Australian architect LAVA has drawn up a plan to turn a previously inaccessible part of Sydney Harbour into a cultural, leisure and community destination.
The area, called Garden Island, is presently used as a dry dock by the Australian Navy, however it will be moving out in the future. Local non-profit company, Urban TaskForce, commissioned LAVA to explore how the area could evolve when that happens.
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Among the uses for the headland, LAVA has proposed housing, floating markets, harbour baths, theatre performances and boat shows.
According to LAVA, the project would mark a departure from the traditional apartment box model. Instead it would look to design "airy tower landscape, with roof terraces, balconies, swimming pools and community facilities".
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LAVA says: "The creation of a city precinct on the waterfront would return Garden Island to a garden, with green technology and naturally cooling buildings."
Images courtesy of LAVA