198~199 Rhine Park, Duisburg Location: Duisburg, Germany Designer: Atelier Loidl Photographer: Phillipp Obkircher Completion date: 2009 Site area: 400,000 sqm The subsequent use of the Thyssen-Krupp steel mill in DuisburgHochfeld created the opportunity to turn the property into a lively leisure park on the river, thus strengthening Duisburg’s profile as a city on the Rhine. The “Rhine Park” leads the city to the river and also closes an important gap in the city planning concept of a “Green Ring”. The topography of the park landscape supports the orientation of the main paths to the future site of the promenade along the Rhine. The meadows of the park are designed as an open, lightly contoured landscape. The meadows rise from the level of the park as "floes" that ascend gently up to the station and that continue beyond the tracks. As a result, the tracks dive into the new terrain model. If the topographic relationships (incisions, prominences) between the park and the Rhine are examined, a type of folded landscape can be seen in which the tracks (which were intrusive until now) can be viewed as the comforting link in the search for the horizontal line. The folds, i.e. the interplay of varying high and low places, let a number of different spaces and utilisations develop. All the design approaches serve to strengthen the perceptibility and experience of the river landscape. 1. New District 2. River Meadows 3. Bird Pine Groves 4. Former Sintering Walls 5. Skate Park 6. Old Water Tower 7. Conference Centre 8. Beach Balcony 9. River Café 10. River Rhine 11. Marina 12. Hotel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 10 11 12 Right: Meadows ascending from the ground level of the park
200~201 Upper left: Topography as means of orientation Lower left: Fragments of the old steel mill are integrated as play – and sports areas into the new park Upper right: Orienting the city towards the waterfront of the Rhine Lower right: The Rhine park is part of the "green ring" of Duisburg
202~203 Upper left: "Floes" ascending from the ground level of the park creating various spaces and connecting to the Rhine river Lower left: Integrating playgrounds into the park Upper right: Synthesis of old and new Lower right: Visual relationships are created through axes
204~205 Barcelos Fluvial Park Location: Barcelos, Portugal Designer: PROAP Landscape Architecture Photographer: Diogo Bento Completion date: 2009 Site area: 73,380 sqm The proposal is characterised by the redefinition of the main connection routes with the city, through the integration of adjacent buildings and the definition of a cycle/pedestrian path along the River. Due to the land’s major level variation, the proposal design is based on the definition of platforms and stairs that adjoin, in a smooth and natural, the land’s slope while defining visual directions and paths of gradual approach to the water level. The limited range of materials used, concrete that defines benches and paths edges, highlights the green element and unifies the entire space while enabling the continuity of the design system and of a low maintenance regime. The intervention area is a nuclear area, very important for the implementation of a new and desired relation between the city and the river. The construction of a boardwalk along the river will generate extensions upstream and downstream and enunciates the resumption of the connection to the opposite shore and to the fluvial beach on the south. The proposal sets a number of essential goals, in search of a complete answer to the questions posed by the intervention objectives: to establish the necessary formal and function unification of the space, and its unity with the city and the river, to recover the pre-existent valuable elements by dignifying them, to implement the correct management of the vegetative cover through the clarification of the covering typologies related to certain situations-type and precise objectives, simplifying the maintenance processes, thus enabling the continuity of the 1. Amphitheatre projected system. 2. Grassed Platforms 3. River 4. Water Canal 4 3 2 1 2 Right: General view of the park
206~207 Upper left: Access to the amphitheatre Lower left: Overview of the topographical elements Upper right: Overview of the amphitheatre Lower right: Topographical elements as an amphitheatre
208~209 Appel Park Location: Queensland, Australia Designer: PLACE Design Group Photographer: Aperture Photography Completion date: 2007 Site area: 5,750 sqm Just across the road from Circle on Cavill apartment, one will find the Appel Park overlooking the Nerang River. This park is frequented by tour boats taking people onto the Gold Coast waterways for the day or venturing out into open waters in winter/spring for the annual whale migration. It is also the perfect place to relax and soak up the sun's warm rays. A key objective in the design was to provide a strong visual and pedestrian link from the Nerang River through to Surfers Paradise Boulevard. To support this connection to Circle on Cavill, the designers have re-designed and landscaped Appel Park on the riverfront. As part of the Circle on Cavill development, our client rejuvenated Appel Park creating a strong physical and visual connection between the river and the city centre. The resulting urban space incorporates giant public artwork that represents the timber logs that were floated down the river from Nerang and upstream areas in the early days of settlement. 1. River Link Access Path 2. Toilet Block 3. River Lookouts 4. Bus Shelter 5. Lawn 6. Cedar Cutter Memorial 3 2 1 4 5 6 Right: Giant public artwork represents the timber logs
