Project Description
Otium Planning Group (OPG) remains the trusted aquatic and leisure facility advisor to the City of Gold Coast (COGC). Commencing with the development of a whole-of-city aquatics strategy, OPG has since been involved in the planning for multiple new and redeveloped aquatic facilities on the Gold Coast.
The COGC Aquatic Strategy incorporated a new approach to better service the growing and changing Gold Coast community. This approach involved establishing a network of aquatic facilities with differential facility, program and service offerings and of varying scales, including:
- A city-wide centre
- Sub-regional centres
- District centres
- A high performance centre.
As a result, the COGC have progressed the following projects with further assistance from Otium Planning Group:
- Miami Aquatic Centre redevelopment into a high-performance centre:
- OPG prepared the Master Plan
- Works completed 2021.
- Pimpama Sports Hub (including aquatic and leisure facilities) as a new sub-regional centre:
- OPG prepared the Needs Analysis, Feasibility Study and Business Case, and provided Design Advice.
- Due to open late 2021.
- Palm Beach Aquatic Centre redevelopment into a sub-regional centre:
- OPG prepared the Needs Analysis, Hydrotherapy Pool Analysis and is currently providing Design Advice.
- Detailed design in progress.
Client
City of Gold Coast
Consultants
Jason Leslie
Mike King
David Mason
Cameron Bechaz
Partner
Liquid Blu Architects
