Chau Chak Wing Museum, The University of Sydney JPW

Built on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation

We like this building; it seems poised within its physical context. By poised, we mean composed and separate from its context, but at the same time somehow enigmatically reactive to the particular nature of that context.

The building is Johnson Pilton Walker’s (JPW) Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney, which brings together the existing Nicholson, Macleay and University art collections to enable a profound increase in accessibility for students, academics and the general public. Alongside exhibition spaces, the new building will also provide a substantial collections store, loading and conservation facilities, a diverse range of internal and external learning environments, and numerous event spaces.

Form As we stand on the loop of University Place before the entrance, with the radical flatness of the long singular strip window and