Jury comment
Placing youth front and centre, Koolambidi Woola – Bunbury Youth Precinct provides a considered and inclusive recreation hub shaped by the local youth for the wider community. The project, which forms the centrepiece of Bunbury’s waterfront, met the aspirations of the community by encouraging active recreation, play and social connection through participation in informal recreation and leisure activities including parkour, ball sports, skateboarding and unstructured play. The team is commended for emphasizing gender equity, intergenerational recreation and all-abilities play – elements often missing from youth-focused spaces.
Koolambidi Woola – Bunbury Youth Precinct is built in Bunbury, Western Australia on the land of the Wardandi Noongar people.
Project credits
Design practice Playce First Nations cultural collaborators Wardandi Noongar Structural and civil engineer The CSE Group Architect MCG Architects Lighting and electrical engineering ETC Solutions Contractor Advanteering Civil Engineers Photographer Shane Richardson and Graham Hay
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