Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Raising Powerhouse Parramatta

A visual timeline of foundations to topping out

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

2025

Week 8

Environmental Design Solutions

How might we design resilient communities and design change in our communities?

This week you will investigate nature based solutions and community resilience efforts in your local government area and have the opportunity to work on a greening solution for your school with Greening Australia. You will also learn about how cultural institutions such as the Powerhouse are committing to Net Zero and are a place of respite, or cool centre, on hot days. You will use this learning and your microclimate data to design possible solutions to cool your school. You can share this task at the 50°C Climate Summit on 11 April 2025.

Powerhouse Climate Action Plan – Carmel Reyes

Head of Climate Action and Sustainability, Powerhouse, Carmel Reyes discusses the Powerhouse inaugural Climate Action Plan and its commitment of achieving net zero operational carbon emissions by 2025 across all Powerhouse sites. This commitment includes the decarbonising of construction sites, using renewable diesel, electrifying equipment and embedding sustainability into learning programming.

Webinar

Water Sensitive Urban Design

With Emma James and Greg Ingleton
11.20am–12pm, 11 March 2025

This webinar explains the role of water for cooling. We start with people: hydration and how to cool the air and surfaces. Next gardens and green spaces: how trees provide cooling and how water can support healthy trees and healthy soil for more cooling. Finally, stormwater and urban design: managing water to protect waterways and cool communities.