By Starbox Architecture
Brief
Upgrade the existing football club's: home and away changerooms, amenities, coach rooms, medical and trainer rooms and storage areas to be welcoming, comfortable, functional and flexible to allow female and junior clubs to co-exist.
Challenges & Solutions
One of the key challenges of this upgrade to the existing facilities was to work with a 70yr old building and its existing structure. The existing structural layout created obstacles and no clear open area to do pre-game drills. The solution was to remove almost all the existing timber posts where possible and insert new structural beams than spanned the width of the building. The posts that were not able to be moved were to be incorporated into the new layout. New high impact materials were specified for the use of the building with open plan spaces defined through colour of the materials. The plywood timber ceiling companied with clerestory windows provided needed light and warmth.
Materials
Plywood sheet lining. Forbo flotex flooring. James Hardie Easylap lining. Lotus operable doors. Polytec joinery for lockers.
At Starbox Architecture - we humanise spaces.
This means creating spaces that promote social interaction, engagement and connection. We focus on spaces individually, collectively and how we experience spatial sequences.
We are driven by the brief, site location, local elements and human value. We believe that working collaboratively alongside clients and consultants with effective communication, ensures that the brief is ultimately addressed and realised. Our designs are individual, site specific and client driven with character, purpose and individuality that are intimately connected to the client.
We respond to the context of the site in a dynamic manner that is both relevant and appropriate to create a built form that is physically beautiful and enriches the lives of it’s occupants pragmatically and aesthetically. We are always conscious of passive environmentally sustainable design principles which include consideration of the material palette and the manner in which the building elements are connected to the surrounding environment. We are a multi-disciplinary practice that has delivered many projects of varying diversity, scale and complexity and has proven capability in both design and delivery.