SYDNEY | Central Park

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About the Project

Central Park is set to become an icon of 21st Century living, helping Sydney stake a claim as one of the world’s great urban destinations. Spectacularly located at the edge of the CBD, Central Park is a $2 billion village with a beautiful, spacious park at its heart – an exceptional destination for living, working, meeting friends, shopping, dining out and relaxing.

With 11 buildings, 1,600 apartments and a lively collection of shops, cafes, restaurants, laneways, terraces and offices, Central Park transforms the old Kent Brewery in Chippendale into an intelligent interplay of buildings and public spaces, and raises the benchmark for sustainable living globally.

Designed by a world-leading team of architects in Sydney, London, Paris and Copenhagen, Central Park is inspired by the people of Sydney, and its spacious, landscaped gardens welcome nearby communities into its heart. Upon completion, Sydney will realize its destiny as a city of unrivalled beauty, iconic architecture, and the highest sustainability standards.

As Australian artist Lloyd Rees once said, “A city is the greatest work of art possible”. This has never been truer than at Central Park, which enlarges our sense of what’s possible – now and in the future.

Masterplan

Great architecture isn’t created in a silo. Great architecture is collaborative. So when Frasers Property acquired the Carlton United Breweries site from Foster’s in 2007, it invited a ‘dream team’ of world-leading architects to create a vision that would match its vast potential.

The design brief for each architect was simply to create iconic architecture of the highest sustainable standards, with people at their heart. This brief was spearheaded by Dr Stanley Quek, CEO at Frasers Property, who felt it was important to devote one-third of the 5.8 hectare site to public, open spaces.

The masterplan therefore revolves around a spacious urban park, which covers 6,400 square meters in size. This, together with an intricate web of roads and pathways, draws people into the heart of Central Park and delivers its character and soul. It also returns the old Kent Brewery to the people of Sydney after 150 years of exclusion.

Sustainable design features include solar panels, rooftop gardens, tri-generation pipes and water tanks, which are cleverly adapted into each corner of the site.

“To have the voice of the engineer, community and architect working together to create one vision – this is the way contemporary architecture is made,” says Alex Tzannes, Director of Tzannes Associates, who played a key role in shaping the original masterplan.

“The masterplan is the unifying element that dictates the overall design, resulting in buildings that are memorable and distinctive, and enjoy a more special relationship with the people who inhabit them,” says Tzannes.

The masterplan has been through several incarnations, and is now being implemented by UK architects Foster + Partners. Even the slope of the site has been carefully considered, with buildings declining in height from the city towards residential Chippendale.

Live

The very first stage of Central Park will set the scene for what is to come: two iconic residential towers rising above a retail centre, connected by terraced gardens to the main park beyond. World-class architecture, richly veiled in living green walls, this first residential stage will encapsulate all that Central Park has to offer: bold, beautiful and globally significant new directions for 21st century living.

Designed by award-winning architect Jean Nouvel, Central Park's first residential buildings remind us that nature can thrive in the city. Its façade is the canvas for a breathtaking ‘vertical garden’ by French artist Patrick Blanc, which delivers a flower to each resident, and a bouquet to the city.

This first residential stage will be released in Winter 2010, with future stages - by Johnson Pilton Walker and Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, amoung others - to come. To register your interest and ensure you are amoung the first to view Central Park,

Work

Award-winning London architects Foster + Partners are the designers behind Central Park’s first iconic commercial building, which will be released for sale soon. Offering 90,000 square metres of prime office and retail space in Sydney’s newest urban quarter, Foster + Partners’ commercial building is conveniently on the southern cusp of the CBD.

Shop

Eat, drink, shop, explore and play… Central Park is a mixed-used precinct that delivers an eclectic collection of shops, fashion boutiques, galleries, cafes, restaurants, supermarkets, fitness clubs and wine bars.

Central Park will soon unveil its dynamic retail precinct, which includes a five-story shopping mall at One Central Park; a laneway devoted to shops, markets, cafes and bars on historic Kensington Street; and a vast retail venue inside the old Kent Brewery building.

Location

Central Park is the missing piece of the puzzle that completes Sydney’s colorful inner-city landscape. Bordered by Broadway to the north, Cleveland Street to the South, Central Station to the East, and the University of Sydney to the East, Central Park is located in Chippendale, which is a fabulous place to discover on foot thanks to its enviable location at the heart of one of the world’s most beautiful cities.

Not only does Chippendale lie a short distance from Chinatown and Darling Harbour, but it’s also a stone’s throw from Sydney’s mid-town bustling business district. Uptown, the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House are less than 10 minutes away by train, where ferries also connect the city to picturesque Balmain, Kirribilli and Manly.

Central Park sits at the gateway to the city’s top attractions, but better still – it also offers its own collection of boutique shops, galleries, parks, laneways, cafes, restaurants and bars. Each venue is infused with the distinctive scent of energy, intellect and optimism thanks to Central Park’s stellar location in the midst of Sydney’s university precinct.

Within Central Park, on Kensington Street, Sydney architects Tonkin Zulaikher Greer have created a new destination for cafes, galleries, weekend markets and organic food co-operatives. Central Park’s spacious green parks and gardens also provide a tranquil haven for the entire city to enjoy.

Central Park belongs to a close-knit community of professionals, families, students, artists, designers and entrepreneurs. Chippendale itself is a mecca for art, design and culture, and is popular with young families, students, small business owners and fashionistas. Its cobbled laneways are peppered with stylish galleries, cafes and delicatessens, which are a major drawcard for locals who have flocked into the area over the past decade.

http://centralparksydney.com/

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And images from the Central Park website...

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Construction pics by Fabian from last week

Originally Posted by Fabian

December 6 2012

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...22753&page=118

[CF221]

The park is kinda uh.... tiny o.O

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It's close to Sydney's 'Central Station' (inspiration for 'Central'). The developer envisages the small park at the centre of the site (inspiration for 'Park') as a new meeting point for Sydney.

Hence the name 'Central Park.'

I imagine the original would have had some influence on the name too.

[italiano_pellicano]

very nice

[Eric Offereins]

that is a very spectacular project.

[Fabian]

Some recent photos:

Originally Posted by CULWULLA

The Central retail precinct, occupying the lower five floors of One Central Park, on Broadway. In this image the glazed roof is covered.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...22753&page=121

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March photo update from the Central Park facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...5567886&type=1
















The Mark, taking shape




Entrance to Central retail centre from Broadway