Durbach Block Jaggers Architects

Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante

Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
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ROSLYN STREET BAR-RESTAURANTE

Durbach Block Jaggers

AREA
197.0 m2

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Potts Point, Sydney, Australia

CATEGORY
Restaurants & Bars

Text description provided by architect.

5-9 Roslyn Street Potts Point is a triangular shaped site, less than 200m2 in size. The rounded end looks directly onto a small public space.

Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
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Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
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The shape of the site exaggerates perspective, the tiny footprint amplifies the perception of height. 

We wanted the building to sit easily in its place, to recognize the architectural traits of its neighbors.

We also wanted to take a new view of the thick masonry walls, small detailed windows and overhanging cornices typical of the area.

The cornice is exaggerated to overhang the street, to suggest a room.

Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
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Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
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The fine steel lined windows are slightly offset and casually misaligned. The awning splits to mark individual entry points on the street.

On the street, it seems an ephemeral version of the neighborhood buildings, the rhythm held by the openings as the wall recedes.

Then, at the corner the building shifts to being strongly surfaced, curving in two directions, becoming a peninsular of moulded light.

Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
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Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
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The surface of crackled tiles, a mixture of gloss and matt, white and biscuit, reflect and refract the surroundings. An exotic roof top garden of frangipani trees and seasonal plantings is framed in the sky through buckled openings.


Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
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Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
© Durbach Block Jaggers


Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
© Durbach Block Jaggers
Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
© Durbach Block Jaggers
Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
© Durbach Block Jaggers


Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
Site Plan
Roslyn Street Bar-Restaurante
Third Floor Plan


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Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
T +61 2 82973500
Durbach Block Jaggers Architects
Level 2/9 Roslyn St, Potts Point NSW 2011, Australia