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Project design

World renowned Danish architects 3XN have worked with Sydney firms BVN and Aspect Studios to create more than just a fish market. The teams have worked to create a major cultural facility that enhances the existing authentic market operations while providing generous public amenity to unlock the waterfront for all to enjoy.

Waterfront promenade

The project will deliver an extended foreshore promenade, connecting the existing Glebe foreshore promenade to Pyrmont.

The amphitheatre staircases and the foreshore promenade wrap over the operational wharf, allowing people to enjoy the authentic operations of the fish market.

An authentic working fish market

New wharves will be built to allow fishers to unload their catch and berth their vessels. The design of the wharves has been developed through extensive consultation with local rowing clubs, dragon boaters and representatives from the fishing fleet.

The building's design provides visual connections between the public areas, wholesale market and wharf operations to connect the public with an authentic fish market experience.

Public market hall

The new Sydney Fish Market will be the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere, supporting professional fishers and coastal fishing towns from up and down the NSW coast.

It will include a variety of fishmongers, restaurants, cafes, bars, and specialty food retailers in a market hall setting.

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Shared promenade
Harbour-side dock
Raised loading dock
Level 2 skybar
Main boulevard
Roof casettes
Retail

An architectural icon

The renewal of the facility will bring more than just a fish market while creating a substantial cultural legacy for Sydney through its design excellence, public art and public domain offering.

Healthy materials

The main structure that supports the roof cassettes is made from timber. The roof is built from repetitive modular elements, creating a seemingly complex shape from a relatively simple system. This modular pre-fabrication approach will minimise waste of materials, and help ensure a safe and resource-efficient building process.


The floating roof

The roof has been carefully designed to create the impression of a gentle wave like moving canopy, encompassing a bustling market underneath.

A large, floating canopy reveals the life of the market inside, making apparent the diverse activities and events that happen at the new Sydney Fish Market.

The roof surface responds to the sun, permitting reflected light to naturally illuminate the upper levels while screening out direct rays. Finally, the entire surface operates as a water harvesting device, recycling rainwater for use.

Creating new public space in Blackwattle Bay

The new Sydney Fish Market creates an exciting opportunity to transform currently inaccessible harbourfront land and deliver a variety of new public spaces. This will allow people to access the head of Blackwattle Bay for the first time since industrial uses took over in the 19th century.

More than 6,000 square metres of new public space will include:

  • The urban park

  • Waterfront promenade

  • The local plaza

  • Bridge Road promenade.

Find out more about the new public space

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Infrastructure NSW acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we walk, work and live, and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and respect their continuing connection to the land, seas and waterways of NSW, and the continuation of their cultural, spiritual and educational practices. We acknowledge the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s unique history of land and water management, and of art, culture and society, that began over 65,000 years ago

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