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Fine Arts Theatre

Tarini Sharma
BDesArch
This big yet delicate roof is nothing but a huge shadow over the water. Holding together elements of the project, it demarcates the beginning of a considered sequence of thresholds.

Sawmillers Theatre

Dylan Shadbolt
BDesArch
Render of ENCAPSULATE from across Gore Cove

Encapsulate

Veronika Young
BDesArch
This threshold invites visitors to explore layered histories through arched frames, creating an immersive passage through time. The interplay of shadows and light reveals and conceals the remaining architecture, enhancing a sense of discovery.

Radar Revue

Samantha Saythavy
BDesArch

INCEPTION

Hanieh Kafili
BDesArch
Project external visualisation - approaching the theatre.

Veilwerks

Avijit Bhamra
BDesArch
Floor Plan

Hiroba

Mia Pryor
BDesArch
Entrance to the Plaza

The Silos

Icey Pu
BDesArch
The theatre floats above the water, as the visitor enters underneath. The long procession is disrupted by the rhythmic arrangement of the lanterns, which provides refuge from the structure.

PERFORM! (lightly)

Liam Young
BDesArch
Axonometric Sketch

The Wharf to Remote Oasis

Adrian Cheng
BDesArch
Reverie, a floating theatre at Berrys Bay, transforms performance by turning boats into dynamic stages, merging light and shadow through translucent architecture, evoking an ethereal, immersive storytelling experience on the water.

Reverie

My Han Lam
BDesArch
Bird-eye view of Tidebreaker and its connection to the Coal Loader and Ballast Point Reserve

Tidebreaker

Nina Nguyen
BDesArch
The aim of the proposal was always to create a structure that is at home in its surroundings and acts as an extension of the park.

Water Lyne

Trewin Flanagan
BDesArch
A night for performance at the Coal Loader, Balls Head Reserve

Ember and Tide

Helena Ji
BDesArch
Inspired by Cirque du Soleil’s “O”, performers soar and plunge beneath intricate rigging, honouring the dance of body and machine – majestic, bold and bound to the water.

Titan's Encore

Charlotte Heard
BDesArch
“It was as if these depths, constantly bridged over a structure that was firm enough in spite of its lightness and of its occasional oscillation in the somewhat vertiginous air, invited on occasion, in the interest of their nerves, a dropping of the plummet and a measurement of the abyss.” – Italio Calvino, “Lightness,” in Six Memos for the Next Millennium (Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1988)

New Age Silo at Gore Cove

Mia Margolis
BDesArch
DOWN and AROUND: With the cliff on your right, the ocean in front and walls all around, we spiral down, down, down, till there's only going up.

Equilibrium Oblivion

Olivia Lai
BDesArch
Rendered image showing entry from the Ferry Wharf.

Sea Creature Theatre

Georgia Coverdale
BDesArch
The Illustrated Chronicles of the Eight Islands in Sydney Harbour.

The Isle Chronicles

Haochen Su
BDesArch
External View upon arrival.

Returning to the Cove

Anthony Ceroni
BDesArch
Conceptual Collage: Understanding the urban condition through its constituent layers. This notion is architecturally explored through a vectorial lens where you, as an observer of the city, can examine these surrounding urban layers outward or, conversely, may yourself be observed inward as a contributing layer to your reality.

Docks Theatre Co.

Harrison G. Winton
BDesArch
The Public Loop circulation features pathways branching through the building, is freely opened to the general publics to immerse in this journey altogether.

Immerse In

Bonnie Chen
BDesArch

Boambilly Temporary Theatre

Daniel Burtt
BDesArch

Me-Mel Art + Performance Space

Otto Paton
BDesArch
Theatre in context

A Theatre Under a Bridge

Vanshika Javeri
BDesArch
The theatre hovers over the shallow waters of Berrys Bay with a solid concrete base holding up light steel framing.

Berrys Bay Theatre

Aakash Singh
BDesArch
The descending stairs to the stage create an intimate connection between the audience and the performance, symbolising a deeper immersion into the artistic experience. As the audience moves downward, they feel drawn into the space, blurring the line between observer and participant. This descent also reflects the architecture’s fluidity, guiding people into the heart of the theatre.

The Atlas

Christine Lee Pei Qi
BDesArch
This collage captures Atlantis’s concept, juxtaposing the nightclub's drama and energy with the serene natural setting of Taronga Zoo, evoking a moment where fantasy and nature coexist harmoniously.

