Located on the edge of the Dee Why town centre, the new PCYC Community Centre provides an entertainment hub for the peninsula?s youngest residents. It is conceived as a cloud like form settling on a pedestal that emerges from the ground. The counterpoint achieved by these two form types express in built form the dual program of community centre over the car park.

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Architects: fjmt

Location: 40 Kingsway, Dee Why NSW 2099, Australia

Design Team: Richard Francis Jones, Elizabeth Carpenter, John Perry, Damian Campanella, Iain Blampied, Richard Tripolone, Duncan Shrimpton, Chris Roberts-Brewer

Area: 13655.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Rodrigo Vargas

Contractor: Prime Constructions Pty Ltd
Structural/Civil/Traffic Engineer: Taylor Thomson Whiting

Mechanical/Electrical/Vertical Engineer: Medland Engineering

Hydraulic/Fire Engineer: Warren Smith and Partners

Fire Engineer: Arup

Bca Consultant: Group DLA

Acoustic Design: Acoustic Studio

Accessibility Consultant: Accessibility Solutions

Planner: JBA

Heritage Consultant: Clive Lucas, Stapleton & Partners

Arborist: Eco Logical Australia

Quantity Surveyor: Rider Levett Bucknall

Surveyor: C.M.S Surveyors

Client: Northern Beaches Council

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