Work · Commission and collaboration
Darling Square Library
- Year
- 2018
- Location
- Sydney
- Client
- Lendlease
- With
- Kengo Kuma and Associates, ARUP
- Author
- AR-MA, led by Robert Beson
The timber façade of the Darling Exchange building, which houses the Darling Square Library, designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates for Lendlease.
AR-MA carried the façade from design intent to manufacture and assembly as one integrated model, optimising the timber and planning each module’s assembly. The atelier also developed a concrete edge formwork system for the building, earlier presented on its own as AR-MA Form.
TODO: Timber saving is inconsistent across sources (24% on the project page; about 30% in the research article; 22,000 m to 16,625 m in the 2024 profile). Confirm one figure before stating it.
TODO: Confirm the AR-MA Form wording and whether to cite the formwork saving.
TODO: Confirm the architect credit wording (Kengo Kuma and Associates).