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Imagine a city space that unites everything that’s good about Sydney: water views, leafy parks, art installations, live entertainment, shopping and dining, work and play. Barangaroo is that place and is already vibrant and dynamic. Visit Barangaroo today to enjoy views over Sydney Harbour and stroll along the Foreshore Walk, open every day during daylight hours. You’ll also see Barangaroo being built. Stay up to date with news of the project and share images of your visit via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. And with our videos uploaded to YouTube, you can come behind the scenes to learn more about Barangaroo. barangaroosydney @barangaroo #barangaroo barangaroosydney photos/barangaroo/sets SIGN UP to receive the Barangaroo newsletter at Barangaroo.com
BARANGAROO BEGINS Imagine a place that unites everything that’s good about Sydney. Sailboats breeze across a pictureperfect harbour framed by sandstone foreshores and studded with islands; lights sparkle on the water, casting dramatic new buildings aglow; the aromas of cuisines from around the world waft along streets and cobbled laneways steeped with Aboriginal heritage and maritime history. Imagine locals and tourists strolling between boutiques and galleries, office workers zipping in and out of gleaming towers, fireworks exploding over coves and children dipping their toes into tidal pools. From sun up to sun down and well into the night, Sydney Harbour has a buzz that is exhilarating and inspiring. It is the heart of the city and for many, it defines Australia. And it’s getting even better. An inspiring new place is taking shape on the most beautiful shore in the world. From Millers Point to Cockle Bay on the western foreshore, Barangaroo is extending the brilliance of Sydney Harbour, expanding access to the water and reimagining a onetime container port as an engaging community for all: residents and office workers, locals and tourists, young and old.
Artists impression only, as at September 2013. Subject to planning approval.
THE PRECINCTS Covering 22 hectares on a former container port site on the harbour’s western foreshore, Barangaroo’s three precincts transition from Walsh Bay towards Darling Harbour. Inspired by the original headland, Headland Park will be an enchanting green space of native trees and shrubs – some 75,000 in total – plus tidal rock pools and weathered HEADLAND sandstone leading right to the water’s edge. PARK: THE The creation of Headland Park will provide new GREEN HUB coves and waterways with walking tracks, picnic areas and lookouts offering expansive views. The foreshore promenade will continue around the six-hectare park, connecting Bennelong Point to Barangaroo. This cultural ribbon ties the Opera House and Circular Quay to Walsh Bay, Barangaroo and Darling Harbour. A stunning structure which makes the most of its natural surrounds, both inside and out, Sydney’s newest cultural centre is being created in Headland Park. Using the dramatic sandstone cut as a backdrop, the green roof maximises parkland enjoyment while the space within is the perfect canvas to create a cultural offering of international standing.
This urban renewal project is transforming city life, creating a new recreational, cultural, commercial, retail and residential area that will reinforce Sydney’s position as the heart of Australia.
CENTRAL BARANGAROO: THE CULTURAL HEART
Sydney’s temporary cruise passenger terminal until April 2013, Central Barangaroo is being re-imagined as one of the city’s most exciting cultural precincts. It’s here that people will gather for live music and festivals on weekends; where outdoor art exhibitions and educational exchanges will occur and where entertainment and recreation will go hand in hand.
Designed to celebrate the city’s cultural and creative diversity and community spirit, the area will see residences and retail outlets developed alongside large public spaces, hemmed by restaurants, cafes and bars on one side and a 30m wide waterfront promenade on the other, continuing north to Headland Park.
BARANGAROO SOUTH: THE BUSINESS END
Barangaroo South will become the ultimate address to live and work in Sydney. An extension of Sydney’s CBD and home to the trio of commercial towers, known as International Towers Sydney (ITS), as well as residences, the southernmost Barangaroo precinct will also feature a harbour cove, where waterfront restaurants, cafes, hotels and shops may sit beside an open-air market.
The retail experience will cover a broad spectrum of shops and services, from high-end boutiques to banks and florists, newsagents and drycleaners, hairdressers and childcare facilities. Covering 7.5 hectares, Barangaroo South will be a centre for financial innovation, creativity and communication for some 23,000 workers and residents. The continuous waterfront promenade will link South with Barangaroo’s cultural and recreational facilities at Central and Headland Park.
DID YOU KNOW?
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The number, in millions, of people that Barangaroo is expected to attract every year once it’s all open.
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The percentage of the Barangaroo precinct that will be public space.
amount, in tonnes, of sandstone that will be cut from the 5000 The site and used to create coves, tidal pools and walkways along
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The size, in square metres, of the proposed cultural space under the headland. The number of Sydney plants that are currently being grown offsite in preparation for the landscaping of Headland Park.
the foreshore.
Australia’s first climate-positive community, Barangaroo brings together some of the world’s best design forces to create spaces that are inspiring and environmentally sensitive, bold and beautiful; spaces that will become part of Sydney’s pulse and shape the way we live and interact with the water. Barangaroo is here—and there’s a lot more to look forward to.
Headland Park & first buildings of South opening in June 2015.
Artists impression
DID YOU KNOW That Aboriginal leader Barangaroo was the second wife of Bennelong, a Wangal clan member who served as an interlocutor between Aboriginal Australians and the newly arrived British? Bennelong Point—the site of the Opera House—is named after him.