The Colours of Water

The Colours of Water is a Civic and Education Centre for water advocacy located at Alexandra Canal in Sydney. The key takeaways from the site include the fact that Alexandra Canal is a largely forgotten part of water infrastructure in Sydney compared to Sydney Harbour. The main concept in response was to create a proposal which expressed our layered and multidimensional relationship with water. This is achieved by creating a landmark tower in the low site context that brings attention to the Alexandra Canal site and showcases our varied experiences with water throughout the tower.

Differing experiences on each level.

Section A-A showing the longitudinal section of the canal in relation to the tower.

Section B-B showing the short section of the canal in relation to the tower with the varied experiences with water on each level.