210~211 Left: Featured lighting continues the public space lighting from Circle on Cavill and highlights the public art elements Upper right: Elevated seating decks reinforce the park geometry Lower right: Public artwork detail
212~213 Left: Lighting has been incorporated as a key design consideration in this 24 hour public space Upper right: A pavement and lawn channel aligns with the Broadwater boating channel Lower right: Custom designed public space lighting links Appel Park to Circle on Cavill
214~215 Sandgrund Park Location: Karlstad, Sweden Designer: Thorbjörn Andersson Landscape Architect Photographer: Åke E:son Lindman, Kasper Dudzik, Johan Krikström Completion date: 2010 Site area: 40,000 sqm Award description: Best Park of 2010 by Associates of Architects of Sweden The Sandgrund Park in Karlstad, Sweden, has undergone a major change from being an unused peninsula of sand, transforming into an attractive park in the middle of the city. The aim of the project has been to create a certain place from which to enjoy the grandeur of the surrounding landscape. The new park now offers lush valleys, viewpoints and extensive boardwalks by the river. At the point where the Klar river splits, a 400-metre long peninsula forms what from the air looks like a bird’s pointed beak. The presence of water, the dramatic end point and the urban setting were the most obvious features here. The designers’ concept became to amplify those same qualities for the future park. Along the river's edge, the proximity to the water was further stressed through a system of boardwalks on the western shore, facing the sunset. The very end was given a sharper profile by adding a 40-metre long viewing platform. The grounds were shaped as undulating terrain with five parallel ridges, about 100 metres long. The ridges were designed to offer green viewpoints along their crests, and contained valleys in between. Each other valley was designed to be a distinct plant habitat, a beech forest, a magnolia grove, a fern valley. The others were made into activity areas for rest and play, formed by grass and low granite steps marking the contour lines. 1. Viewing Platform 2. Jetties with Boat Mooring 3. Riverside Walk, East 4. Riverside Walk, West 5. The Ridges with Granite Steps 6. Reedbed Park 7. Event Location 8. Activity Space 9. Sandy Beach 10. Sunset Boardwalk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 Right: On the west side, a series of boardwalks form a sunset promenade at the parks edge
216~217 Left: High attention has been put on details in planting and construction design Upper right: The park is designed as a series of five valleys. The so-called activity valley has seating of granite curbs Lower right: The park is centrally located in the city of Karlstad, Sweden
218~219 Upper left: The valleys lead the visitor to the edges of the peninsula with their wooden decks Lower left: The sun decks create terraces stepping down to the water Upper right: Trees of Silver Willow planted in one of the decks to give shade and character Lower right: Three of the valleys are plant habitats, as for instance this Firn valley
220~221 Volmepark Hagen Location: Hagen, Germany Designer: Büro Drecker, Architect E.Stückemann Photographer: Peter Drecker Completion date: 2008 Site area: 11,000 sqm The River Volme is the main body of flowing water that crosses the City of Hagen. The development of a continuous green corridor along the River Volme is essential to the town-planning. The associated park “Volmepark” is part of this green corridor and is located between two existing bridge constructions in north-south alignment. Concerning the green corridor structure, the final project design aims at a longitudinal alignment according to the river’s form. A so-called “sur-terrain” gives the opportunity to linger above the surface of the river Volme. The construction almost levitates and corresponds to the planned perron placed on the opposite bank. The archaic character of the structures in combination with the invisibility of the supporting constructions transforms the ordinary waterfront into a poetic stage over water. The esplanades and the removal of groves close to the wall allow the visitor a direct contact to the brink of the river. The “sur-terrain” as well as the perron in combination with the esplanades unite different elements of the area and give people opportunities to interact with the river. In the southern sunbathing area steps are formed in the grass in a longitudinal alignment to sustain the topography of the river ashore and even the difference in altitude between the river and the street. The playing area north of the River Volme will be rearranged. Several elements and amply sandpit areas will offer playing opportunities to children of different stages of life. 1. Skate Park 2. Playing Field 3. Esplanade 4. Perron 5. Playground with Rope Garden 6. Volme River 7. Sur-terrain 8. Playground 9. Sunbathing Area with Concrete Steps 10. Floristic Plant Association 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Right: Sur-terrain
