Walsh Bay Arts Precinct
The Walsh Bay Arts Precinct is conceived as an arts ‘ecosystem’, where the synergy of co-located creatives generate a powerful cultural energy, open and visible to the public. Significantly, this creative activity is located in one of the city’s most characterful waterfronts, a place where Sydney’s maritime history joins its contemporary spirit.
As a State Heritage listed precinct, and with each of the wharves similar in volume to a large timber skyscraper laid on its side over water, the project presented a very high level of design and constructional challenges. TZG endeavoured to conserve as much of the open, industrial character of the original buildings as possible, whilst accommodating within them an ambitious and technically demanding functional program.
The project is occupied by a host of Sydney’s premier arts companies and encompasses multiple state-of-the-art performance theatres, rehearsal studios, workshops, function spaces, commercial tenancies and administrative offices.
