The Calyx - The Royal Botanic Gardens - Sydney
Opened 11 June 2016
PTW, with McGregor Coxall Landscape Architects and Cockram Constructions, have won a Design Competition for a small but very high profile project within Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. Building within a landscape of national historic significance at the southern edge of the Lower Palace Garden, the project is envisioned as an iconic but serene addition to the Gardens as a whole. The project respects the Arc Glasshouse through the introduction of a circular geometry based on the Arc itself. Envisaged as a building in the round it is designed to be viewed from many angles including its ‘fifth’ façade as it is overlooked by the city.
The project is to extend the function of the current Tropical Centre to better position it for a flexible programme of seasonal horticultural displays and educational experiences as well as contributing to the city’s available cultural venues from the Sydney Festival to Vivid and beyond.
Source: PTW
The Calyx - The Royal Botanic Gardens - Sydney
Opened 11 June 2016
PTW, with McGregor Coxall Landscape Architects and Cockram Constructions, have won a Design Competition for a small but very high profile project within Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. Building within a landscape of national historic significance at the southern edge of the Lower Palace Garden, the project is envisioned as an iconic but serene addition to the Gardens as a whole. The project respects the Arc Glasshouse through the introduction of a circular geometry based on the Arc itself. Envisaged as a building in the round it is designed to be viewed from many angles including its ‘fifth’ façade as it is overlooked by the city.
The project is to extend the function of the current Tropical Centre to better position it for a flexible programme of seasonal horticultural displays and educational experiences as well as contributing to the city’s available cultural venues from the Sydney Festival to Vivid and beyond.
Source: PTW