Won in national competition, the Pier Pavilion is a new permanent civic pavilion on Sydney Harbour.

The building functions as a host for special events and as a place of public repose, to take in harbour views and enjoy the public realm. The site forms part of a wider harbourside regeneration effort focussing on the western edge of Sydney’s city centre in Barangaroo. The Pier Pavilion references land, sea and sky through its various formal and material components.

The plan responds to the geometry of coves and peninsulas which characterises Sydney Harbour. A complex play of columns supports a landscape roof and variously screens and modulates internal and external spaces. A circle of light from a large roof oculus roams across the ground and double colonnade, balancing internal and external daylighting. Inside the building is a long, freestanding volume housing a servery with bar, store and technical area supporting events in the Pavilion.