222~223 Left: Esplanade Upper right: Aerial view Lower right: Rope garden
224~225 Left: Statue Upper right: Top view of the sur-terrain Lower right: Band of perennials
226~227 Upper left: Sunbathing area with concrete stairs Lower left: Sur-terrain details Upper right: Long esplanade Lower right: Playground in rope garden
228~229 Clinton Cove Park, Segment 7, Hudson River Park Location: New York, USA Designer: Dattner Architects, MKW + Associates, LLC. Photographer: Bruce Katz, Jonnu Singleton, Luca Vignelli, MKW + Associates, LLC. Completion date: 2005 Site area: 10,522 sqm Clinton Cove Park represents the first constructed phase of Hudson River Park Segment 7 and is the northern terminus of the overall park. The "cove" between existing Piers 94 and 97 provides fairly calm water, so the incorporation of a public boathouse and launching ramp was ideally sited at the former Pier 96 location. It has been designed to incorporate kayak storage and launching and its east and west facades feature roll-up doors that provide open views to the Hudson along the view corridor of the 56th Street. The large lawn bowl was created by building a planted berm along Route 9A, shielding the park from the sights and sounds of the road and orienting the view towards the Hudson. This raised earthwork also allowed plantings to easily occur over the concrete remains of a former concrete manufacturing facility, without those remnants having to be removed. Historic granite bulkhead coping stones salvaged from other areas of the park provide informal seating elements within the lawn. Broad, sweeping steps connect the raised berm pathway to the esplanade and the Pier 96 Boathouse Plaza, the setting for the public art piece developed for this park, Private Passage by Malcolm Cochran. Canopy trees provide shade and ornamental trees provide seasonal colours and scale as shrubs and perennials. Mounds of ornamental grasses retain steeper portions of the berm and add movement to the park experience as breezes blow along the Hudson. 1. South Entry 2. Sloped Lawn Bowl 3. Pier 95 Get-Down & Shade Structures 4. Shaded Seating Areas 5. Esplanade 6. Public Art 7. Pier 96 Boat House 8. Kayak Launching Platform 9. Bow Notch 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Right: A public art piece occupies the broadened esplanade near the Pier 96 boathouse © MKW Associates
230~231 Left: The pier and “get-down” at Pier 95 allow the park visitor to shift from the esplanade to a vantage point above and closer to the river. Both steps and a serpentine ramp provide access © Bruce Katz 2007 Upper right: Aerial view of the park and esplanade and public art piece © Luca Vignelli Lower right: The esplanade repeats the park-wide material of granite and bluestone pavement and stainless steel bulkhead railings © Jonnu Singleton
232~233 Upper left: Aerial view of Pier 95, looking southwest © Luca Vignelli Lower left: Pier 95 engages park visitors on multiple levels © Luca Vignelli Upper right: Aerial view of the park looking southwest, just after completion © Luca Vignelli Lower right: The open lawn bowl provides numerous opportunities for relaxing and enjoying views to the water © Jonnu Singleton
234~235 Riverside Park South Location: New York, USA Designer: Thomas Balsley Associates Photographer: Thomas Balsley Associates, David Quinones, Betsy Pinover Schiff Completion date: 2010 Site area: 93,078 sqm The master plan called for the relocation of an overhead highway into a tunnel beneath the new park and extended from the 59th Street to the 73rd Street at the Olmsted Riverside Park. The process involved working with local and state government agencies, community groups, stakeholders and the client to create a vibrant new public space that reintroduced the community to the water’ s edge and responded to the unique industrial history and riparian ecology of the site. The new park, called Riverside Park South, features a series of special architectural park structures and landscape spaces that vary in scale and highlight the experiential qualities of the park. Terraces, expansive lawns, architectural shade structures, recreation areas, lawn mounds, and intimate tree groves create viewing areas, spaces for play, that draw one to the river’s edge. A circulation system of esplanades, boardwalks, footpaths, and bike paths tie the individual