Central Park, Sydney

Central Park is a major mixed-use urban renewal project in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia located on Broadway in the suburb of Chippendale. The development is focused on a new public park located just off Broadway of approximately 6,500 square metres (70,000 sq ft) in size.[1]

For other uses, see Central Park (disambiguation).

One Central Park to the left, with Park Lane and The Mark under construction to the right. (September 2013)

The project includes the award-winning high-rise building One Central Park, an apartment complex known for its hanging vertical gardens. For many decades the southern side of Broadway was dominated by a brewery. The facility closed in the 2000s and the site was put up for sale. Frasers Property purchased the site from the Fosters Group on 29 June 2007.[1]

Precincts

One Central Park
One Central Park.
Main article: One Central Park

The first stage of the redevelopment is a tower called One Central Park, a 117-metre-tall (384 ft)[2][3] residential tower designed by Jean Nouvel featuring "vertical gardens" by Patrick Blanc and LED art by Yann Kersalé.[4][5] Located opposite the UTS Tower, One Central Park is an apartment complex with a shopping centre called Central Park Mall located on the lower levels.[6] The design includes a cantilevered section including a heliostat to provide light -to the parkland below.[5] It is the tallest building on the site. Construction by Watpac Construction was completed in October 2013.[7]

In May 2014, the One Central Park East tower was ranked by Emporis as one of the world's best skyscrapers.[7] In July of the same year, it was chosen as the best tall building in Asia and Australia by Chicago based Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). In November 2014 it was named the best tall building in the world by CTBUH.[8] In October 2014 it was named the Overall Winner of the 2014 LEAF Award.[9]

Balfour Street Park
Halo in Central Park (2015)


Park Lane & The Mark

The second and third stages are called Park Lane and The Mark. These are residential buildings designed by Johnson Pilton Walker located adjacent to the new parkland. The Mark is the second tallest building at Central Park.

Commercial buildings

London architects Foster + Partners are the designers behind Central Park's first commercial buildings known as Central Park Mall, which is anchored by Woolworths and features over 75,000 square metres of office and retail space.[10]

Parkland

Central Park includes two parks. In addition to the main park, a pocket park known as the Balfour Street Park was created by closing a section of Balfour Street. The park provides a connection between Central Park and the rest of Chippendale. It opened in April 2010.[1] The main park, called Chippendale Green, opened on 17 December 2012.

Artworks

Halo, a wind powered kinetic sculpture by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford was installed in Central Park in 2012. It involves a ring turning and tilting atop a mast in response to wind.[11]

See also

Other large-scale inner-city urban renewal projects in Sydney:

References
  1. "Frasers Broadway (formerly CUB site)". City of Sydney. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. "The Skyscraper Center One Central Park". skyscrapercenter.com. CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat). 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. "The Best New Tall Buildings On The Planet". Business Insider Australia. Business Insider International. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. "One Central Park Gardens". Frasers Property. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  5. "Central Park Sydney – Architecture". Frasers Property. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  6. "Shop Central". Frasers Property. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  7. Goncalves, Ricardo (20 May 2014). "Sydney's Central Park East tower ranked one of the world's best". Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Online. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  8. Tan, Monica (11 November 2014). "Sydney's One Central Park wins international best tall building award". The Guardian Australia. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  9. Rosenfield, Karissa (14 October 2014). "Winners of the 2014 LEAF Award". ArchDaily. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  10. "Central Park Sydney". Frasers Property. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  11. "Introducing Halo" (PDF). Halo posters. Turpin + Crawford Studio. Retrieved 10 October 2015.

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