Walsh Bay Arts Precinct.

A collaboration with Richard Lamb Associates & Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects. We were engaged to create a series of montages for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) which accompanied the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct (WBAP) Stage 2 State Significant Development Application (SSDA) Number SSD 7689.

Our scope of work was broken down into two components:

Artist impressions of the enhanced public domain
Verifiably accurate photomontages for visual impact assessment

Artist Impressions for the Enhanced Public Domain.

Fundamental to the WBAP concept was the recognition that the wharves’ unique location and distinctive heritage architecture provided significant opportunities for place making. The WBAP proposal comprised an integrated performing arts and cultural precinct together with an enhanced public domain at Walsh Bay. The enhanced public domain comprising a public square/arts festival precinct between Pier 2/3 and Wharf 4/5 for multipurpose use as well as steps down to the waterway.

Images for Visual Impact Assessment.

A series of verifiably accurate montages to demonstrate the visual impact of the following design proposals:

External alterations to Pier 2/3 and Wharf 4/5 to provide for improved street entry at Hickson Road, additional external stairs, lifts and balconies designed as a contemporary interpretation of the original gantries reflecting the precinct’s former industrial heritage;
Installation of new glazing and doorways within the existing chequerboard design framework to allow for improved access and views in and out of the wharf buildings;
Modification to the roofs of Pier 2/3 and Wharf 4/5 contained within the central valleys to provide for improved performance spaces and acoustics and to accommodate plant without the need for significant change to the roof profiles;