Mariyung Maintenance Facility
Mariyung Maintenance Facility
Client:
Transport for NSW
Location:
Kangy Angy, NSW
Status:
Completed 2020
Site Area:
10 ha
Contact Person:
Nigel Justins
Architectus provided architectural design services for the John Holland-led Mariyung Maintenance Facility for Transport for NSW.
Required for the New Intercity Fleet of trains, the facility is located at Kangy Angy, between Ourimbah and Tuggerah on the North Coast rail line of New South Wales.
The Mariyung Maintenance Facility will deliver the operability and maintainability of a 21st Century facility while minimising impacts on the local community through a sensitive approach to the unique ecological habitat of the site and surrounds.
The aspiration for the project is to visually contain the facility, providing a rehabilitated natural setting which nestles within a series of vegetated mounds that reduce the visual impact to surrounding residents while creating an extended wildlife habitat.
To minimise the impact on the community and provide certainty of delivery, the construction methodology has been staged to complete earthworks early, to “protect” the site and have the least impact on the sensitive and recently discovered species in the area.
Connected to landscape
The facility is designed to sit in and connect to the landscape while providing the internal space for maintenance staff to perform at their best.
Landscaping and urban design features immediately surrounding the facility ground the building through the use of earth mounds and the extensive planting of indigenous species. This approach also connects people working at the facility with the pristine environment that surrounds them.
The maintenance facility includes a highly insulated and controlled naturally ventilated fleet maintenance building, auxiliary workshops, material storage (including flammable liquid), administration, training rooms and associated amenities.
Sustainability initiatives include integration of recycled steel and salvaged timber from site, capture and reuse of storm water to flush toilets, provision for future PV cells on the roof, maximisation of recycled plastic, and solar hot water.
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Client:
Transport for NSW
Location:
Kangy Angy, NSW
Status:
Completed 2020
Site Area:
10 ha
Contact Person:
Nigel Justins
