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Suburban and country sports grounds
are the lifeblood that eventually fill
city stadia with footballers equipped
to perform at the elite level. Rutted
paddocks and concrete sheds are
hardly the place for aspiring athletes.
As flagship tenants, the Werribee Tigers have received
a superfine stadium-as-pavilion. While it might not be
the biggest, the $11 million plus project has a high
quality feel throughout. Daylight fills its sinuous body
with views paramount for this purpose.
Re-development of Avalon Airport Oval, Chirnside
Park, included demolition of an existing pavilion
and construction of a new two-storey ‘gender
equitable’ pavilion.
Planning the new pavilion included preservation of
the existing specimen fig trees, building code upgrades
to the relocated heritage grandstand, working with a
very narrow site and working with multiple stakeholders
including WCC, VFL, AFL, AFL Vic, Cricket Victoria and
North Melbourne ‘Huddle’.
Visitor entry leads the public to an informal kiosk
‘hub’ and continues on to the grandstand and beyond.
Spectators are greeted with an extensive array of
frameless glazing – a critical design component for
spectators and operators. All faces of the pavilion
are activated through the considered placement of
glazing which enables lunches amongst the tree tops
and views from the club office at the north of the
building through to the oval to the south.
PROJECT
Werribee Tigers Football Club
ARCHITECT
Bobbie Braun
PRINCIPAL GLASS COMPONENTS
Viridian Custom Laminate
Viridian Double Glazed unit
using EnergyTech Clear
Viridian SpectraPrism™
Arctic Snow
Viridian ComfortPlus Clear
TEXT, IMAGES & FILM
Peter & Jenny Hyatt