Project by: Greenshoot Consulting x Greenaway Architects

Client: Infrastructure NSW

OCULUS together with Greenshoot Consulting x Greenaway Architects and Collins and Turner Architects was selected by Infrastructure NSW to design Bank Street Park, a new one-hectare waterfront park surrounding the southern pylons of Anzac Bridge.

Located within the State Significant Blackwattle Bay Precinct, which includes the relocated Sydney Fish Markets, this project will provide 11,000 square metres of open space for the community.

The precinct’s waterfront promenade, traversing Bank Street Park, will complete Sydney’s 15-kilometre harbour foreshore walk from Rozelle to Woolloomooloo.

Against the backdrop of the iconic ANZAC Bridge, unique gathering spaces have been proposed, through ongoing consultation, to acknowledge and reveal the site’s history and honour Blak Diggers. With respect for Country, the design seeks to celebrate and re-establish local plant communities that would have once occurred naturally on the site.

Gender-sensitive urban design principles have been adopted to create safer, welcoming, and inclusive spaces for all visitors. The park will include a new cycleway, walkways, and new and improved access to Blackwattle Bay for recreational water users such as kayakers and other paddle craft. A new community building with marina offices and a café will be constructed as part of the park, with amenities located in adaptively re-used buildings and façades linked by a new plaza. Dragon boat storage doubles as a viewing deck to take advantage of the expansive water views across the bay.