ATLANTIS

Leroy D'Souza
BDesArch
V-D | The Gap 'Procession'

V-D

Bailey Kubecka
BDesArch
A red boardwalk extends off the south-west foreshore of Ballast Point, inviting the public into three circular steel pavilions.

4 Pavilions at Ballast Point

Liz Kilham
BDesArch
The soul of the project lays in community engagement and oyster regeneration. To gather and to replenish. This agenda accumulates around site of oyster rehabilitation, observed in the backdrop of this collage.

Right to the Harbour

Arya Shah
BDesArch
1:200 model showing the proposed designs interaction with the existing shoreline

Tom Uren Theatre

Tyeesha Ellen
BDesArch
expressed in morse code, the "theatre" project explores how the receptory medium of performance can alter a theatrical experience. architecturally speaking the word theatre is derived from the greek theatron; defining "a place of seeing", establishing a visual medium as the norm used by viewers to experience theatre. the nature of this project challenges this, relying soley on auditory manipulation to present a dramatic performance.

- .... . .- - .-. .

Oscar Adamo
BDesArch
Gore Cove Drama House - A sensory exploration of industrial and natural duality, anchored in the textures and history of Gore Cove

Rust and Root

Paris Chen
BDesArch
With its proximity to Sydney Harbour views, Berrys Bay provides a breathtaking backdrop for dramatic expression, emphasised through the theatre’s extensive glazing and sloping roof.

Berrys Bay Theatre

Kevin Chen
BDesArch
Memory Theatre: An architectural journey through Sydney’s layered history, connecting audiences to past, present, and future memories. A fluid space where time, culture, and memory converge on the harbor’s waters

Memory Theatre

Carol Tao
BDesArch
Model Photo From The Water's Perspective

Circo Spectaculum

Vivien Poiyling Chor
BDesArch
Concept collage portraying the connection between two sites: Cockatoo Island and White Horse Lookout Point

Linking Horizons

Oneli Karunarathna
BDesArch
Exterior Render

The Bridge

Zheyu Li
BDesArch
Axonometric View of 'Silhouetted'

Silhouetted

Abia Murad
BDesArch
A sectional axonometric drawing showcases the design's materiality and structural layout.

The Broken Hill

Anderson Guo
BDesArch
“In music theory, counterpoint is the relationship of two or more simultaneous musical lines that are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour”

Counterpoint

Aaron Kerr
BDesArch
Exterior Render

Aqua Vita

Charmaine Wong
BDesArch
The Performance Sanctuary aims to elicit a sense of Collective Effervescence among visitors as they step onto the vessel and share in a special experience bonding strangers through choir

The Performance Sanctuary

Leanna Tan
BDesArch
1:200 Physical Model

Pyrmont Point Drama House

Luna Jaw
BDesArch
Sydney Harbour Drama House Project - orbis.

orbis.

Alta Ling
BDesArch
Nestled within the curvature of the landform of Chowder Head (Gooragal), the project’s diaphanous materiality allows it to sit in harmony with the landscape which surrounds it.

Haze

Keng Yen Low
BDesArch
The beginning of the journey above to the descent down below ends in a moment of reflection, with the Abyss being the final destination extending far from reality's grasp.

Abyss

Vinz Pascua
BDesArch
[A LIBRETTO / The Translation of Theatre] “In which Orfeo and Euridice pay a visit to Cockatoo Island after the opera.”

SLIPWAY THEATRE

Manxi Zhang
BDesArch
The two main objectives; harbour rehabilitation and community engagement. Through working with SIMS, this project improves the efficiency of their marine processes and increases community awareness of the endangered seahorse.

The Seahorse Playground

Samantha Moloney
BDesArch
It is not just a building; here, the architecture itself becomes a theatre, creating spaces that prompt audiences to respond to the narratives told on stage, the powerful setting of the harbor, and the story of a city that’s still unfolding.

Pyrmont Playhouse

Bella Emmi
BDesArch
Returning the Pieces is a project focused on the physical and enlightening journey of each individual, as they traverse the thoughtfully planned theatre, and learn about Australia’s ‘The White’s Seahorse’.

Returning the Pieces

Jane Huang
BDesArch
Blending maritime heritage with surrealism, this theatre transforms Woodley’s Shipyard into a cultural hub, inviting exploration and curiosity through playful, history-inspired design.

The Harbinger

Karim Afyouni
BDesArch
A view from the Bay to demonstrating the buildings translucent qualities designed with the aim of hiding construction.

