East Darling Harbour Development

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Posted: Aug 14th, 2009 / Last Edited: Sep 13th, 2011 Print

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THE EAST DARLING HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT redevelops a roughly one-mile stretch of currently underutilized waterfront, transforming it into a city amenity. Repurposing the site from cargo wharf to public park and mixed-use residential community, the proposal reconfigures a long string of footpaths to create one unified and prominent waterfront promenade. The site responds to its context at localized points (low-rise residential to the east, dense commercial towers to the south) for a seamless integration of existing and new that essentially extends the city to the waterfront. In an effort to increase the interaction between Sydney’s central business district and its waterfront, the proposal pulls Darling Harbour into the site through a series of cuts in the linear sea wall, creating an interdigitation between the ecologies of land and sea. As built form negotiates the two, new organizational patterns emerge. Fingerlike buildings extend toward the water, shaped morphologically to delineate certain areas for public parkland and to shield other, more private outdoor areas and negotiate a sectional separation between downtown and the coastal edge.

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THE EAST DARLING HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT redevelops a roughly one-mile stretch of currently underutilized waterfront, transforming it into a city amenity. Repurposing the site from cargo wharf to public park and mixed-use residential community, the proposal reconfigures a long string of footpaths to create one unified and prominent waterfront promenade. The site responds to its context at localized points (low-rise residential to the east, dense commercial towers to the south) for a seamless integration of existing and new that essentially extends the city to the waterfront. In an effort to increase the interaction between Sydney’s central business district and its waterfront, the proposal pulls Darling Harbour into the site through a series of cuts in the linear sea wall, creating an interdigitation between the ecologies of land and sea. As built form negotiates the two, new organizational patterns emerge. Fingerlike buildings extend toward the water, shaped morphologically to delineate certain areas for public parkland and to shield other, more private outdoor areas and negotiate a sectional separation between downtown and the coastal edge.

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