The Western Australian Institute of Sport High Performance Service Centre has won an industry accolade after receiving a Public Architecture award from the Australian Institute of Architecture, WA Chapter.
The acknowledgement puts the WAIS precinct – located in Mt Claremont – in the running to be shortlisted for a national award through AIA.
The project, which was driven by Sandover Pinder and dwp|suters was completed in May of 2015, and has provided world class training facilities for Western Australia’s athletes on the road to the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games, whilst also serving as an elite high performance base for WAIS coaching, support staff and administration.
WAIS Executive Director Steve Lawrence said the recognition was well deserved and felt the full legacy of the facility’s potential would be evidenced in the years to come.
“All of the many people who contributed to the HPSC becoming a reality can be justifiably proud of their involvement in bringing to life a facility that in its first year of operation has added significant value to our athletes and will continue to do so for many years to come,” he said.
With the WAIS facility featuring state or the art recovery, specialised indoor training, world class sport science capabilities and universal access to wheelchair athletes, Lawrence said positive feedback had been particularly strong amongst the high performance industry.
“The award is great professional recognition for the HPSC architects – Sandover Pinder and dwp|suters and complements the overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic feedback from our athletes and staff as well as the many national and international athletes, coaches, support staff and sports administrators who have visited WAIS during the first year of the HPSC operations.”
Key features of the new WAIS High Performance Service Centre include:
– 715 m2 strength and conditioning gym suitable for two sporting squads to train simultaneously
-n 80m, five lane indoor athletics track including a complete pole vault setup, ability for indoor javelin and a long jump pit
– 625 m2 multi purpose indoor sport science testing area
– 260 m2 hydrotherapy based recovery centre
– 280 m2 laboratory for the WA High Performance Sport Research centre, including a 70 m2 heat/humidity/altitude laboratory
-thlete amenities including study zone, kitchen and recreation area
Â-Complete universal access for Paralympic athletes to all areas of the facility
You can read a recent Indesign feature on the WAIS HPSC here.
