Beare Park Amenities
2008 Elizabeth Bay, NSW
Accessible and safe, sympathetic to the existing landscape.
A robust, light-filled, low maintenance, vandal-resistant building, sits unobtrusively within its landscaped setting.
Amenities Designed to Withstand and Belong
The building’s quiet geometry responds to the contours of its setting.
As a part of a landscape regeneration of Beare Park we were appointed by the City of Sydney to redesign the existing amenities building, whilst upholding their environmental objectives.
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“The building is set against a rock face on the south-east corner of the park, on the edge of a large open lawn. It is also viewed from above by residents of neighbouring apartment buildings.”
The new building is accessible and safe, sympathetic to the existing landscape by incorporating a green wall and roof. It retains as much of the existing brick shell as possible to minimise the use of new materials.
Our solution introduced a steel screen to neatly contain vertical planting, and a new concrete roof supported by the existing brick walls planted with drought-resistant species.
We maximised natural light into the toilets, including light reflected off the water to the underside of the new off-form concrete roof. And provided a connection back to the harbour from inside the building, by way of a mirror window.
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| Project info | Details |
|---|---|
| Team | Sam Crawford, Amy Leenders, Claire McCaughan |
| Builder | Regal Innovations |
| Consultants | Electrical Engineer – Lighting Art & Science Hydraulic Engineer – ACOR Consultants Landscape Architect – Jane Irwin Landscape Architects Structural Engineer – Partridge Partners |
| Client | City of Sydney |
| Photographer | Brett Boardman |
| Published | Green Magazine 2009 |
| Completion | 2008 |
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We design public buildings and civic spaces that foster community connection, cultural expression and a sense of belonging. From libraries to public domain projects, our work is shaped by purpose, context and collaboration. These are places designed for people, built to enrich the cities and neighbourhoods they sit within.
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