Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 168 November 2020 i Landscape Architecture Australia

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognize their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Our annual awards issue of Landscape Architecture Australia offers a moment to reflect on the opportunities and challenges that have shaped the industry in 2020. The National Landscape Architecture Awards presented in these pages encompass a peer-judged collection of projects from across Australia and celebrate the contribution of the profession, through research and practice, to progressive and enduring design in evolving contexts. This year, we also include coverage of the 2020 AILA Chapter Awards in recognition of the very valuable work undertaken at the state and territory level. Together, the awards programs provide a significant survey of exemplary projects from…

We acknowledge and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia as the traditional custodians of our lands, waters and seas. We recognize their ability to care for Country and their deep spiritual connection with Country. We honour Elders past and present whose knowledge and wisdom ensure the continuation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. (Constitution of the AILA, 2020) In periods of significant societal disturbance, such as the current pandemic, the continuation of organizational rituals and traditions, like the annual AILA awards, are more important than ever, to maintain peer support through times of emotional need. The 2020 AILA State Chapter and National Landscape Architecture Award programs are a testimony to the devotion of our members to landscape architecture, and to each other in difficult times. The…

Award of Excellence Murama Healing Space and Dance Ground Murama Cultural Council in partnership with Sydney Olympic Park Authority Aboriginal Nation Wangal Location Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales Client Murama Cultural Council in partnership with Sydney Olympic Park Authority Jury comment The Murama Healing Space and Dance Ground provides long-overdue recognition of the need for dedicated places for Indigenous communities to gather and participate in cultural and spiritual activities. The project demonstrates excellence in collaboration both in its co-creation and through its ongoing use as a hub for local, regional and international indigenous arts and a place of knowledgesharing and the celebration of cultural values. This is a project that delivers beyond its physical manifestation, providing opportunities for cultural revival, shared learning and social benefit, as well as bringing…

Award of Excellence Liyan-ngan Nyirrwa (Cultural Wellbeing Centre) Nyamba Buru Yawuru and Mud Map Studio Aboriginal Nation Yawuru Location Broome, Western Australia Client Nyamba Buru Yawuru Jury comment This project is exceptional for its engagement in an open and, frankly, difficult discussion about how the notions of Country and strong cultural connection can remain in a highly altered landscape. Understanding what “liyan” (wellbeing) means to the local Yawuru community was the crux of a project that sensitively integrates story, people and place. Most importantly, this was achieved in a manner explicitly informed by Yawuru people in order to facilitate healing and reconciliation. The project is commended for its recognition of local artists, cultural advisors and Elders as paid experts in their field to design and construct the rich history of…

Award of Excellence Siting and Design Guidelines for Structures on the Victorian Coast Realmstudios Aboriginal Nation Traditional Owners across Victoria Location Victoria Client Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Jury comment Siting and Design Guidelines for Structures on the Victorian Coast is a compelling, accessible and important planning document that promises to lead to more sensitively designed and placed structures in Victoria’s special coastal landscapes through raising design literacy and knowledge of place. In this landscape-led document, coastal forms are the evocative starting point. From there, principles for sensitive environmental design responses are unpacked and illustrated. The photography and use of precedent skilfully communicate what might otherwise have been a dry planning document, resulting in an aspirational publication that will be a joy to use. Entrant Realmstudios Project team…

Award of Excellence Report on Culturally Appropriate First Nations Consultation with Barkandji Maljangapa Nation Jock Gilbert and Sophia Pearce Aboriginal Nation Barkandji Maljangapa Location New South Wales Client NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (Water Division) Jury comment This comprehensive report on the process and findings of consultation undertaken with the Barkandji Maljangapa nation for the development of Water Resource Plans in New South Wales describes an innovative, culturally appropriate methodology for consultation, providing valuable insights for future consultation with First Nations people. Landscape architect Jock Gilbert and Barkandji anthropologist Sophia Pearce (as Kulpa Mardita) aim to present the Barkandji Maljangapa nation’s objectives and outcomes for the management of water, based on consultation in communities in Wentworth, Menindee, Broken Hill, Bourke and Wilcannia. This is a region where water…

