Gadigal People of the Eora Nation
NSW
St Joseph’s Church is the symbolic focus of a block it now shares with an early learning centre (ELC) and primary school, at the nexus of the Green Square Urban Renewal Area and Rosebery Estate, on Gadigal Country. The 1927 church has a significant yet modest presence as a weighty brick edifice within this Catholic collective. The project achieves big impact with a small budget, creating a greater sense of sacredness and welcome, improving alignment of the interior with contemporary liturgical practice, building stronger synergy across the site, and addressing access non-compliances, whilst retaining existing functions and footprint. ‘Laudato si’ – On Care for our Common Home – is the second encyclical of Pope Francis. It speaks about protecting and repairing the environment. Sustainability is fundamental to the strategy of retention employed here.
Rachel Neeson, –
Stephen Neille, –
Kristina Sahlestrom, Project Lead
Nick Gonsalves, –
Tess O’Brien, –
Oskar Straatveit, –
Waugh Consulting, Structural Engineer
Sprout Studio, Landscape Consultant
Newton Fisher Group, Quantity Surveyor
Northrop, Services Consultant
Mersonn, Town Planner
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.
