La Trobe University Sports Park, Bundoora, Melbourne Leisure Building, Victoria Architecture Images
La Trobe University Sports Park in Bundoora
10 Jun 2022
Design: Warren and Mahoney
Location: Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

Photos: Derek Swalwell
La Trobe University Sports Park, Victoria
More than just an academic centre, the La Trobe Sports Park is a community destination that is active day and night, weekdays and weekends. It meets the demands of Community sport and contributes to the student experience addressing health and wellbeing and cohort experience through team sport.

Sports administration is centrally located and facilitates pedagogical experience through the alignment of high performance athlete management and data driven performance assessment. Elite sport and recreational participation are visible with the central hub encouraging the natural collisions and cross-pollination that bring about discovery and inspiration.
The key concept was to concentrate maximum activity, encouraging Students, athletes, academics, sports administrators, and local community sporting clubs to come together, concentrating their energy, talent and experience in one vibrant, efficient, centralized hub.

State-of-the-art sports science technology, advanced physiology and biomechanics labs are integrated seamlessly into the design. The outdoor football field runs right into the building and outdoor plazas are the axial link to the Agora, the social heart of the campus, the centraliz...