A message from AILA National President, Shaun Walsh. As we endure the effects of climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated decline in our health, society, economy and environment, it would be easy to cower in the corner and wish that everything would go back to the comfortable (but unsustainable) way it used to be. I can’t see that happening. Instead, I see the current series of events – the public health crisis and the increasingly apparent effects of climate change – defining the twenty-first century. As landscape architects, we have the skills to deal with the crisis we now find ourselves in and the opportunity to lead, however counterintuitive and awkward this may make us feel. I proudly chaired the 2020 National Landscape Architecture Awards and the projects…

Shaun Walsh FAILA AILA National President (Qld) Simon Lee Team leader, Strategic Design, Office for Design and Architecture South Australia (SA) Garth Paterson FAILA Urban designer, landscape architect and past AILA NSW Chapter President (NSW) Allen Kong Director, Allen Kong Architect and Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria (Vic) Sarah Bendeich AILA Landscape architect, planner and placemaker, City of Hobart (Tas) Rebecca Lee 2019 Karl Langer Award winner (Qld) Naomi Barun AILA Associate director, Campus Design and Planning, The University of Melbourne (Vic)…

Award of Excellence Mahon Pool Amenities and Maroubra Seals Swimming Clubhouse Sue Barnsley Design Aboriginal Nation Eora Location Maroubra, New South Wales Client Randwick City Council Jury comment Mahon Pool Amenities is a simple yet memorable and poetic project that speaks of profound respect for its sublime coastal surrounds. A seamless physical and visual connection is inserted, joining the clubhouse with the Maroubra rockpool beyond. The forms are skilfully considered and precisely executed, mirroring and blending with the ground below and clifftop forms beyond. Disciplined and confident, the outcome appears almost effortless, giving the insertion permission to be part of something bigger and making this project incredibly special. Entrant Sue Barnsley Design Landscape architect Sue Barnsley Design Architect and lead consultant Lahznimmo Architects Planner MG Planning Heritage Kate Mountstephens Architecture…

Civic Landscape 008 – Award of Excellence The Garden of Cloud and Stone by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture 010 – Landscape Architecture Award Brunswick Civic and Cultural Precinct Upgrade by Moreland City Council Community Contribution 012 – Award of Excellence Murama Healing Space and Dance Ground by Murama Cultural Council in partnership with Sydney Olympic Park Authority 014 – Landscape Architecture Awards St Joseph’s Nature Play Master Plan by Ecoscape Australia The Living Pavilion by Clean Air and Urban Landscape Hub (CAUL) with others Cultural Heritage 016 – Award of Excellence North Gardens Sculpture Park Landscape Master Plan, Ballarat by Mandy Nicholson (Tharangalk Art), Glenn Romanis, Isobel Paton (Basalt: Art, Landscape, Sculpture) and David S. Jones (Deakin University) 018 – Landscape Architecture Award University of Western Australia Cultural Heritage Mapping…

Western Australia Civic Landscape AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Mindeerup Piazza South Perth Foreshore by Place Laboratory Community Contribution AWARD OF EXCELLENCE St Joseph’s Nature Play Master Plan by Ecoscape Australia Cultural Heritage AWARD OF EXCELLENCE University of Western Australia Cultural Heritage Mapping by UDLA Gardens AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Reed House by Banksia and Lime Health and Education Landscape AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Liyan-ngan Nyirrwa (Cultural Wellbeing Centre) by Nyamba Buru Yawuru and Mud Map Studio Landscape Architecture Award Georgeff Quadrangle, QEII Medical Centre by Plan E Landscape Architecture Award IONA Presentation College Junior Campus by Four Landscape Studio Parks and Open Space AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Rockingham Foreshore by Place Laboratory Landscape Architecture Award Katanning Welcome Precinct by Plan E Play Spaces AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Katanning Welcome Precinct by Plan E Landscape Architecture…