Gungahlin
Community
Health Centre
Gungahlin Community Health Centre is a new facility constructed on a greenfield site within the Gungahlin Town Centre precinct
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Architectural design principles include creation of a welcoming appearance from Ernest Cavanagh Street with a pedestrian scaled and friendly approach that together with the small corner “street exercise park” establishes a positive urban public space allowing people to participate actively or to just linger, sit or wait comfortably, and which encapsulates clear and legible identification of the building’s entry from the street.
![Creation of a central public reception space that presents a colourful, light filled and attractive environment with a ‘living room’ concept for the scattered waiting areas that reduces scale and provide pleasant outlooks and connections to the adjacent courtyards.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52c72d3b0d46bf9f98e984dea2950ac73dc3aebc140d1cfe9f6d428a16e603b5/CHCGUN_MG_5511_lores.jpg)
![Development of a non-institutional and domestic scale design that incorporates familiar domestic design elements such as terraces, pergolas, courtyards and eaved roofs.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/452ce84d1974f53adc8f27b2ed42517e21d0ac6eb89ee9d533264e780513138b/CHCGUN_MG_5673_lores.jpg)
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Use of familiar domestic materials and finishes such as judicious use of face brickwork and rendered wall finishes found in adjacent buildings within the Town Centre generally to reinforce the facility’s friendly, non-institutional appearance.