Australian studio Lahznimmo Architects has completed Powerhouse Castle Hill in northwest Sydney, a shed-like storage facility wrapped in corrugated aluminium and concrete.
Owned by the Powerhouse Museum group, the 9000-square-metre facility is intended as a public-facing storehouse containing a mix of storage, exhibition and conservation facilities, alongside spaces for research and community engagement.
Its design is intended to echo its industrial surroundings in Castle Hill while providing the museum with "something special", Lahznimmo Architects said.
Lahznimmo Architects have completed storage building for a museum in Sydney
"We aimed for 'beautiful utility' ? a building with a calmness and cool precision that would functionally serve the activities within and protect the collection," said Lahznimmo Architects director Andrew Nimmo said. "The building sits within the tradition of large industrial sheds, and it was important that it be true to type, but as the new public-facing representation of the Powerhouse Museum at Castle Hill, it needed something special," he continued.
Powerhouse Castle Hill is one of seven buildings at The Museums Discovery Centre in Sydney, a site owned by Powerhouse Museum for the storage and conservation of its collection. It was built with government agencies Create NSW and NSW Public Works.
A glazed accessway punctures the width of the building
Inside, the 130-metre-long structure's primary wing hosts the muse...