Workshop 2.2: Design - Innovating to Create a Flexible Footprint to Attract More of the Community
Tracks
Community Sport & Leisure Facilities
| Wednesday, July 1, 2026 |
| 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM |
Details
Community sport and leisure facilities are changing, exploring how innovative, multi-storey design on smaller footprints can create flexible, future-ready venues that do more than serve sport, welcoming a broader range of community users and activities throughout the day.
Speaker
David Mahon
Principal
Warren & Mahoney
HIWA Recreation Centre in Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland
Biography
David is an architect driven by the transformative moment when design becomes built reality. Known for blending creative vision with strong project management, he works collaboratively with clients and teams to deliver architecture that is both functional and meaningful. With experience across commercial, education, health, retail, and industrial projects, David approaches every challenge with a solutions‑focused mindset—valuing communication, materiality, and the details that bring architecture to life.
Troy Walker
State Manager - Victoria
Clublinks
Bundha Sports Centre - The Rise of the Vertical Centre with Partners and Significant Outcomes for Community
Biography
Troy Walker is the State Manager for Victoria at Clublinks. Troy has over 25 years experience across the leisure, recreation and fitness industry, with a career spanning metropolitan and regional Australia as well as international experience in the United Kingdom. Troy has managed a diverse portfolio of venues, and delivered high-quality outcomes across recreation, aquatic and fitness environments. His background includes senior national leadership roles within large leisure operators, working across Local government, State government, private fitness operators and the university sector. Troy leads with Clublinks in creating sustainable venues, building strong stakeholder partnerships, driving operational excellence, innovation and long-term value for communities