The long-term, holistic lens of Indigenous wisdom simultaneously acknowledges past, present and future. By viewing the trajectory of both MAAS and Parramatta through this lens, we have been able to imagine a museum unlike any other. A generous public realm acts as the lobby to a porous precinct of museum buildings, which carefully knit the riverfront back into the growing city of Parramatta. The site provides the perfect stage to experience a diverse range of exhibitions, or to simply pause and enjoy the riverfront setting. We’ve imagined the museum precinct becoming the central focal point to the whole Parramatta riverfront, establishing precedence for how the future city might meet the river across this frontage.Our vision intertwines the qualities of the new museum and river, celebrating and elevating the experience of the place as a whole. Quiet structures of immense scale appear to lean toward each other playfully, drawing visitors in from the city. Giant apertures in the buildings frame city and river views and transport visitors through to the world of wonder within. A series of dynamic urban spaces culminate at the River Square, a city scale event space that metaphorically pulls the river into the city.The Powerhouse Precinct is a leap in the evolution of museums, one that feeds the life of the city into the museum, and the life of the museum into the city.