places together. Overlooks at each historic pier piling field, terraced walls and a two hundred and fifty metre long pier take visitors out to and across the water. A new serpentine pedestrian bridge sweeps out across the water and encircles a reconstructed wetland planted with native grasses. The design is guided by site remediation and social and environmental sustainability principles. Award description: NYASLA – Honour Award 1. Pedestrian Entry Plaza 2. Pedestrian Path 3. Bicycle Path 4. Existing Transfer Bridge 5. Amphitheatre 6. Terraced Park Overlooks and Promenades 7. Earth Promontory and Hudson River Prospect 8. NYCDPR Maintenance & Storage Facility 9. Natural Landscape Area 10. Boardwalk Through Natural Landscape Area 11. Gardens 12. Northern Children’s Play Area 13. Southern Children’s Play Area 14. Restaurant Concession 3 2 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Right: Grasslands, cove, and the southern lawn plaza are punctuated with interpretive overlooks at the historic pier landings
236~237 Upper left: Terrace with "train shed" shelters that overlook the historic pier pilings Lower left: A train shed inspired structure shelters and custom lounge chairs on the grassland terrace Upper right: Removed from the main esplanade, a row of shade shelters provide comfortable and intimate moments of river views Lower right: Off the beaten path, timber seats offer extraordinary intimacy with the river and its environment
238~239 Upper left: Pedestrian walkway crosses cove heading south Lower left: Custom deck chairs overlook the river just past the tot play lawn Upper right: Double-width high-backed timber lounge chairs designed to capture the breathtaking views in a comfortable incline Lower right: Distinctive seating defines spaces
240~241 Sugar Beach Location: Toronto, Canada Designer: Claude Cormier Associates Photographer: Waterfront Toronto & Claude Cormier Associates Completion date: 2010 Site area: 8,500 sqm Sugar Beach takes its queue from adjacent Redpath Sugar Factory, source of the noteworthy sugar spray frequently carried by westerly breezes onto the site. Sweetness is here manifested through candy-coloured umbrellas across a sandy wedge of beach, and bedrock outcrops patterned after rock candy. Intergrating the future Waterfront Promenade and a plaza for programmed and unprogrammed events, the design for Sugar Beach playfully adopts some of the most enduring elements from Toronto's emerging landscape identity - its beaches, tree and water - embedding them into the urban horizon with a trace mood of the city's industrial past. Canada’s Sugar Beach, whose design includes a plaza, urban beach and tree-lined promenade, is like three parks in one. The park’s engaging plaza space offers a dynamic space for public events. A large candy-striped granite rock outcropping and three grass mounds create a colourful amphitheatre-style space with unique vantage points for larger events. The spaces between the mounds result in a natural performance space for smaller events. At the beach, white Muskoka-style chairs under playful pink umbrellas line the water’s edge giving people a place to while away the afternoon. A dynamic water feature embedded in a granite maple leaf beside the beach makes cooling off fun for adults and children. Between the plaza and the beach, people will stroll through the park along a promenade with granite and tumbled concrete cobblestones in a maple leaf mosaic pattern. Lined with mature maple trees, the promenade offers a shaded route to the water's edge giving the public ample opportunity along the way to sit and enjoy views to the lake, beach or plaza. At the lake, the park's promenade connects seamlessly to East Bayfront’s continuous kilometre-long water’s edge promenade and boardwalk. 1. Urban Beach 2. Promenade 3. Plaza Concert Space 4. Chorus Concert Stage 5. Interactive Fountain 6. Candy-Striped Bedrock 7. Temporary Berm over Future Development Parcel 8. North Plaza (Proposed) 1 2 3 4 Right: Panoramic view of Sugar Beach 6 5 6 7 8
242~243 Left: Tree-lined promenade Upper right: Interactive water features Lower right: Candy-coloured umbrellas
244~245 Upper left: White Muskoka-style chairs under playful pink umbrellas line the water’s edge giving people a place to while away the afternoon Lower left: A dynamic water feature embedded in a granite maple leaf Upper right: A large candy-striped granite rock outcropping and three grass mounds create a colourful amphitheatre-style space Lower right: white Muskoka-style chairs under playful pink umbrellas
