Pingelly Recreation and Cultural Centre

Sport has always played a pivotal social and cultural role in both the Pingelly  Wadjela (white) and the Aboriginal communities. The community is made up of 12.4% First Nation people and the town is the proud home of the “Pingelly Tigers”, the first all Aboriginal Australian Rules Football team.
The facility consists of four pavilions linked by a long verandah.  This provides an activity zone, shelter from the winds and the sun and acts as a viewing platform to watch field sports on the oval or lawn bowls to the north.
They are utilised extensively to provide flexible spaces for year-round activities.  It is articulated to form a large “breezeway” welcome area between the larger pavilions; and at the southern end forms covered outdoor activity areas for social gatherings, barbecues and a children’s playground.
The Multi-Function Sports Hall is a portal frame structure spanning 28.5 meters using a Pinus radiata LVL box system. The floor and deck structure throughout the complex comprises LVL bearers and joists using a dovetailed mortice and tenon assembly requiring no mechanical fixings.
At the time of completion it was the largest timber building in WA since WWII and the largest timber civic building since 1920.