Cockle Bay Park, Sydney (AU)

Cockle Bay Park had to be a confident, clear, and poetic gesture in the urban setting.

So that had to be a gesture felt at every level, from where the tower meets the skyline to, most importantly, where it meets people at the ground.

Cockle Bay Park focuses on the eye-level experience of the development’s two scales: the city scale, where the tower joins the skyline, and the village scale, where people move between the city center and the waterfront. Cockle Bay Park’s unbroken silhouette slips seamlessly among the towers of Sydney’s CBD, breaking down into more human-scaled pieces as it reaches the public and retail spaces at the ground level. This interplay of scales is respectful of both Sydney’s urban fabric and the diverse community of people it is designed for.

The tower, which is threaded together by public space, defines a new type of high-rise development that mixes traditional retail, office, and public program into a unified, human-centered environment.