Brightening up the foyer at Liverpool Catholic Club

Liverpool Catholic Club in Sydney’s southwest is a family and community club that has it all – restaurants, fitness centre, playground, theatre, ballroom, butcher, hairdresser, a Mercure hotel, even an indoor ice rink. The club stays fresh and vibrant with upgrades that reflect contemporary trends. For example, the once-dark foyer now boasts a vast skylight bringing abundant natural light into a refreshed lobby and sign-in area.

The once-dark foyer is filled with abundant light

Altis Architecture, the firm responsible for the latest series of upgrades, commissioned Di Emme to fabricate a metal sculpture to grace the skylight. The sculpture is a series of mesh shapes punctuated by dropper lights that glow brightly at night and supplement the natural light during the day. Altis supplied the pattern and Di Emme devised the construction method, creating one-to-one drawings of each piece for use as a life-size template.

Rolled stainless steel mesh framed in aluminium and finished with a bronze patina

Working in Di Emme’s Leichhardt studio and guided by the drawings, a pair of artisans worked side by side rolling stainless steel mesh to create the precise shapes. The forms were framed and bound with aluminium and the entire pieceS sprayed with a bronze patina finish. The finished work was transported to the site to be suspended on threaded rods. The sculpture is static, but the undulating shapes give it a dynamic appearance.