Navarre Recreation Reserve Facility Upgrade (Stage 1: Change Room Pavilion)

Navarre is a small town with a population of 99, located 37 kms Northeast of Stawell. Navarre Recreation Reserve is home the thriving Navarre Grasshoppers Football and Netball Club, who compete in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League.

The facilities have been long neglected and the Northern Grampians Shire Council engaged Davidson Architecture in 2022 to prepare designs for much needed upgrades. The existing change room buildings consist of a heritage timber grandstand along with a dilapidated netball change building. The existing Social Room building was largely functional, albeit with run down and outdated amenities.

Our designs were developed with the assistance of a project control group comprising Sport and Recreation Victoria, AFL, Netball Victoria, Cricket Victoria, Navarre Sports Association and Northern Grampians Shire Council.

The budget for these works was extremely tight, and NGSC emphasized to us the need to deliver robust buildings without exceeding the budgetary requirements.

After reviewing options, it was decided to carry out the upgrades in two stages: The Change Room Pavilion (stage 1), and The Social Pavilion (stage 2).

A new Pavilion was preferred for change facilities including Female Friendly Facilities Davidson Architecture was engaged to prepared Schematic Design and a Specification to assist NGSC with carrying out a Design and Construct Tender Process. We were then engaged by Onley Constructions, the winning Contractor, to prepare detailed design documentation for the Stage 1 Construction. This project was delivered to an extremely low cost, given the extent of the facilities. We worked meticulously with NGSC and Onley Construction to ensure the budget could be met as well as a quality product which would complement the surrounding existing buildings.