PCYC NORTHERN BEACHES

Located on the edge of the Dee Why town centre, the new PCYC Community Centre provides an entertainment hub for the peninsula’s youngest residents. It is conceived as a cloud-like form settling on a pedestal that emerges from the ground. The counterpoint achieved by these two form types expresses in built form the dual program of community centre over the car park.

The roof form is a free form object defined by the internal program (functional spatial requirements) and the external constraints (solar access to neighbouring apartments). It also possesses the quality of a gradual revelation of the internal content as the roof form drops and dissipates over the smaller spaces.

In its urban context, the plan is centred on a through link from the town centre. In consideration of the town centre master plan and the existing context, the centre comprises two entries. The South entry is directed toward the civic