246~247 HtO Location: Toronto, Canada Designer: Janet Rosenberg + Associates, Claude Cormier Associates, Hariri Pontarini Architects Photographer: Jan Becker, Neil Fox Completion date: 2007 Site area: 24,281 sqm HtO, an urban beach along Toronto’s waterfront, is not only an adored, seasonally adaptive public space where people of all ages can spend extended time by the water away from downtown commotion, but it is also a catalyst for the city’s future waterfront development, having set high design standards. Transformed from an abandoned industrial site, the park is a welcoming, branded destination that effectively draws visitors to the waterfront and animates it with colour and activity. As a flexible public space that allows for passive and active uses and as a one-of-a-kind, iconic destination, HtO, as soon as it opened, became highly popular. Nearby residents spend the day sun tanning on the beach; strolling tourists admire the site, which offers majestic views of the Toronto skyline and the lake. The topography of HtO allows visitors to go uphill through a series of green berms as they enter the park and then they descend down towards the beach and the lake, feeling as though the city and the elevated expressway are left behind. But the design of the park had many challenges, the biggest of all being environmental concerns. HtO sits on a site with history and a legacy of environmental damage. The design had to address issues of soil contamination and other remnants of industrial progress. Contaminated soils were capped and on-site storm water management systems were put in place such as pervious surfaces that infiltrate water and gradually dispersing infiltration pits. In addition, all the water that is used for irrigation is lake water. To revive some of the natural ecologies in the lake, fish habitats were built along the edge of the park and in the slip using recycled concrete from the site and rip-rap. Award description: 2009 ASLA Honour Award 2008 CSLA Regional Honour Award 2007 Gold Award, Design Exchange 1. Metropolitan Toronto Condominium 2. HtO Park West 3. Queens Quay West 4. HtO Park East 5. Lake Ontario 6. Fire Station 7. Urban Beach 8. Urban Dunes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Right: A boardwalk extends along the edge of the park
248~249 Upper left: HtO is dramatically lit up at night Lower left: Aerial view of HtO Upper right: The name HtO is a branding tactic, created to give identity to the park Lower right: HtO offers panoramic views of Lake Ontario
250~251 Upper: Panoramic view of HtO Lower left: Night view of the entrance Lower right: Families spend time together at HtO, picnicking
252~253 Southport Broadwater Parklands Location: Queensland, Australia Designer: Mark Fuller, Aecom Photographer: Christopher Frederick Jones Completion date: 2009 Site area: 3,486 sqm Award description: 2010 Australian Institute of Architects, State Commendation, Urban Design 2010 Australian Institute of Architects, Regional Commendation, Urban Design 2009 Planning Award in Landscape Architecture, Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture (AILA) Queensland The Southport Broadwater Parklands has realised its vision of becoming an iconic gateway for the Gold Coast and a popular destination, where events, history and water combine to create an active green waterfront. The design draws on natural and urban cues, creating a place that is both legible and functional, while being layered in the sculptural and poetic. Bold geometric forms frame up major gathering spaces and circulation routes, while dunal landforms and planting enclose more intimate spaces. The re-introduction of long forgotten historical functions and structured community activity spaces, including pier, memorial, stage and bathing boxes now provide an adaptable framework to encourage new uses. A strong desire to reflect the distinct "Gold Coast Lifestyle" and emotive experience of the beach is referenced through striped beach towel paving patterns, fun, colourful beachstyle furniture, and "the Rockpools" children’s water play precinct. However, the key underlying initiative that binds together these social, cultural, historical and physical aspects of the site is clearly the projects’ bold and visionary response to the natural environment and the preservation of the Broadwater. By layering green technologies such as water cleansing and harvesting, solar energy production, recycled materials, use of non-potable water sources and preservation of sand dunes, AECOM has created a truly integrated open space that has set a new benchmark for the design of public open spaces and will be a legacy for generations to come. 1. Southern Park Entry 2. BBQ Shelter and Play Equipment 3. Central Events Lawn 4. Secondary Central Event Lawn 5. Event Deck 6. Outdoor Cinema Structure 7. Water Garden 8. Solar Array 9. Nerang Street Pier 10. Water Play Area Right: The parklands provide opportunities for shaded seating with open water views 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8
254~255 Upper left: Water sensitive urban design – wetlands design to capture and filter storm water runoff from roads and urban surfaces before it enters the Broadwater Lower left: Natural materials has been used where possible such as timber for the cross wetland boardwalk Upper right: Expansive parkland paths have been designed to accommodate a mix of uses Lower right: The use of solar panels reflect the parklands’ commitment to sustainability