The Hidden Theatre

Jacques Mouret
BDesArch
A presence stirs, inviting souls through mist where familiar meets unknown. Laughter and tides echo, weaving unity. In light and shadow, stories unfold, a silent symphony leading to stillness.

Bridge, Island, Bay

Ernest Cheung
BDesArch
1:200 Theatre Model

Veil and Unveil

Rebecca Lin
BDesArch
Coral Theatre, performance of the process of restoration of coral habitats

Scenes of Restoration

Sirintra Sriwattanavanit
BDesArch
Known as Wareamah to the Dharug people, Cockatoo Island holds deep cultural and spiritual significance for First Nations peoples, a history often overshadowed by colonial heritage in mainstream narratives.

Wareamah Theatre

Alyssa Lowe
BDesArch
The site model of le Belvedere includes the three entities. 1.500

Le Belvedere

Mathis Arnould
BDesArch
Model Photo

Perpetua

Taiki Arita
BDesArch
Floating theatre at Ballast Point Park, merging performance with Sydney’s iconic landscape. Framed by Balmain, Harbour Bridge, and North Sydney, this adaptable venue connects past and future through immersive design.

Water's Edge Theatre

Arin Lee
BDesArch
ANONYMITY – Siting at Cremorne Point, which has a long and linear shoreline, the theatre is presented anonymously in a minimal rectangular form.

Anonymous Theatre

Natalie Yuen
BDesArch
Entrance: As a dynamic space where not only finds the best response to the site but also actively engages with the site in a way that feels alive.

Sink & Float Dance Theatre

Siyuan Chen
BDesArch
The theatre awakes as dusk falls. An external render view of Prometheus Theatre.

Prometheus Theatre

Dihann Tumaliuan
BDesArch
Tensioned. Concept sketch

Tensioned

Zoe Byatt
BDesArch
Perspective drawing to convey the complete atmospheric experience of being submerged and then emerging again.

Greenwich Tower

Amelia Heron Little
BDesArch
The meeting of rivers The meeting of earth and water The meeting of people

CARVING

I-Ching Chen
BDesArch
Suspended above Diamond Bay's cliffs, this theatre merges music with nature, inviting audiences to experience orchestral performances framed by the rugged sandstone and ocean rhythms nearby.

Project 2/3

Lizhu Yang
BDesArch
Axonometric collage of the auditorium and the three vistas, Chowder Head, Middle Head and North Head.

South Head Performance House

Tiana Yee
BDesArch
View from entrance visualisation

360 Aquatic Theatre

Joanne Huang
BDesArch
Passage of entrance into the Theatre of Snapper Island

Snapper Island Theatre

Jacob Slee
BDesArch
Exterior view of the Pista Continuum's three-staged Narrative Runway.

Pista Continuum

Victor Yu
BDesArch
Sectional Perspective cut of the cliff looking out to the ocean, a representation of the project's key experience.

Sheer Vessel

Eunice Ling
BDesArch
Theatre at low tide.

Theatre of Reconciliation

Jordan Le
BDesArch
Exterior Render The frosted upper box is set alight with reflections of the entrance flame. Curtains swoop high overhead and flow from the boardwalk into the box through the façade.

Marinawi

Eleanor Tozer
BDesArch
Public harbour baths at Balls Head Bay within the Coal Loader Wharf.

Basking

Sarah Luu
BDesArch

Parquet Theatre

Lauren Pulley
BDesArch
“The crowd was the veil from behind which the familiar city as phantasmagoria beckoned to the flâneur. In it, the city was now landscape, now a room.” - Walter Benjamin, The Arcade Project (1982)

Phantasmagoria

Emma Wu
BDesArch

Harbourlight Theatre

Michelle Tran
BDesArch
The Passage Site Plan: The Journey towards Catharsis.

The Passage

Lily Barkhausen
BDesArch
western elevational render at dusk

A Dance With the Tides

Sophie Jiang
BDesArch
From the concrete platform, the Bradleys Head Theatre showcases two buildings: one for the café, and one for the performance space, blending with the waterfront and natural rock formations.

Bradleys Head Theatre

Selina Liu
BDesArch
1:200 Model

WAVERTON AQUATIC THEATRE + HARBOUR POOL

Rasa Esfahani
BDesArch
Halimeda's Epilogue

Halimeda's Epilogue

Pei Yi Isabella Zhou
BDesArch
View from Johnstons Bay Glebe Island, Rozelle Render

The Ethics Of Meat Production

Bryan Lui
BDesArch
Mort Bay Community Theatre, 1:200 building model

Mort Bay Community Theatre

Lily Mark
BDesArch
The culmination of the entire experience, the performance, the moment of catharsis itself, where the viewers are presented with the ancient tragic play, Oedipus Rex, brought to the modern Sydney harbour.

