Location: Sydney, Australia.

Architect: Aspects Studio & WallnerWeiss.

The New Sydney Fish Market project aims to create a world-class food and dining destination that is dynamic, sustainable, and sympathetic to the local area. The design integrates the public realm and contemporary market space to become a landmark in Sydney’s unique harbour-based urban landscape. The market building creates new connections between existing qualities and creates added value from them. The design goes beyond the primary function as a fish market and treats the new building as a critical component in catalyzing life and community. The new market is placed between an industrial port and a public park, and midway between two separated walking stretches. People and communities are at the center of any architectural response, with an emphasis on spaces that encourage collaboration and communication and foster a strong sense of community. The New Sydney Fish Market will be a multi-functional space hosting restaurants, retail, events, and leisure activities alongside the fish market integrating multiple functions. The design adds an extra dimension to the public urban space and features, allowing separation of different forms of flow while at the same time offering an experience of closeness. The New Sydney Fish Market works with environmental, social, and economic sustainability, based on holistic considerations of how these elements can be incorporated to enrich and enhance the architecture. The internal structure of the building is modularly built, which allows phased construction and later extensions/changes without compromising the architectural concept. The modular design also helps in future maintenance and any remodeling, as all materials can be recycled in a plug-n-play way because they are designed to be separated, moved, etc.

Photo credit: 3XN.