal turns the Goods Shed into an important historical interpretive centre by reconnecting the new, meaningful landscape areas with the potential for Community Civic events such as marketplaces, festivals, and events. Our design retains Donnybrook’s sense of history and place through the connection of the Goods Shed back to its rail heritage thorough mapping of the old Train line networks across the site to create an enticing precinct for the Donnybrook Community.
Feature Project: Bushfire Centre of Excellence
The Flythrough displays the experience of all visitors and users of the facility. SITE was commissioned for the Bushfire Centre of Excellence (BCoE) in mid-2019. Following the SITE process of Master planning, we conducted a series of workshops with DFES and the relevant stakeholders (including notably the Bindjareb Cultural Group). The participation and collaboration in these workshops was fantastic and quickly revealed much loftier and exciting ambitions for the project than the initially briefed simple office and training facility as below: The facility is to tell the story of bush fire fighting in Western Australia highlighting the traditional indigenous practices…
Project Update: Construction commences at the Wetlands Precinct
After nearly 1.5 years working on this project, we are excited to finally see construction progress to redevelop the Bibra Lake Wetlands Centre into an integrated educational, recreation and rehabilitation precinct. Client: City of CockburnContractor: BE Projects
5 Key steps to creating clever renovation and extension projects
Upgrading your existing facilities/building rather than relocating or completely rebuilding should be the first consideration in any project. The environmental benefits alone can be significant, as can the cost if it is done in a considered manner. Here, we discuss top issues we believe are important in considering any alterations and additions project. What is the big picture? Ask yourself ‘why are we doing this?’, then list off the functional shortcomings that your current facilities have. Just make a list of the functional issues you currently experience and resist the urge to solve the problems with thoughts like ‘if I…