Anchored to the South wharf of Sydney?s Darling Harbour, The Action Stations at Waterside Pavilion, Australian National Museum was built to mark the centenary of World War I and commemorate 100 years of service by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).  The purpose of this museum pavilion building is to create a transition experience for visitors from the waterfront dock onto the two navel vessels HAMS Vampire and HAMS Onslow. Built on a narrow existing wharf structure and to a tight budget the question was what should be the character of such a ?building? over the water of Darling Harbour and fitting tightly between two of the most significant Australian navel vessels.

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Architects: FJMT Studio

Location: 2 Murray Street, Darling Harbour, NSW Australia

Area: 500.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Brett Boardman

Practice Team: Richard Francis-Jones (Design Director), Jeff Morehen (Managing Director), Elizabeth Carpenter (Principal Architect), James Perry (Project Architect), Lilian Lau (Architect), John Perry (Engineer), Daniel Bourke (Designer), Joshua Heresford (Graduate Architect).

Consultant/Construction Team Members: Acoustic Studio (Acoustic), Warren Smith and Partners (Fire Services), Steensen Varming (Electrical/Lift, Mechanical Engineer), Taylor Thomson Whitting (Facade Engineer, ...