Cammeraygal
NSW
The urban renewal of the Torpedo Factory Precinct has provided increased public benefit,
visitor access and site interpretation to the former HMAS Platypus submarine base at
Neutral Bay, Sydney. The project involved partial demolition of a factory built for the
manufacture of torpedoes during World War II. The retained building elements, interwoven
with new landscaped spaces and urban design, establishes a public domain characterised
by distinctive industrial building materials and forms integrated with new planter beds,
seating, shade structures, indigenous artwork and a historical interpretive display drawing
on the site’s long and rich history.
The design intent of the project was to adaptively reuse the former 1940’s Torpedo Factory to create a multi-use public space. Through the design it now connects the street frontage to the former factory, a viewing terrace and foreshore park, as well as to existing pedestrian connections to create a cohesive pedestrian experience.
Interpretation of the site’s multilayered history has been incorporated within the building fabric including First Nations and the later military history.
John Guida RAIA, Design Architect
Harold Guida LFRAIA AIA, Design Architect
Andrew Donnelly, Project Architect
Jojemar Manalo, Graduate of Architecture
Jon Harriman, Graduate of Architecture
Sally Taylor, Student of Architecture
WSP, Civil Consultant
WSP, Structural Engineer
WSP, Mechanical Engineer
WSP, Electrical Consultant
WSP, Hydraulic Consultant
WSP, Lighting Consultant
WSP, ESD Consultant
WSP, Geo-technical Engineer
WSP, Facade Engineer
WSP, Security Consultant
WSP, Fire Engineer
Turf Design Studio, Landscape Consultant
Turf Design Studio, Urban Design
Yerrabingan, Indigenous Cultural Consultant
Yerrabingan, Urban Design
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
