Designed by COX, the Victorian Cricket and Community Centre (VC3) is a state-of-the-art, dedicated, year-round cricket training and administration facility that services both regional and metropolitan cricketers, as well as providing facilities for community use to support sport, social, health, and educational programs.
VC 3 is home to the Men’s and Women’s state cricket teams, 20/20 franchises, and the historic St Kilda cricket club, and is the first elite-level training facility to provide equal facilities for male and female players.
It is Victoria’s second venue that complies with first-class cricket standards and offers a complementary alternative to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for Cricket Victoria’s first-class cricket needs.
The facility provides best practice training, coaching, and player preparation facilities for all levels of the sport (from the club level to the state representative team level).
And it consolidates Cricket Victoria’s administration, development, and training functions into a single location.
That enables Cricket Victoria to operate more efficiently and effectively and incorporates facilities that are open to the community.
It supports grassroots and junior development programs on a year-round basis.
The venue, whilst being designed primarily around first-class cricket standards, is fundamentally flexible, giving consideration to future major event opportunities such as Twenty 20 Cricket and associated event opportunities.
The anticipation of these allied events influenced the COX design and provision of infrastructure to accommodate future elements such as technology, broadcasting, and lighting.
Project Details
Site Area – 34,800 m2
Project Budget – $47,000,000
Completion Date – 2017
Project Team
Architecture
COX
COX is a design-focused contemporary architectural practice with studios located in every major Australian city and a history spanning 60 years.
The key to their ethos is supporting the public life of our cities. Cox does this by ensuring each project makes positive contributions to its public realm – giving more than it takes.
Photography
Dianna Snape
Dianna Snape is an Australian architectural photographer based in Melbourne. She specializes in interiors, landscape, and architectural photography.
Her work features regularly in leading architectural and design magazines, both nationally and internationally.
Dianna is an Honours graduate of Melbourne’s RMIT BA (Photography) Course and has 15+years of experience in the field.
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