MELBOURNE CENTRE OF
ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
MELBOURNE, AU
PHOTOS
SPECS
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MELBOURNE, AU
WEIGHT ROOM - ACHIEVE 18MM CHARCOAL, ACHIEVE INLAY PLATFORMS
ACOUSTIC PLATFORMS - SPRUNG FLOOR WITH ACHIEVE FINISHING FLOOR, OAK INSERTS
INDOOR TURF - TRUGRASS
OUTDOOR TURF - DASH
MELBOURNE CENTRE OF ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
ACHIEVE
PROJECT INFO
ADAM LARCOM, ELITE HIGH PERFORMANCE COACH, HAS A DEEP AND INTERTWINED HISTORY WITHIN HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA. HE HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH AFL AND RUGBY ATHLETES, BOTH PRIVATELY AND IN-CLUB ROLES. HE CURRENTLY HOLDS A SENIOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COACHING ROLE WITH ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA, PREPARING THE NATIONS SPRINTERS FOR UPCOMING OLYMPIC AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CYCLES. ADAM IS ALSO A QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED PHYSIOTHERAPIST, WITH AMBITION TO CREATE A FACILITY THAT COULD CATER TO ATHLETES AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT. FROM JUNIOR LEVEL THROUGH TO THE ELITE, ENCOMPASSING ALLIED HEALTH, STRENGTH & CONDITIONING AND REHABILITATION, THE MELBOURNE CENTRE OF ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE WAS BORN.
PLAE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO START WORKING WITH THE PROJECT AT THE BEGINNING STAGES. THE GYM SITS ON THE GROUND-FLOOR OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN MELBOURNE’S SUBURBS. BECAUSE OF THIS, THERE WAS DETAILED AND EXPANSIVE ACOUSTICAL TESTING PERFORMED DURING EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION WHICH ENSURED ADAM’S ATHLETES WERE NOT COMPROMISED IN HOW THEY COULD TRAIN. PLAE’S INVOLVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE BEGINNING STAGE OF THIS PROJECT GUARANTEED THAT THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF PRODUCTS AND LAYOUT WERE ALLOCATED AND IN SO DOING, MET THE GOALS OF THE GYM AND ALSO THE ACOUSTICS AND VIBRATION MITIGATION NEEDS OF THE APARTMENT RESIDENTS.
ENTERING THE GYM, THE ATHLETE IS GREETED BY A WIDE TURF TRACK-A PERFECT SPACE FOR MOVEMENT PREPARATION. FROM THERE, ACCESS IS AVAILABLE TO OLYMPIC LIFTING ON THE SPECIALTY ACOUSTIC PLATFORMS, STRENGTH WORK ON ELIEKO PLATE-LOADED PIECES, SPECIALTY DUMBBELL AREA AND PLENTY OF RACKS AND OPEN SPACE CATERING TO THE WIDE VARIETY OF ATHLETES UTILISING THE FACILITY.
RECENTLY, PLAE RETURNED TO MCAP TO HELP ADAM CREATE A SMALL OUTDOOR AREA PREVIOUSLY UNUSED. WITH INDOOR TRAINING RESTRICTIONS IN EFFECT, PLAE WORKED WITH ADAM ON A SOLUTION TO TRANSFORM A 4M X 20M AREA INTO A VERSATILE OUTDOOR TRAINING SPACE. PLAE’S OUTDOOR TURF OPTION WAS USED HERE, WHICH ACCOMMODATES FOOTBALL BOOTS FOR TECHNICAL KICKING WORK AND SKILL ANALYSIS, WHILST ALSO BEING SUITABLE FOR WEIGHT TRAINING AND SPEED/AGILITY WORK. A KEY FOCUS HERE WAS DRAINAGE OF THE SPACE AND BEING ABLE TO COPE WITH MELBOURNE’S RAINFALL. PLAE COLLABORATED HERE WITH AUSTRALIAN PERMEABLE CONCRETE TO INNOVATE AND FIND A CUSTOMISED SOLUTION FOR THE SPACE THAT ACCOMMODATED THE ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE DEMANDS, WHILST ALSO MEETING COUNCIL GUIDELINES AND DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS.
COMPLETED:
WEIGHT ROOM - ACHIEVE 18MM CHARCOAL, ACHIEVE INLAY PLATFORMS
ACOUSTIC PLATFORMS - SPRUNG FLOOR WITH ACHIEVE FINISHING FLOOR, OAK INSERTS
INDOOR TURF - TRUGRASS
OUTDOOR TURF - DASH
SEPTEMBER 2018
