Walsh Bay, NSW
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct
Community & Civic- Client
- Infrastructure NSW
- Location
- Walsh Bay, NSW
- Architect
- Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects, HASSELL
- Builder
- Richard Crookes Construction
- Status
- Completed
- Services
- Construction Engineering, Façade Engineering, Heritage Engineering, Structural Engineering
Sydney’s 1920s wharves, transformed into a permanent home for the performing arts
Project Overview
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct gives Sydney’s performing arts community a permanent home, transforming two original 1920s finger wharves on Hickson Road into the city’s major public arts and cultural performance hub. The adaptive re-use of Pier 2/3, Wharf 4/5 and the Shoresheds brings modernised theatres, audience facilities, rehearsal and studio spaces, and commercial and retail spaces to the precinct, now home to nine of Australia’s leading performing arts companies.
Scope of Work
TTW delivered Structural and Heritage Engineering services for the precinct, including:
- Existing structure investigation and condition survey
- Maintenance and upgrade engineering advice, including timber pile foundations
- New roof pops and large-scale roof modifications
- Removal of columns to create large open performance and workshop spaces
- Additional mezzanine floors and roof spaces throughout
- Review of existing timber structure for fire engineering solutions
- Theatre space design, including acoustically isolated structure, catwalks, rigging and retractable seating units
- Internal and external stairs, gantries and lifts throughout
- Construction phase and temporary works engineering
- New façade and alterations to existing structure
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