The proposal designed by Henning Larsen is a 183-metre-tall skyscraper, coming in at 73,000 square meters, on two distinct scales: it includes 63,000 square meters of tower program and a public plinth of 10,000 square meter, close to the waterfront, the low-rise "village scale" housing public and retail spaces alongside a public park.
Cockle Bay Park was designed by Henning Larsen in collaboration with partners McGregor Coxall for the landscape design, and geoffreything for the retail design.
Cockle Bay Park was designed by Henning Larsen in collaboration with partners McGregor Coxall for the landscape design, and geoffreything for the retail design.
"Looking at Sydney, and especially Darling Harbor, we felt that there was a need for a destination with a different sense of scale and, within that, an opportunity to introduce a new park into the heart of the city."
"Sydney is unique in how it entwines a friendly, local community atmosphere within a cosmopolitan city – we see Cockle Bay Park as an opportunity to reflect this and to emphasize the best of what Sydney can be."
"Sydney is unique in how it entwines a friendly, local community atmosphere within a cosmopolitan city – we see Cockle Bay Park as an opportunity to reflect this and to emphasize the best of what Sydney can be."
Henning Larsen partner Viggo Haremst in a statement.
Occupying a site that acts as a barrier between the city center, the waterfront, and the thriving Pyrmont district, the tower aims to generate continuity within the same urban fabric. In fact, public pedestrian paths are uninterrupted through the development, linking all different functions on the ground level, like shops, restaurants, and bars, providing a widened point of connectivity.
