SITE were engaged in Mid 2017 by the City of Swan to design, document and administer the Construction Contract for a major upgrade and additions to the existing 1990’s Ballajura Library. The project objectives were to provide a Place Hub where more of the City’s community services could be delivered and to improve the integration of the Library, Community Centre, adjacent Youth Hub, and Aquatic Centre. Our approach was to report on the condition of the existing Library building and consider how the upgrade can address any maintenance items within the project brief. Following the extensive condition audit, it…
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Beechboro Community Hub
Completed in December 2018, the refurbished Beechboro Community Hub has recently reached its 12 month anniversary. As part of the City of Swans Place Management approach, it had been identified that a ‘one size fits all’ approach did not effectively meet the challenges in giving the attention necessary to service a large and diverse area and there was a need for the delivery of services within the City to respond to changing community expectations and unique needs to each Place. The existing Altone Place Recreation Centre and Altone Library building was redeveloped and extended to provide a new facility for…
Rockingham Youth Centre
With the closure of the youth drop-in centre more than 12 months ago the City of Rockingham identified a need for a centre that provides a number of services for the youth within the City of Rockingham. The City, young people, and their families see a real need for dedicated quality spaces for the youth to recreate and access services in a safe, comfortable inviting spaces for both active and passive activities that accommodate multiple activities with a sense of being non-exclusive and open to all. SITE facilitated a number of workshops with the City and key youth user groups….
Cockburn Wetlands Precinct
SITE were commissioned in December 2018 by the City of Cockburn as Lead Consultant including the undertaking of the design and documentation for the redevelopment of The Wetlands Centre Cockburn (TWCC), Native Animal Rehabilitation Centre (Native ARC) and Bibra Lake Scouts buildings and other infrastructure located within the area collectively known as the Wetlands Precinct located at Bibra Lake Reserve. Working closely with the City and the various stakeholders, SITE have designed a precinct to meet the City’s vision of a state of the art integrated sustainable environmental, wildlife protection and community engagement hub for existing and future residents of…
Project Update: Ballajura Place and Library
Construction is progressing at the new Ballajura Place office extension and refurbishment. The custom patterned screens have been installed with the pattern depicting local Ballajura flora and fauna. We are excited to share some progress photos. Client: City of Swan Builder: McCorkells Construction
Successful Master Planning
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…