Description

A major redevelopment of two complete city blocks in the heart of the Sydney CBD totalling over 150,000m² of floorspace.

Quay Quarter Sydney is a major redevelopment of two complete city blocks in the heart of the Sydney City CBD totalling over 150,000m² of floorspace. It includes the regeneration and adaptive re-use of the 1970’s 50 bridge Street tower, more than doubling its size, new mixed use podium, new residential buildings, a museum and the provision of a new boutique hotel.

BVN have developed the masterplan for the site, incorporating the various uses and creating a new integrated groundplane that greatly improves accessibility and connections between the city and the quay. The masterplan addresses all of the challenges of an extremely dense urban site, including building massing, overshadowing controls, view lines, vehicle movements, pedestrian movements, access points, area/usage distribution, commercial feasiblity and open public space. BVN worked closely with the landowner, the City of Sydney Council, Transport for NSW and other relevant stakeholders to iteratively develop, test, assess, revise and complete the masterplan the achieve the best possible outcome for the owner and the City.

Following the development of the masterplan BVN prepared the extensive documentation for the Stage One Development Application, assisted in the preparation of the brief for the international design competition, and subsequently undertook a series of detailed design studies and analyses of the various elements across the precinct.

Our current role is working as Executive Architect with Danish practice 3XN on the Stage 2 Development Application, leading to the delivery of the project.