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August 3, 2015

SAINT LEONARDS STRATEGY

The northern Sydney suburb of St Leonards is bisected by the North Shore train line. Land adjacent to the line has either become inactive or deemed marginal and as a result undesirable locations for business and living. The ideas competition for a site along this rail corridor sought to reconcile the two sides to the..

August 2, 2015

Food Experience

Temporary markets at Sydney Olympic Park Location: Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush NSW, Australia -33.850782, 151.068409 Design team: Thierry Lacoste, David Stevenson Photography / images: Lacoste+Stevenson Architects

August 2, 2015

SYDNEY FRENCH SCHOOL

Being a campus that has been developed over an extended period of time and the subject of a sub-division that significantly limits opportunities for expansion and outdoor recreational areas, the School lacks a strategy for the site’s overall organisation. The entrance to the School and internal circulation is not clearly defined. The three different..

May 18, 2015

BUSAN OPERA HOUSE

We imagine how a day in the new Busan Opera House might evolve …. 9am Arriving at the new Maritime Cultural District for the first time, Han-Na Chang, the world renowned Korean cellist and conductor notices that this intriguing building located at the end of the promenade is closed; its skin seemingly impenetrable, like that..

May 18, 2015

TOKYO OLYMPIC STADIUM

How to design a stadium in such a unique location? How to qualify this new venue? Can we take advantage of this naturalist setting to define its image? Could the stadium, instead of being a big object plunked in the middle of the Park, be blended into it? Japan National Olympic Stadium was completed in..

May 14, 2015

Simple Game

Perry Park is a hidden gem; a public green space within an industrial hardstand area. Crucial to the design is that Perry Park is maintained first and foremost as a public park, particularly in light of the future development of the Green Square Town Centre nearby. It has a unique charm. Its character as a..

February 2, 2014

Golden Circle

Gold Coast City Council conducted an ideas competition for a new civic precinct that would activate an area of the city some distance inland from the famous beach strip. The site requires new connections to the established city areas and a venue that could complement and compete with the attraction of the beach. The program..

October 14, 2013

Sandstone Pattern

Sydney sandstone weathers in a particularly beautiful way producing a honeycomb-like pattern. The underlying material of the Rocks and Hickson Road is the generator of the facade system that has evolved and transformed into a system that responds to its location and its neighbours, to the programme within and Glass Reinforced Concrete (GRC) construction methods. ..

September 14, 2013

Playtime

Gunyama Park is set within a dense environment of apartment blocks and a highly structured ground plane. This scheme proposes an alternative – demarcating city life and park life. It offers respite, relaxation and play, both in its sport and leisure facilities and in its tranquil landscape of water gardens, eucalypt stands, play areas and..

May 12, 2013

SHELLHARBOUR

The vision for the Shellharbour City Hub is to provide an open and inviting community building integrated with the new public square. To support this vision, community uses embrace and activate the new civic square strategically located at the busiest corner of the site. Also, to enhance the community ownership of this major..