Catharsis

Ariel Eisner
BDesArch
Approach to the theatre.

Procession of Memory

Angela Tao
BDesArch
Obelisk Theatre

Obelisk Theatre

Angela Luo
BDesArch
A black metal cladding envelops the structure on the western façade which is slightly elevated to reveal the interior interactions from jetty view.

Elkington Theatre

Riki Endo
BDesArch
axonometric drawing

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Yahan(Lia) Gao
BDesArch
Model

Ballast Point Theatre

Alice Knox
BDesArch
View from Ball's Head Reserve

Returning Vistas

Eve Fan
BDesArch
Lantern Pavilion

Lantern Pavilion

Bianca Black
BDesArch
Drama House exterior view from landing spot on Cocatoo Island

Sydney Harbor Drama House

Chengyi Yang
BDesArch
Exterior Render of the Floating Theatre

Psychedelic Symphony

Marco Wong
BDesArch
Approach at night

Paired Remedy

Tomas Langley
BDesArch
Extruded volumes shelter the programs whilst connected by a jetty that extends from the land. The entry diverges into two, a path leading directly to the narratives of the drama house, or a path to journey through the building and craft narratives in ones mind of the fragments revealed.

What Remains Behind

Gitanjali Binod
BDesArch
Rendered image of “Broken Ballet” located off the coast of Balls Head.

Broken Ballet

Sarina Taylor
BDesArch
Wardan Theater Concept Model. Southern View. Balsa Wood, Cardboard, Acetate, Particle Board, Baby’s-breath. 1:200

Wardan Theater

Kate Gray
BDesArch
The beginning of the theatrical journey - a view above the waterline. A wharf added to the sea of wharves - inviting you to submerge into its core, behind the truths we often choose to shelter.

Beneath Illusions

Catherine Zhou
BDesArch

Tale of Resilience

Jiale Qian
BDesArch
A peek into the retreat of Athol Bay, A place to escape the hustle of everyday life.

THE ISLAND OF FOUR

Lachlan Lui
BDesArch
journey towards the theatre

the tidal project

Rosie Lin
BDesArch
Internal View of Nocturne, framing the ANZAC Bridge.

Nocturne

Tristan Ponomban
BDesArch
Render: A performer on a diving board, blurring the interior stage and surrounding.

Berry's Bay Theatre Complex

Jade Lin
BDesArch
From the vast sky that maps ancient celestial navigation systems to the ocean currents that carry generations of people across the Oceania region, Horizon Theatre is a culmination of the 3 elements. It is not only a place to tell and watch stories, it’s the place where the sea meets the land and the sky, an intersection of past and present, which can be experienced in this architectural project bringing concept and site together in harmony.

Horizon Theatre

Pepita Barton
BDesArch
1:100 Physical Model - Theatre Interior

Monolith Theatre

Jeffrey Dai
BDesArch
Collage Axonometric of Theatre Project

Running Water Theatre

Anne Thadanabath
BDesArch
Main external render

Monumentum

Jun Lee
BDesArch
Imagining of the project within its context

The Vergeward Promenade

Palistha Shrestha
BDesArch
This project focuses more on the journey and experience of the audience and in this architectural transportation is where it begins.

Murder on Shark Island

Chris Yang
BDesArch
Amidst the abyss of the harbor, a solitary concrete tower rises, a sentinel against the deep. Its stoic form mirrors the sea's depths, a testament to resilience and timeless beauty.

SaltSpire

Elise Beldoza
BDesArch
Main Theatre Interior

1+2+3≠6

Sellina Cheng
BDesArch
Isometric drawing of 'The Soul of North Sydney'

North Sydney's Soul

Flynn Cooray
BDesArch
Birdview Exterior Rendering

Resonance: The Cliff Symphony

Zoey Lu
BDesArch
The theatre is standing there, awaiting performers and audiences, participate or watch different plays, experience different interpretations of Ball’s Head.

Floating, Changing

Zhaoying Ge
BDesArch
The Ocean Sentinel is situated in Middle Head, Mosman. It reflects the site's dual identity, weaving together its military fortification history with its deep connection to the surrounding marine world.

The Ocean Sentinel

Devinta Li
BDesArch