Community
Highfields Sports Centre
Highfields, Australia
Client: Toowoomba Regional Council
AU$ 1.2m
Completed 2004
Project Description:
The Sports Centre is an integral part of the Highfields Cultural, Aquatic and Sports Precinct at Highfields. It is in the centre of a rapidly expanding urban area 15kms north of Toowoomba in the Crows’ Nest Shire. The Sports Centre was partially funded by Queensland Sport & Recreation and the local Council.
The indoor sports hall is designed to accommodate two international netball courts in a multi-marked court arrangement, which also allow for basketball, badminton, futsal, indoor cricket and gymnasium activities.
The complex has a large foyer/kiosk area which is designed to service both the sports and swimming communities. The existing change room and toilet facilities of the Aquatic Centre are utilised by the Sports Centre.
The building was constructed using coloured concrete tilt-up wall construction to approximately 5m high with a combination of polycarb and custom-orb wall sheeting. The portal columns are located on the outside of the walls which allow for a safer environment internally. These columns form part of the feature buttressing of the façade which is finished in contrasting coloured concrete.
ELIA Architecture
Toowoomba | Brisbane | Kuala Lumpur
Elia Brisbane
9/661 Oxley Road, PO Box 380, Corinda QLD 4075, Australia
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Elia Toowoomba
4/109 Herries Street, PO Box 547, Toowoomba QLD 4350, Australia
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Layton Group Malaysia
A-1-6 First Floor, Glomac Damansara, 699 Jalan Damansara, 60000 Kuala Lumpur
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Elia Brisbane
9/661 Oxley Road, PO Box 380, Corinda QLD 4075, Australia
+61 7 3379 7611
Elia Toowoomba
4/109 Herries Street, PO Box 547, Toowoomba QLD 4350, Australia
+61 7 4632 0200
Layton Group Malaysia
A-1-6 First Floor, Golmac Damansara, 699 Jalan Damansara, 60000 Kuala Lumpur
+60 3 7955 1676