Hilltops Young High School Library | Hayball

Connecting deeply to Wiradjuri Country and the project’s historic setting, the Hilltops Young High School Library is an integrated joint use facility enabling whole of life learning for the community of Hilltops.

The development incorporates this new integrated school and community library as the core element of a Cultural, Community and Education Precinct, evolving the definition of what a contemporary rural library can be. Through an urbanist approach, the design supports opportunities for community gatherings and activates the site as a civic precinct. It will also interpret the rich context of the site by responding to its Aboriginal and European heritage. Diverse facilities include a vast collection of library books, Wiradjuri learning centre and extensive community facilities such as an art gallery, wellbeing consulting, tertiary study centre, presentation space and meeting rooms, creative arts, multimedia and maker spaces and a café.

Artie Smith Oval Cricket & AFL Sports Pavilion | LocalArchitect South Coast in association with Barnacle studio

The Artie Smith AFL and cricket pavillion in Bombaderry by Local Architect South Coast in association with Barnacle Studio provides a gathering place for sports enthusiasts, families, and friends. Reflecting inclusive values, it welcomes people of all ages, genders, backgrounds, and abilities as an integral part of a design that provides for multiple purposes and uses within a state level sporting facility. The pavilion is part of a broader masterplan and sports complex for Bomaderry which has heightened its amenity and potential scale of sporting events, whilst giving a sense of recognition and worth to a regional community.

Wrapping the buildings around the much-loved Sydney blue gums of Artie Smith Oval, the long roof line becomes a dominant element that provides continuity and rhythm as well as shade and shelter. Echoing the meandering escarpment line to the West it is integrated within a suburban context.