Kyeemagh Boat Ramp Amenities
2018 Kamey Country / Kyeemagh, NSW
New public facilities respond to the site and provide amenity.
Kyeemagh Boat Ramp Amenities on the southern bank of the Cooks River replace a dilapidated 1970s brick block, with a design that references the facades of other local Council facilities.
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Thoughtfully crafted spaces that prioritise inclusivity, resilience, and connection.
The design provides new public facilities that respond to the site, are welcoming to the community, sustainable, easily maintained, and accessible to everyone.
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“It is generally understood that the Aboriginal people of the Cooks River valley belonged to the Eora or coastal Darug language group. Within this language group were a number of clans, each identified with a part of the country. The country between the Cooks River and the Georges River from Botany Bay to Rose Hill was likely associated with the Bedia clan. Clans spent different months of the year at regular campsites in the area.”
The Dictionary of Sydney
A simple corrugated skillion roof sits atop a steel frame and brick base. The carefully designed herringbone patterned brickwork and oversized timber screens evoke the façade detailing, in both timber and concrete, of other amenities built along the shores of Botany Bay. This detail draws these structures into a continuum of improvements by Bayside Council in waterside parks over the past decade.
The building houses accessible and ambulant unisex toilets, park staff facilities and parks storage. A wash basin within a generous covered space overlooks the bike path and playground, providing safety and additional amenity for park users.
The facilities are located near where the river flows into Botany Bay in Kyeemagh (pronounced kye-EE-mah), an Aboriginal name thought to be derived from a Dharug or Dharawal word meaning ‘beautiful dawn’.*
The building is adjacent to paths linking the Cooks River area with Botany Bay. The park is surrounded by suburban housing dating from the 1970s, an RSL Club, and the Occupation Road Market Gardens – a state heritage-listed site where Chinese-Australians have grown vegetables since the 1800s.
*Sydney Morning Herald 4 July 1929
Kyeemagh Boat Ramp Amenities Gallery
| Project info | Details |
|---|---|
| Team | Sam Crawford, Anna Paton, Ben Chan, Ken Warr |
| Builder | Specbuilt Constructions |
| Consultants | Structural Engineer – Partridge Hydraylic Engineer – ITM Design Electrical Engineer – Lighting Art + Science QS – Bylett and Associates |
| Client | Bayside Council |
| Photographer | Brett Boardman |
| Completion | 2018 |
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