Circular Quay Ferry Wharf

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Circular Quay Ferry Wharf
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• Street Furniture Australia has supplied Mall
  seats and benches to Sydneys ferry terminals at
  Circular Quay, as part of the NSW governments 3
  million upgrade to Circular Quay Wharf, led by
  Group GSA. Circular Quay is one of Sydneys key
  transport interchanges, with around 170,000
  customers passing through every week. Minister
  for Transport Gladys Berejiklian said that the
  upgrade is vital in ensuring Circular Quay remain
  a world-class facility

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• While everyday transport customers are our
  priority, the significance of Circular Quay for
  Sydneys tourism cant be underestimated.

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• Sydney architecture firm Group GSA has led the
  new design upgrades to Circular Quay wharves 2,
  3, 4 and 5. Wayne Krygsman, Associate Director of
  Group GSA, says,

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• The main objective of the refresh project by
  Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) was to
  improve amenities that contribute to the overall
  customer experience, that is, being identifiable,
  easy to use, well presented and offer a good
  level of security, accessibility and comfort.

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• Group GSA oversaw visual and functional upgrades,
  including signage and logos, as well as the
  integration of new security measures and
  improvements to wayfinding across the wharves.

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• Wayne Krygsman, the lead architect on the
  project, was joined by Director Michael Mandl and
  Associate Sasha Jovanovic in finding
  cost-effective design solutions to the challenges
  at hand. The maritime environment is very harsh
  on all materials.

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• Salt and moisture combined for a very corrosive
  cocktail that very few materials are fully
  resistant against. Stainless steel, glass,
  aluminium, timber and epoxy finishes are highly
  resistant to some degree, but still require
  maintenance and regular cleaning to prolong their
  functional design life.

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• SFA Mall seats and benches in aluminium and
  timber were chosen for the quality of the
  materials used, compliance with the DDA, access
  and standard codes, and functionality and design
  It was seen that the new furniture would uplift
  and modernise the wharves overall presentation,
  Wayne says.

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• Installing new seating was seen as an essential
  element in satisfying the objective of improving
  customer comfort and amenity by selecting SFA
  products (seats and benches) Group GSA saw that
  the design of these elements would meet all these
  objectives and requirements. The new seating
  will replace the Classic Plaza seats that were
  installed by SFA in 2000, the year Sydney hosted
  the Olympic Games.

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• It was a high priority for the TfNSW that the
  refresh of the wharves be well integrated with
  the infrastructure of Circular Quay and its
  surrounds. Krygsman says All the finishes,
  elements and design solutions,

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• including the furniture, are in keeping with the
  existing architectural language and surrounding
  environments, and demonstrate a connection with
  the broader interchange precinct of Circular Quay
  and the outlying suburban wharves.

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• This iconic public transport project was highly
  significant in that Group GSAs design would set
  the trend and standard of TfNSWs vision across
  all transport modes, Wayne says.

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• The Circular Quay Wharf Refresh is the most
  significant upgrade to the quay since Harbour
  City Ferries began operating Sydney Ferries
  services in July 2012. The upgrade was completed
  in December 2014.