Somerville Park Sports Pavilion
By Sam Crawford Architects
2020
Cammerai & Wallumatta Country / Eastwood, NSW
Somerville Park is one of a series of communal green spaces managed by the City of Parramatta linked via Terrys Creek to the Lane Cove River National Park in Sydney’s north. It sits within what was likely the traditional lands of the Cammerai (Guringai) and Wallumatta (Dharug) Aboriginal people, who lived there for thousands of years prior to European settlement.
Sam Crawford Architects (SCA) was engaged to design the new Somerville Park Sports Pavilion as part of the park master-plan prepared by the City of Parramatta Council.
Somerville Park Sports Pavilion replaces a much loved but tired change-rooms and club facilities dating from the 1960s. The form and expression of the new building aims to reflect the subtle sophistication and simplicity of the original, but with greater amenity. The new BBQ and picnic shelters have been designed in collaboration with the landscape team at the City of Parramatta and follow the same visual cues.
As envisaged in the masterplan, the new building provides for home and away sports change rooms, unisex accessible public amenities, a club kiosk, club storage and public BBQ and covered picnic area overlooking the sports field and linked via a new pathway to a nearby children’s playground. The generous skillion roof provides all weather protection to spectators, and affords ample daylight and natural ventilation to change rooms and amenities.
Project Team
Sam Crawford, Renata Santoniero, Ken Warr, Matthew Bolton, Sofia Nay
Builder
2020 Projects
Consultant Team
Quantity Surveyor: Estimate 2000
Services Engineer: Evolved Engineering
Geotechnical Engineer: GeoEnviro Consultancy
Structural Engineer: Partridge
BCA Consultant: Philip Chun
PCA Consultant: NSW Building Certifiers
Land Surveyor: Project Surveyors
Client
City of Parramatta Council
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Established in 1999, Sam Crawford Architects (SCA) is a design driven architectural practice based in Sydney, Australia. Over the last 20 years, we have established a well-earned reputation for design excellence in residential, cultural and public projects. In addition to our expertise in these areas, we’re also commencing our work in the education sector with both private and public clients.
Our work has been widely published, nationally and internationally and has been recognised in numerous local, state and national awards from the Australian Institute of Architects, Australian Timber Design Awards, Local Government Heritage, Conservation and Urban Design as well as numerous industry awards & commendations.
PeopleOur team is led by Practice Principal and Design Director, Sam Crawford. Alongside the recognition for his built work Sam is highly regarded within the architectural profession. He has led humanitarian architectural projects, conducted gallery based and built research projects, been invited to serve as head-juror for the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Awards, and was a joint creative-director of the 2014 Australian Institute of Architects National Conference. Sam is co-chair of the Australian Institute of Architects’ Medium Practice Forum, and a member of the Government Architect NSW State Design Review Panel.
With a practice of our size, clients can be assured that Sam is intimately involved in each project. We work in an open-plan studio environment in collaborative teams to ensure the smooth delivery of projects across all scales. Our team is comprised of highly skilled professionals, graduates and students. This mix of team members ensures that each project benefits from the close attention of a dedicated project architect with a support team to efficiently deliver the project. We also have an experienced and dedicated documentation and detailing expert who brings extensive experience of construction detailing to each project.
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