前社区中心在2015年被故意烧毁后，新成立的城市建筑师办公室利用这个机会建立了一个中心，以体现其对社区中心作为终身学习、福祉、娱乐和文化场所的愿景。该中心的雄心包括增加空间的容量和灵活性，并使其建筑能够激发公民的自豪感。对卡特-威廉姆森的要求是
After the former Community Centre was deliberately burnt down in 2015, the newly created City Architect’s Office took the opportunity to build a centre exemplifying its vision for community centres as places of lifelong learning, well-being, recreation and culture. Ambitions for the centre included an increased capacity and flexibility of spaces and for its architecture to galvanise civic pride. The brief to Carter Williamson called for:
– 一个坚固、防火的建筑
– 灵活的空间，可同时容纳不同的团体
– 标志性的设计，成为住宅区内的公民地标
– 加强与伍德克罗夫特湖和公园的联系
– 为每年的伍德克罗夫特节提供背景和设施中心
– A robust, fire-proof building
– Flexible spaces for differentiating groups at once
– Iconic design, a civic landmark within the residential area
– Greater connection to Woodcroft Lake and Parklands
– A backdrop and facilities hub for the annual Woodcroft Festival
该计划由四个部分组成：办公室、小型社区房间、庭院和主厅。它们在高大的中央门厅和通场连接处相遇，这是建筑的主要导航点。砖、木材和钢的强大调色板在整个中心以不同的方式被制作出来，同时在视觉上引人注目而又经久耐用，砖墙和门厅的铺设是对该地作为前砖厂的历史的点缀。墙是用砖砌成的，直到基准线，在基准线以上则是用木板固定的木钉，建筑在被刷到的地方比较柔软。
Four sections comprise the plan: the offices, small community rooms, courtyard and main hall. They meet at the tall central foyer and through-site link, the building’s main navigation point. A robust palette of brick, timber and steel has been crafted in a variety of ways throughout the centre, simultaneously visually arresting yet durable, brick walls and foyer paving a nod to the site’s history as a former brickworks. Walls are brick up to a datum line, above which translate to battened timber dowels, the building softer where it’s brushed up against.
伍德克罗夫特邻里中心标志性的蛇形屋顶不仅是建筑外观的框架，也是其内部的框架。屋顶的起伏反映了内部房间的意图，上升创造了中心大厅上方的大型开放空间，而下降创造了较小的、更私人的空间，如社区房间和办公室。这一点在该中心的门厅中表现得最为明显，屋顶在两侧急剧上升，将社区吸引过来，但又将用户分散到中心的不同区域，保持一种细胞压缩的感觉，中心温暖的材料调色板拥抱着顾客，柔软的木材板条在天花板上。
Woodcroft Neighbourhood Centre’s signature serpentine roof not only frames the building’s exterior, but its interior. The roof peaks and falls to reflect the intent of the rooms within, rising to create large, open spaces above the centre hall, whilst falling to create smaller, more private spaces such as the community rooms and offices. This is most evidently present in the centre’s foyer, where the roof pinches, rising sharply on either side, drawing the community in, yet dispersing users through to the centre’s different sections, maintaining a sense of cellular compression, the centres warm material palette embracing patrons, soft timber slats lining the ceiling.
当然，可持续发展是设计的重中之重，该中心具有太阳能导向和交叉通风的自然照明和冷却功能，同时朝北的光伏阵列为中心提供备用模式。
Naturally, sustainability was paramount to the design, the centre featuring Solar orientation & cross ventilation for natural lighting & cooling, whilst north-facing PV array powers the centre to standby mode.Rainwater is stored in 50,000-litre underground tanks, the centre relying less on natural resources.
伍德克罗夫特邻里中心开创了公共中心的新时代，旨在激发社区的活力。该中心创造了一个可以被所有人接受的有磁性的聚会空间，其设计是为了善待邻居，其存储设施被安置在最靠近附近住宅的墙壁上作为声学挡板。这使得伍德克罗夫特社区中心能够保持其大胆的设计和地位，这有助于实现其激励和团结当地社区的目标，同时不会对周围的居民产生负面影响。很明显，伍德克罗夫特社区中心已经成功了，已经被当地社区所接受，成为伍德克罗夫特的当代标志，受到所有人的喜爱。
Woodcroft Neighbourhood Centre’s ushers in a new era of public centres designed to galvanise communities. Creating a magnetic, gregarious space that can be embraced by all, the centre is designed to be kind to neighbours, with storage facilities positioned as acoustic baffles along the walls closest to nearby homes. This allows Woodcroft Community Centre to maintain its bold design and stature, which aids in its goal to galvanise and bring together local communities, whilst not negatively impacting surrounding residents. It’s clear Woodcroft Neighbourhood Centre has succeeded, already embraced by the local community, a contemporary icon of Woodcroft, loved by all.
Architects: Carter Williamson Architects
Area: 600 m²
Year: 2019
Photographs: Brett Boardman, Ben Guthrie
Manufacturers: Danpal, Vectorworks, Austratus, Brickworks, PORTA
Lead Architects: Carter Williamson Architets
Builder: Westbury Constructions
Engineering: Structural: Cantilever Consulting Engineers
Landscape: Melissa Wilson Landscape Architects
Design Team:Shaun Carter, Ben Peake, Lisa Merkesteyn, Tai Lien, Julie Niass
Clients:Blacktown City Council
Consultants:WGE, Arim Consulting
City:Woodcroft
Country:Australia