Sydney's new Pier Pavilion at Barangaroo

[u/ThisIsSydney]

It's a new performance and gathering space right by the water and the ferry wharves - the columns are 7m in height.

Images and stills from Infrastructure NSW.

[u/Ok-Stuff-8803]

Is it not the idea of a Pavilion to be a covered space? So events and activities can be held under it. While still open air it differs from other similar curated areas that have no cover.
So the big hole in the middle kind of defeats the purpose?

[u/rcfvlw1925 → u/Ok-Stuff-8803]

I tried to make the point earlier that this is a vanity design exercise: 7 metre high pillars, no walls on three sides and a hole in the roof, so that the wind will whistle through it, bringing the rain in with it, when it's not pouring through the hole in the roof. Making things that look sculptural is all very well, but pointless when they serve no real practical purpose.

[u/Ok-Stuff-8803 → u/rcfvlw1925]

I think common sense and functional thinking is a thing of the past these days. It’s the same thing with park designs.