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Architect:Archer Office - Tomek Archer
Contractor: Reitsma Constructions Pty Ltd
Estimated construction completion:April 2024
Progress Photographs:
Progress completed this week:
Completed installation of skylight framing.
Completed and poured remaining internal topping slabs.
Commenced installation of top-hats for click-on ceiling battens.
Commenced installation of acoustic ceiling insulation boards.
Commenced structural steel painting works.
On-going concrete rectification to external concrete wall/s.
On-going installation of level one wall partitions.
On-going installation of external stormwater trench grates.
On-going installation of structural steel throughout.
On-going detailed excavation around building perimeter.
The majority of these activities will continue until the end of the month with the installation of the skylight windows commencing later next week. This will close-up the building, making it watertight against inclement weather over the Christmas Break. The off-site manufacture of the Allan Border Statue base is also due to commence in the coming weeks.
Tradition meets Innovation - Evolution of the Allan Border Pavillion
The new building consolidates multiple requirements into a single, shared community facility that addresses both the traditional built context and the technical requirements for a contemporary sporting venue. An analysis of historic and contemporary precedents showed that similar facilities were often served by two separate building types, being a grandstand and a club house respectively. The proposal combines these two sections into a hybrid type, unified beneath a singular roof.
The new building is the fourth pavilion on this site and references the pitched roof form of previous pavilions. In order to create a pitched roof, while meeting contemporary expectations for column-free views to the field, this innovative roof design is supported from the centre like an umbrella. Carefully coordinated gutters and downpipes collect the water around the roof perimeter and guide it back into rainwater tanks beneath the building, to be used for irrigation and flushing toilets.
In this way, a traditional presence is delivered through technical innovation, to create an open and inclusive communal umbrella for the park, beneath which all the various community functions play out. - Tomek Archer
Completed and poured remaining internal topping slabs.
Commenced installation of top-hats for click-on ceiling battens.
Commenced installation of acoustic ceiling insulation boards.
Commenced structural steel painting works.
On-going concrete rectification to external concrete wall/s.
On-going installation of level one wall partitions.
On-going installation of external stormwater trench grates.
On-going installation of structural steel throughout.
On-going detailed excavation around building perimeter.
The majority of these activities will continue until the end of the month with the installation of the skylight windows commencing later next week. This will close-up the building, making it watertight against inclement weather over the Christmas Break. The off-site manufacture of the Allan Border Statue base is also due to commence in the coming weeks.
Tradition meets Innovation - Evolution of the Allan Border Pavillion
The new building consolidates multiple requirements into a single, shared community facility that addresses both the traditional built context and the technical requirements for a contemporary sporting venue. An analysis of historic and contemporary precedents showed that similar facilities were often served by two separate building types, being a grandstand and a club house respectively. The proposal combines these two sections into a hybrid type, unified beneath a singular roof.
The new building is the fourth pavilion on this site and references the pitched roof form of previous pavilions. In order to create a pitched roof, while meeting contemporary expectations for column-free views to the field, this innovative roof design is supported from the centre like an umbrella. Carefully coordinated gutters and downpipes collect the water around the roof perimeter and guide it back into rainwater tanks beneath the building, to be used for irrigation and flushing toilets.
In this way, a traditional presence is delivered through technical innovation, to create an open and inclusive communal umbrella for the park, beneath which all the various community functions play out. - Tomek Archer
