Our projects are driven by the diverse needs of the users – of all ages, genders and abilities – planning and designing for enduring multi-generational legacies.
Sports and recreation expertise
Sporting grounds and recreation facilities often become the heart of a community. We understand that each sports and recreation project, regardless of size and scale, is unique.
There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach – we deliver site-specific outcomes tailored to project and user requirements; whether a local community playground, or a multi-sports stadium precinct for elite international events.
- Collaborative approach
- Spatial Activation and Adaptation
- National Resourcing and Capability
- First Nations engagement and cultural expression
- Campus
- Access and Universal Design
- Legacy
- Multi-disciplinary relationships
- Community Building
- Ecologically Sustainable and Climate Responsive
- Stadiums and Arenas
- Recreation Reserves
Having consistently delivered on multi-use precinct based projects we understand that this typology requires a multi-disciplinary approach where clear communication and coordination is paramount to successful delivery.
We are a team of deeply passionate sports and recreation enthusiasts who see the wider benefits of this infrastructure, and recognise there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach.
Our designs are adaptable and flexible, reflecting the ever-changing user base and supporting civic engagement with precincts beyond sporting activities. Employing a range of strategies, we design spaces that feel comfortable for people at different scales – whether in crowds of thousands, or daily activity, promoting 24/7 activation and year-round use.
With national experience and offices in multiple states we deliver projects across the country, sharing resources and knowledge to ensure best practice and innovative solutions are achieved.
Our truly national approach to harnessing sector experience ensures knowledgeable project experts are included for design review regardless of project and staff location and allows us to resource multiple large-scale projects concurrently.
We listen to community voices – their history, shared memories and traditions and we successfully collaborate with community leaders. Our process begins by developing an awareness of where we are, and centring the importance of place.
We work with First Nations representatives and artists to develop meaningful and culturally appropriate public expressions of culture. We cultivate First Nations connections beyond immediate project involvement, to build lasting relationships.
Sport is an integral part of campus life.
A campus has its own individual character formed by its location, geography, topography, climatic conditions and most importantly, its people.
By carefully considering these interwoven elements, we design campus facilities that cater to all ages, skills, and abilities.
Our portfolio showcases a diverse range of projects, including nationally significant venues, professional sports facilities, multi-sport precincts, university campus sports complexes, and local community facilities.
Regardless of size or client, our goal is to create active, inclusive spaces that reflect the community they service, and provide enduring legacy for urban form, health and wellbeing.
Our team are proficient across a variety of platforms and approaches that can enhance accessibility and universal design outcomes. We utilise 2D and 3D digital modelling, and test accessibility outcomes across a range of project scales for safety, mobility and compliance with AS1428 (2021).
Over Tract’s 50 year history, we have worked on many of Australia’s most well known major sporting precincts, including the MCG, Melbourne Olympic Park, National Tennis Centre (Melbourne), Sydney Homebush Precinct (including the overall masterplan, hockey stadium, exhibition centre and public realm) and the Gabba.
These facilities have been home to major events such as the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Australian Open, major AFL and cricket fixtures, and numerous international sporting endeavours. Our experience from these legacy projects informs our current portfolio of stadium and arena projects across Australia, through our culture of continuous learning and development.
Consistent delivery of multi-use precincts requires a multi-disciplinary approach with clear communication and coordination.
We have long-standing relationships with leading Architects, Engineers, Horticulturalists, Field of Play experts and Financial Analysis experts ensuring seamless project delivery.
We strive to create vibrant, attractive, healthy and sustainable precincts that respond to the unique qualities of place, its people and the environment.
We aim to enhance the connection between community, sports and landscape to ensure our designs respond to existing natural and environmental processes. We appreciate that sports and recreation are critical to the character and quality of communities and this is where, as designers, we can have the greatest impact.
Our skilled landscape architects and horticulturalists select trees and plants that are tolerant of and resistant to climate change, heat, wind and drought and resistant to pests and diseases.
We select materials that reduce or mitigate environmental impact, measuring and evaluating the embodied carbon in materials and the life-cycle impacts of our designs.
We are working on the latest sports stadiums and arenas, tailored the growing and changing needs of a diverse community in sports.
Our recreation reserves encourage health, fitness and social connection in our communities. Often multipurpose and adaptable, these spaces cater to a wide range of users while providing important biodiversity connections and environmental functions.
Sports and recreation projects
We embrace our role as design and planning professionals to ensure our recreation and sports facilities are delivered with maximum impact for the community.
Sports and recreation leads
With national expertise across sport and recreation projects of all scales and types, our team understand what is required to support projects from concept to delivery.
Contact us to find out how we can assist.