By Group GSA
Explorers come in all sizes.
Celebrating a sense of adventure and curiosity, a bike trail within existing parkland invites riders to enjoy the surrounding preserved natural landscape, with bespoke features dedicated to BMX and mountain bikes. This is the new Wylde Mountain Bike Trail—emerging from the combined insight and passion our project team brought to our client, the Western Sydney Parklands Trust.
The creation of the trail adds a new active precinct within the Western Sydney Parklands, focused specifically on BMX and mountain bike use. We have thoughtfully integrated bike rider facilities throughout the trail, including design including water bubblers, bathroom facilities, a bike wash down facility, pump tracks, jump runs, and a 12km mountain bike course.
Bike rides for all levels are catered for, from beginner to advanced, and the site is planned to provide flexibility for daily use as well as intensive visitation, car parking, and camping during major bike events.
Our project team collectively distilled options to bring together a park area incorporating high amenity for bike and non-bike users alike, with lookout structures, walling, and picnic shelters. These are designed as simple and robust, yet refined elements integrating with the bushland park character and addressing the mountain bike culture and aesthetic.
Client: Western Sydney Parklands Trust
Studio: Sydney, Australia
Key Facts:
Location: Western Sydney Parklands, Cecil Hills, Sydney NSW
Traditional Custodians of the Land: Dharug
Photography:Â Simon Wood
For people. For place. For Country.
GroupGSA is a global architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and urban design studio, backed by the collective strength and creativity of 230+ design experts across four studios in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Ho Chi Minh City.
For 40+ years, GroupGSA has designed and delivered visionary projects for people, place and brands with outstanding client experiences. We offer multidisciplinary design services with expertise in Living Environments; Workplace & Commercial; Education; Cities and Places; Cultural; Hospitality; Mixed-Use, Retail and Industrial; and Transport, Infrastructure & Defence.
We value diverse thinking, collaborative working and innovative project delivery.