18/10/2026
Sydney 🇦🇺 📐🍀
From the beginning I conceived this project as a sculptural pavilion in a park.
Partway through the process, council asked us to use 3D-printed concrete for the walls. We had already completed a design concept that everyone was happy with, so the change required a full redesign. At the same time, it gave us the chance to explore what the new technology could offer.
We set out to exploit its possibilities fully — curving the floor, the roof and the basin structure, and introducing a rippling surface into the walls.
A 3D concrete printer can’t form sharp right-angle corners. It moves continuously and has to turn each corner smoothly, so every corner needed a small radius. This inevitably made the building somewhat larger.
We also had to fit all the equipment required by the Changing Places standards. Together with the tight site constraints — the eastern boundary, high-voltage underground cables, the entrance area and safety-in-design requirements — the building went through many permutations and small adjustments before it finally fitted comfortably into the available space.
In the end the pavilion sits quietly and almost effortlessly in the park. It has the sculptural quality we were aiming for, and it offers a practical, dignified facility that means people with high support needs can spend a day outside in the park like everyone else.
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