The Brewery
Discover the innovative Brewery Yards at Central Park, Sydney's premier $2 billion mixed-use precinct
Sunday 3 November 2024
10am–5pm
About the building
Building information
Discover the innovative Brewery Yard at Central Park, Sydney's premier $2 billion mixed-use precinct. As the final piece in this transformative development, The Brewery stands at the heart of the Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct – the largest of its kind in Australia. This cutting-edge space merges historical charm with modern sustainability, offering six floors of commercial workspace alongside vibrant retail and hospitality areas.
Originally the Carlton United Brewery, the site has been meticulously reimagined through adaptive reuse, preserving its heritage while integrating state-of-the-art technology. Key features include an elegant trigeneration plant that provides efficient power, heating and cooling while reducing carbon emissions by an estimated 180,000 tonnes over 25 years.
Sydney Open attendees will be among the first to explore this landmark, which showcases how heritage buildings can be revitalised to meet contemporary needs. Don’t miss your chance to experience this blend of history and innovation, and witness how The Brewery is setting new standards in urban regeneration.
What makes it unique?
A sensitive integration of old and new to futureproof an emerging precinct.
The adaptive reuse of the Carlton & United Brewery Yard, located in the centre of Central Park, demonstrates the importance Tzannes places on sustainability, innovation and collaboration. It is the largest group of retained heritage buildings on site and will provide the most direct representation of the brewery that existed on the site until 2005.
Rather than enclosing the trigeneration plant in the building, an expressive and elegant new element was created on top. The form was derived from the integration with the complex profile of the existing roofline to a more organic geometric form of the plant equipment required at roof level.
The development demonstrates how a highly efficient and progressive power generation technology can deliver gas-generated electricity, including hot and cold water, to the surrounding precinct. Designed within a heritage context, this development achieves significant community benefits, as well as creating a new landmark for the precinct.
The trigeneration energy supply is modelled to reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 180,000 tonnes over the 25-year life of the plant.
Tzannes has worked with Icon Construction, IP Generation and Johnstaff to design and deliver the final stage of the Brewery Yard. The original goal for Central Park is being realised with the Brewery Yard repurposed to serve as the anchor to the public domain and urban square for the precinct.
BuiltRedeveloped in 2024
ArchitectTzannes
Director: Alec Tzannes & Ben Green
Owner: IP Generation
Contractor: Icon
Heritage: Urbis
AwardsThe Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies – International Architecture, 2016
UNESCO – New Design in Heritage Contexts Cultural Heritage Conservation, 2016
AIA (NSW) – Lachlan Macquarie Heritage Award, 2015
AIA (NSW) – Heritage Architecture – Creative Adaptation, 2015
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