Gayamaygal Country
NSW
The new amenities building at Shelly Beach enhances a cherished gathering point along the Northern Beaches coastal walk, within Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve. The design revitalises a once dilapidated facility, increasing its functionality while preserving the iconic beauty of Shelly Beach.
The buidling is designed to serve the diverse needs of its many users — divers, oceanswimmers, beachgoers, surfers, café patrons, dog walkers, joggers — while also acting as a social hub.
Internal program includes male and female amenities, accessible WC/shower and family change. A raised central platform hosts a communal handwash basin, external showers, footwash taps with seating around the edge, creating a kind of urban theatre, activating the coastal walk and pairing harmoniously with the kiosk.
The structure is carefully positioned to preserve existing palm trees, with timber-clad sculptural roof forms allowing the building to signal its public purpose and to blend into its natural setting over time.
Adriano Pupilli, Design Architect
Matt Ryall, Graduate of Architecture
Aoiffe O’Kelly, Project Coordinator
Amir Shakya, Graduate of Architecture
Partridge Structural, Structural Engineer
Erbas, Services Consultant
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
