Macarthur Square

An invited Lend Lease design competition between four ’emerging’ Sydney architectural firms. The projects brief involved design proposals for the large-scale expansion of the Macarthur Square Shopping Centre in Western Sydney.

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At the heart of the new expansion the proposal develops a dramatic food court with a backdrop of shopfronts bending around the space.

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Various garden like objects activate the food court, including oversized pots suspended from the ceiling, long barn-like tables, and translucent back-garden sheds.

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The garden elements are loosely assembled into a variety of strangely familiar combinations that playfully unite characteristics of both the city and the surrounding natural landscapes.

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