Art Gallery of New South Wales
Asian Gallery, Dining and Facilities Development
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The Art Gallery of NSW is the pre-eminent State Gallery located in the Domain in Sydney. It consisted of a significant heritage building plus two modern extensions undertaken in 1972 and 1988.
Project Overview
The Gallery required a major extension to their Asian gallery to house their growing Asian collections and to reflect Australia’s position in the Asia Pacific region. The new Asian gallery extension was intended to provide an architectural feature for the building complex. The Gallery also required redevelopment of adjacent gallery space, conservation facilities, administration offices and café and addition of a new restaurant.
The project was undertaken in three discrete phases integrating with the Gallery’s fundraising and investment strategies. It required complex project and program management to ensure that the gallery could maintain a quality operating environment for staff and visitors. Root Partnerships worked closely with senior Gallery staff to scope the project within the intended project budget, and to develop a concept for the location of the project spaces and a revised circulation.
Our Role
RP Infrastructure procured the project team and managed the design team through design and construction in each of the phases. As superintendent for the construction contract we administered the contract through to completion and defects rectification.
The project has won a number of architectural and industry awards.