Wyndham City Council’s new Truganina Community Centre was officially opened mid 2024, situated next to Elements Shopping Centre, part of Elements Estate in Truganina.
After extensive community engagement it was determined that the community centre needed to include a variety of services while remaining carbon neutral in operation that targeted a 5-star Green Star Rating.
- Architects: Canvas Projects
- Landscape Architects: Outlines Landscape Architects
- Construction: Commercial Industrial Construction Group (CICG)
As the community center was located next to the shopping centre, the two formed a community hub which naturally needed children’s services including three kindergarten rooms as well as maternal child health and allied health services. The venue also includes a library lounge with technology and study spaces, multipurpose community and meeting rooms, a community kitchen, staff offices, accessible amenities, outdoor areas, and on-site parking.
Wandin Modular Furniture
Long Seating Configurations
Many outdoor spaces at Truganina Community Center called for outdoor seating, mostly focussed around entrances and high traffic areas. Wandin furniture, particularly when used on longer modular configurations, is ideal for use around perimeters and garden edges and provides a greater number of seating spaces due to there being no gaps between seats.
Wandin Modular Furniture profiles essentially come in four main (major) module seat shapes consisting of three curved radius modules, and one straight module. There are then a series of smaller minor modules that assist with tighter corners and junctions.
All Wandin Furniture for the project was specified with composite Enviroslat battens, galvanised mild steel frames, and Wandin Concrete Plinths for the mounting solution. The combination of materials makes for highly dependable furniture that would require little to no maintenance at this location.
Retaining Walls
using Wandin Modular Concrete Plinths
To extend Wandin’s flexibility, curved seats with back can be manufactured in concave or convex format.
Custom “Cubby Benches”
A single deviation from the standard Wandin Modular offering; the Childrens Centre was specified with galvanised mild steel boxes to mount the Wandin battened frames. The steel boxes were open on one side, with the purpose of under bench storage to quickly stow equipment and bags when they weren’t needed.
This smart storage solution keeps toys and tripping hazards out of sight, not to mention maintaining a neat and clean appearance in an otherwise wild environment.
Mounting Options
While this project features modular trapezoidal concrete plinths that fit underneath each Wandin modular configuration, there are six other mounting options from simple inground or bolt down steel posts through to more complex leg shapes. This allows greater flexibility in application, so Wandin furniture can be used in urban through to bushland environments.
Additionally, the Full Concrete Bench (found in the mounting options above) applies to all module shapes and sizes, extending the Wandin Modular range even further for ultimate alternate bench styling.
Wandin Modular Guide
To understand all options, including profiles, materials, mounting options, specs and more, Wandin Modular Furniture has an Architectural Guide that can be used to assist in specifying Wandin Furniture for any space.
Like all Draffin Street Furniture products, Wandin Furniture is made to order, ensuring all materials and colours are your choice, and enabling the furniture to be tailored and styled perfectly to any project space. The modular nature of Wandin Furniture allows for custom furniture configurations the likes of which you would normally see with bespoke furniture designs. Wandin Modular Furniture bypasses the need to design bespoke furniture, therefore cutting lead times by removing the design and engineering processes.
See how easy Wandin Modular Products are to use in your next project by visiting the Wandin Furniture product pages or contact our knowledgeable sales staff for more info today!
