Gadigal people of the Eora Nation
New South Wales
The adaptation of an eight-storey state heritage listed brick warehouse, the former Royal Edward Victualling Yard at Jones Bay, Pyrmont (REVY), provides 44 apartments and one north-facing penthouse. Within the rusticated stone base are two storey townhouses, and these incorporate double height spaces so that an appreciation of the original warehouse volume is made.
Originally designed by the NSW Government Architect, Walter Liberty Vernon in 1904, this narrow building was replanned to accommodate six through-apartments per floor. Consequently, there are three lift cores, two of which sit beyond the original masonry volume on the side of Darling Island Road. These modern glass interventions provide glimpses of the original masonry walls through each glazed lift lobby. The waterfront façade, which addresses a new public pathway, remains largely unaltered except for several discretely positioned window and balcony insertions.
The success of this adaptation respects the former industrial use of the harbour.
For over a century, The Revy proudly served the Royal Australian Navy. Today, this rich heritage is preserved and reinterpreted to create a vibrant, light-filled and uplifting apartment building that is strongly connected to the harbour, giving back this wonderful building to residents, the local community and greater Sydney.
With PTW Architects leading a strong, collaborative design team, the renewed connection between the building and Darling Island wharf now echoes with stories from our past, yet pointing to an invigorated future, with an elegant dialogue where new meets old.
Siobhan McInerney, PTW Director
Megumi Sakaguchi, Project Architect
George Tamer, Architect
Richard Hudson, Architect
Mark Giles, Architect
Lisa Park, Graduate of Architecture
Aqualand, Developer
Design 5 Architects, Heritage Consultant
Taylor Thomson Whitting, Structural Engineer
Blainey North, Interior Designer
Taylor Thomson Whitting, Civil Consultant
Norman Disney & Young, Services Consultant
Arup, Fire Engineering
Blackett, Maguire + Goldsmith, PCA Consultant
Acoustic Logic, Acoustic Consultant
Project Surveyors, Building Surveyor
360 Degrees, Landscape Consultant