Prince Henry Community Centre in Sydney, Australia

July 07, 2011 Category: Cultural, Public Buildings

The Prince Henry Community Centre designed by lahznimmo is located in Sydney, Australia.  The coastal site for the community centre lies amongst the manicured landscape of the Coast Golf Club and overlooks Little Bay Beach where Christo and Jeanne-Claude famously wrapped the coast in 1969.  Immediately to the north of the site is a small chapel, the only built element to puncture the eastern horizon.

The initial site response was to respect and enhance the landscape setting by allowing the continued dominance of the landscape. In a location such as this the landscape is the greatest asset available to the local community so the provisions of community facilities were articulated with this in mind. Implicit in this rationale was the awareness that the community centre occupies a rather central part of the visual foreground for much of the Prince Henry residential community. The building therefore represents a response to the need for a recognizable identity and gathering place for the community, while also receding into the landscape where possible.

Prince Henry Community Centre design by lahznimmo

Prince Henry Community Centre design exterior 1

Prince Henry Community Centre design exterior 2

Prince Henry Community Centre design exterior 3

Prince Henry Community Centre design Interior

Prince Henry Community Centre design Interior 2

Tags: Australia, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Coast Golf Club, coastal site, Henry Community Centre, Jeanne-Claude, Landscape, Little Bay New South Wales, Little Bay Beach, Nouveau réalisme, Prince, Prince Henry Community Centre, Sydney