Soccer 5s Dandenong
Client | SOCCER 5S
TYPE | ARCHITECTURE, Interior Design, DOCUMENTATION
SECTOR | Community
STATUS | COMPLETE (2015)
Location | DANDENONG, VIC
Photographer | JAIME DIAZ BERRIO
Plus were engaged to develop a flagship design for the Soccer5s concept in Australia. The clubhouse at Soccer 5s Dandenong is intended to act as a ‘lantern’ for the surrounding area and references the tough industrial context it sits within in the design language it adopts. The design incorporates 10 five a-side soccer pitches with associated clubhouse and car parking.
Situated between the East Link, heavy with trucks and adjacent huge sculptures, and the Logis Industrial Eco Park with its large-scale buildings, roadways and associated large service vehicles, Soccer 5s seeks to traverse this scale divide.
From a distance, the envelope of the building is contiguous, a supersized morphological ‘box’ that appears at home in its surroundings. Up close, the envelope breaks down to human scale. The result being that the building acts as a series of scales and truly belongs as a built form in a unique landscape – creating a strong icon for Soccer 5s club in Dandenong.
