Darling Quarter
Sydney
Architect Photographer
John Gollings ©
Completed2012
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Darling Quarter is a true integration of urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture toward the creation of a public place within the City. We have sought to enhance the joy and beauty of D...
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Darling Quarter is a true integration of urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture toward the creation of a public place within the City. We have sought to enhance the joy and beauty of Darling Harbour, one of the most popular public places in Australia, and to do so in a way that imbues it with a sense of quality and permanence. Darling Quarter is where the western edge of the City and the Park meet and is celebrated in a series of defined public spaces, including a pedestrian boulevard, parklands, gateway, children's playground, and activated edges lined with cafes and restaurants. It is a place for everyone, for city workers at lunchtime and in the evenings, families, children, the young and old, visitors and locals. The mullions are made of natural timber and irregularly spaced like rows of trees in a forest. Between these deep, profiled posts are adjustable timber louvres that control heat and glare
automatically adjusted in relation to the position of the sun. Importantly this composed use of francis-jones morehen thorp natural timber in layers behind very transparent glazing also creates a soft and warmth backdrop to the tree canopies of the parkland. An important aspect of the project’s innovation and sustainability in design is not simply in the point score that reaches the highest levels of sustainable accreditation, but the focus on occupant wellbeing and the creation of an enabling, supportive, human and ultimately inspiring place to work, generate and exchange ideas.
automatically adjusted in relation to the position of the sun. Importantly this composed use of francis-jones morehen thorp natural timber in layers behind very transparent glazing also creates a soft and warmth backdrop to the tree canopies of the parkland. An important aspect of the project’s innovation and sustainability in design is not simply in the point score that reaches the highest levels of sustainable accreditation, but the focus on occupant wellbeing and the creation of an enabling, supportive, human and ultimately inspiring place to work, generate and exchange ideas.
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