2020 National Architecture Awards: National Commendation for Small Project Architecture

Jury citation

Chrofi’s Marsden Park Amenities continues a renewed interest in providing civic facilities within emerging suburbs. The value of this work is the seriousness with which Chrofi has applied its skills to provide a design quality seldom seen in new subdivisions. A forest of galvanized steel trees holds up a light and diaphanous roof of metallic mesh. Within, a series of change rooms, toilets and showers is housed in sinuous, fluted concrete. The project raises the bar in terms of how the profession can give dignity to these utilitarian interventions while advocating for the value and importance of well designed public buildings wherever they are needed.

For more coverage, read the project review by Maryam Gusheh from Architecture Australia Jul/Aug 2020.

Project credits

Architect Chrofi; Project team John Choi, Alberto Quizon, Eoin Healy; Builder Glascott; Steel fabricator Apollo; Client-appointed project manager Loganwater Projects; Landscape architect JMD Design; Structural engineer SDA Structures; Lighting consultant Lighting, Art and Science; Hydraulic consultant ITM; BCA Advance Building Approvals; Access consultant Accessible Building Solutions; Quantity surveyor Hollis Partners; Architectural mesh Kaynemaile; Canopy cladding Fleetwood Urban

Marsden Park Amenities is located in Marsden Park, New South Wales, on the land of the Darug people of the Eora nation.