Arts precinct · Heritage adaptive re-use
Commercial window furnishings for an award-winning heritage arts precinct, built by Richard Crookes Constructions.
The precinct's heritage wharves, Pier 2/3 and Wharf 4/5, date to the early 1900s. Their adaptive reuse into modern performance venues ran from 2018 to 2022, delivered by Infrastructure NSW.
Sydney's iconic Walsh Bay has been reimagined as a global arts precinct through careful adaptive re-use, winner of the 2022 NSW Architecture Medallion. State Heritage-listed structures and finishes were restored to preserve the maritime character, while new steel balconies, walkways and glass-clad lifts capture the harbour views.
One hundred and ninety roller blinds through the precinct in Vibe Blockout and Duo Screen — some single chain drive, some motorised, and some multi-linked so one motor drives a run of blinds across a wide opening. In the Mezzanine North studio the design changed mid-job: those blinds were rebuilt with headboxes and side channels and fitted between the glazing, one blind per mullion, with the channels closing the light gap at the edges. Heritage and arts buildings are some of the most demanding work we do in Sydney.
The precinct is now a world-class home for the performing arts that honours its heritage. Quicksew's window furnishings sit quietly within the restored fabric, managing light and glare in the venues without competing with the architecture.
Measured, made in our Bathurst workroom and installed by our own team — for homes and projects across Central West NSW and Sydney.
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