‘Antias’ Jacksons Landing
Site
Historic Imagery
200 years ago, clusters of trees alternating with open grassland showed the fire-stick practices of the local Eora Nation people in this area. This harbour edge was also rich in shellfish. Sandstone quarrying and industry on the Eastern Knoll followed, as the Sydney population intensified. The old industrial building on this site marked the development and later neglect of Pyrmont’s industrial history.
Sketches
Working Models
TZG recognised this residential project as a program of reinvigoration, one that could borrow from the industrial aesthetic of the past while ensuring an early green-star rating for environmental sustainability.
Drawings
Artist Impressions
The indoor-outdoor connection was strengthened by balcony loggias, an innovation at the time.
Construction
A direct connection between each unit’s front door to the street, and the pairing of units on each floor with a common stair that also viewed the street, gave the residents a sense of orientation and connection to the outside.
The arrangement of apartments in this large building and the careful selection of materials led to a green-star rating, one of the first for apartments at that time.
Team
Tim Greer, John Chesterman, Elizabeth Muir, Christian Williams, Llewela Griffiths, Jim Booth, Roger O’Sullivan.
Consultants
Altus Page Kirkland, Robert Bird & Partners, Hyder, AECOM, Steve Paul & Partners, IPS, Vivas Lend Lease, BioDesign, Renzo Tonin, Cundall, Phillip Chun & Associates, Morris Goding, Halcrow Pacific.
Photographer
Brett Boardman.
