This new porous, multi-faceted community building is proposed to be made of recycled cream bricks from the site. Diversity is expressed in each volume which is specifically scaled to suit a particular purpose; together they simultaneously create a collective and a cohesive whole.

The recycled brick facades are flecked with the five colours represented in the Olympic rings, a nod to the sites Olympic village history as part of Melbourne 1956. Adorning the brick base of the proposed new centre, scaled hipped roofs reflect both the residential nature of the surrounding context, and also present a civic scale. One is greeted by a friendly, approachable, yet impressive sense of publicness.

A revitalised landscape and urban realm surrounds the proposed building, extending leisure activities across the whole site.

The future Olympic Leisure Centre re-imagines the arrangement of built form to better serve contemporary and future communities. References to its past are numerous, with opportunities for interpretive and reflective spaces throughout the broader site and building itself. A new living heritage is proposed here; one that encapsulates the sites broad cultural, social and natural values. The proposal is inclusive, resilient, and inviting.

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