Darling Square
- Year
- 2019
- Status
- Built
- Firm
- ASPECT Studios
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
Darling Square embodies a new urban typology; fusing landscape, architecture, art, food and culture. A captivating new world-class urban neighbourhood which sits on the site of the former Sydney Entertainment Centre, it is home to 4,200 residents, 2,500 workers, and more than 60 retail and food stores, attracting visitors and locals alike. The brief called for a range of green, gathering, and strolling places for all; an ever-changing civic space where daily life and spectacle collide. The square provides a generous lawn, a tree grove for quiet respite, buzzing artistic laneways and a public area which extends into a community centric building housing a food collective, library, restaurants and childcare.
Darling Square embodies a new urban typology; fusing landscape, architecture, art, food and culture. A captivating new world-class urban neighbourhood which sits on the site of the former Sydney Entertainment Centre, it is home to 4,200 residents, 2,500 workers, and more than 60 retail and food stores, attracting visitors and locals alike. The brief called for a range of green, gathering, and strolling places for all; an ever-changing civic space where daily life and spectacle collide. The square provides a generous lawn, a tree grove for quiet respite, buzzing artistic laneways and a public area which extends into a community centric building housing a food collective, library, restaurants and childcare.