Aspire Clubhouse

Aspire by Stockland is a gated community exclusively for over 55’s.

It sits within Stockland’s Calleya master-planned residential community at Treeby in Western Australia.

Stockland is one of the largest diversified property groups in Australia – owning, developing and managing a large portfolio of retail town centres, workplace and logistics assets, residential communities, and retirement living villages.

Founded in 1952, today Stockland leverages its diversified model to help create sustainable communities where people live, shop, and work.

The Aspire Clubhouse is a contemporary space that offers residents the opportunity to connect.

It is an expression of the personality of the village and allows individuals and groups to create, explore, and curate their own interests with fluidity between the internal and external environments.

All design selections in the Clubhouse respond to market needs for a resort-style facility that caters for over 55’s looking for a discerning and contemporary retirement experience.

The Aspire Clubhouse represents the “heart” of the Village.

It is the meeting place for residents to get together and socialise, access health and well-being facilities, and engage with the Village Manager. It is essentially a natural extension of the residents’ own homes.

The brief for Aspire Clubhouse was to facilitate a healthy, vibrant community and improve the quality of life for residents.

The clubhouse had to meet the current needs of the community together with future residents as the village changed over time.

That meant the clubhouse had to be responsive to the changing mobility, vision, and dexterity of residents aged between 70 and 90.

Hames Sharley’s interior concept embraced the architectural fabric of the building and used its strong, honest elements as a backdrop to furniture and built-in joinery.

The Interiors design Concept had three main objectives:

Western Australia Vernacular. The interior design embraces the Western Australian Vernacular. It is of its place and reflects the State’s unique natural beauty.

Resort-Inspired Living. To be in the comfort and security of home, but to feel that each day is a holiday. To enjoy the visual and physical connection to nature and the seamless indoor/outdoor flow of space.

Village Lifestyle. To enjoy the benefits of community. A nurturing, familiar, and relaxed environment. A friendly, sociable hub that also provides spaces for private contemplation.

The Clubhouse provides amenities such as media facilities, swimming pool, bar, craft areas, pool table, commercial kitchen, gym, and zones for gathering.

Throughout the Clubhouse, the indoor/outdoor relationship is prominent due to the “U” shaped building, central courtyard and the flow of materials and furniture. This further blurs the threshold between interior and exterior.

Materials such as rammed earth, terrazzo, granite, and timber evoke a crafted, genuine, and warm feeling.

This coupled with recurring green tiled walls and a timber veneered spine provides an interior of integrity.

Furniture, artwork and indoor plants provide a natural and soft yet textural layer to complete an appropriate fit-out for today’s over 55’s living.

Hames Sharley believes over 55’s communities with comprehensive community facilities like the Aspire Clubhouse, will become more popular as Australia’s population ages.

This demographic is well travelled, educated, and discerning.

So they expect a superior environment for their retirement.

Project Details

Project Budget – $2,250,000
Completion date – 2018

Project Team

Architecture and Interior Design

Hames Sharley

Evidenced by their delivery of multi-award-winning projects across the disciplines of architecture, interior design, urban design, planning, and landscape design, Hames Sharley are recognised as one of Australia’s leading design firms.

Established in 1976, the practice has studios in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney.

www.hamessharley.com.au

Construction

Crothers Construction

The Crothers family has been synonymous in commercial construction in Western Australia since 1896.

From delivering iconic buildings in Kalgoorlie, during the gold rush years of the 1890’s, to the rapid development of North-West WA during the resources and oil and gas boom of the 1960/70’s, the name Crothers has proudly been associated with the built development throughout all parts of regional and metropolitan Western Australia for over 120 years.

www.crothers.com.au

Photography

Joel Barbitta

Joel is a well-established and respected commercial photographer based in Perth, Western Australia.

He specialises in high end architectural photography and has worked on a wide scope of photographic projects for many clients throughout Australia and internationally.

www.dmaxphotography.com.au