South Eveleigh Youth Space by Convic The Rocks Laneway by UDLA

Aboriginal Nation Gadigal people of the Eora nation Client Mirvac Location Eveleigh, New South Wales

Jury comment

The South Eveleigh Youth Space celebrates younger people using the space for recreation while actively embracing the previous industrial uses associated with the Eveleigh Railway Workshops. The space does not fit the typical typology of a skatepark/action sports zone. The designers have incorporated existing trees into a series of plaza spaces and introduced numerous multi-purpose elements inspired by the railways that are used by passive and active users of the public realm. Lights are turned out at 10 pm, ready for the next day.

Entrant Convic Lead consultant (urban renewal/precinct landscape architect) Aspect Studios Client partners AMP Capital; Sunsuper; Commonwealth Bank (anchor tenant) Youth space structural engineer Acor Consultants Youth space designer and builder Convic Design lead/landscape architect Simon Bogalo Documentation/3D animation Andrea Colombo Construction project manager Alex Boyd Foreman Shannon McNamara Consultants South Eveleigh and Greater Sydney community Photography Cameron Markin; Adam Scarf