Fitzgibbon Community Centre
Brisbane, Queensland In April 2010, KIRK was commissioned to design a community building for the new Fitzgibbon neighbourhood. This was to act as a mixed-use cultural centre, incorporating allied health, offices, meeting spaces, retail and community halls, as well as creating a centre point for the community.
Client
Urban Land Development Authority
Status
Completed 2010
Traditional Custodians of the land
The Turrbal and Jagera people
Gross Floor Area
600 m²
Materials
While formally abstract and demure the centre makes provocative use of materials, which highlight it as a future landmark in the community. The building is fringed by sculptural blades of weathering steel, a material that responds to the corroded car bodies once found on site. These blades form a rippled screen to the street which reveals glimpses through the building when approached by vehicle.
| RAIA State Colorbond Award | 2015 | Steel Architecture |
| RAIA Regional Commendation | 2013 | |
| Australian Steel Institute National Award | 2012 | Clad Structures Steel Design |
| Australian Steel Institute QLD State Award | 2012 | Clad Structures Steel Design |
| Structural & Civil Engineers | Cardno |
| Electrical Engineer | Aurecon |
| Hydraulic & Mechanical Engineers | WSP Group |
| ESD Consultant | Built Ecology |
| Landscape Architect | PLACE Design Group |
| Contractor | Grindley Construction |
| Photographer | Scott Burrows & Christopher Frederick Jones |
| Nisha Magazine | May 2016 | Fitzgibbon Community Centre |
| URO Media | 2015 | From the Ground Up: 20 Stories of a Life in Architecture |
| ArchDaily (website) | 2014 | Fitzgibbon Community Center/ Richard Kirk Architect |
| Detail Magazine – Konzept | 2014 | Places of Public Assembly – From the Origins of Multifunctionality |
| A+A Magazine | 2013 | The New Fitzgibbon Neighbourhood |
| Steel Profile | April 2013 | Lay of the Land |
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