256~257 Upper left: Bio-filtration garden beds have been integrated into the main entrance path making sustainable processes visible to all parkland users Lower left: Water play provides opportunity for passive and active recreation for age groups Upper right: Public access water play is a key element to the parkland design Lower right: Water invigorates children’s play
258~259 Los Angeles Waterfront Location: San Pedro, USA Designer: AECOM Photographer: AECOM Completion date: Ongoing Site area: 1,618,743 sqm Award description: 2010 Honor Award, American Society of Landscape Architects, Northern California Chapter 2010 Los Angeles Architectural Award, Los Angeles Business Council 2009 Honor Award, Waterfront Centre The Los Angeles Waterfront project is a long-term plan to transform the industrial Port of Los Angeles property along a 7-mile stretch of waterfront to include promenades, parks, retail and commercial spaces. Designed to reconnect the community with its waterfront, improve environmental quality, create new economic opportunities, and triple the amount of San Pedro’s existing open space, the development has already dramatically changed the appearance of the Port’s working waterfront and spawned new development. Built portions of the San Pedro Waterfront Gateway Project include the Cruise Ship Promenade, Gateway Plaza, the Harbour Boulevard Parkway and the Fanfare Fountain. The one-mile promenade is dotted with plazas, event spaces, fountains and art, and represents the first phase of realisation of a long-awaited community vision to recapture an industrial waterfront for public access and use. It has been a catalyst for urban revitalisation and created momentum for on-going phases of redevelopment. Connecting the promenade with the Gateway Plaza, the 21-metre-wide Harbour Boulevard Parkway is designed to accommodate pedestrians and bike riders, and includes seating and gathering spaces with historic interpretive elements. The Gateway Plaza is located at the entrance of the Los Angeles World Cruise Centre and the welcoming station of the Waterfront Red Car Line. The Fanfare Fountain, located in the heart of the Plaza, is a choreographed exhibit of water and lights. The Plaza creates a civic gathering place, surrounded by significant icons such as the Vincent Thomas Bridge and the visual attractions of Cruise Ships and cranes. 1. Cruise Ship Promenade 2. Gateway Fountain 3. Harbour Boulevard 4. Cabrillo Beach Right: The promenade creates a shady link to downtown San Pedro. A coloured asphalt Class 1 bike trail, custom lighting and furniture were designed in collaboration with the community 1 2 3 4
260~261 Upper left: This catalyst project will remake seven miles of industrial Port of Los Angeles property, photographed here prior to development. Acres of asphalt will be replaced with public amenities, tripling the amount of open space on the site Lower left: An iconic arc of Canary Island Palms frames a new gateway to San Pedro’s waterfront Upper right: A granite band Story Rope extends the length of the promenade. Thirteen stories of San Pedro’s history are engraved in gold granite medallions with illuminated blue terrazzo compass-rose medallions that serve as trail markers and give directional reference Lower right: The promenade provides a venue for new community attractions and events, creating a spectacular new context for experiencing the working harbour
262~263 Upper left: LED lighting effect is meant to create a festive contrast with the industrial background Lower left: The outward focus of the design accentuates the richness of experience without competing with the majesty of scale of the surrounding port, and provides the community’s number one preferred activity on the promenade: “viewing the working harbour” Upper right: A major water feature anchors the Gateway Plaza, celebrating the revitalisation of San Pedro Lower right: Wooden deck overlooks have moveable “deck chairs” to create a new context for viewing the working harbour through ornamental grasses that allude to the site’s natural history as a tidal marshland
264~265 Ipswich River Heart Parklands Location: Queensland, Australia Designer: Mark Fuller, Aecom Photographer: Christopher Frederick Jones Completion date: 2007 Site area: 18,000 sqm Award description: 2008 AILA National Landscape Architecture Awards, Award for Design 2008 Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand National Awards, Award of Excellence 2007 AILA Queensland State Awards Commendation Award for Design in Landscape Architecture Sensitivity and understanding of the Bremer River’s significance to Ipswich and its residents enabled the design team to transform a once neglected river edge into the heart of the city. As lead design consultants for the project, Aecom recognised and harnessed the social and geographic importance of the Bremer River to revitalise it from an underutilised and unsightly urban river precinct into a vibrant, multi-use public space. Key features of the parklands include: • Terraces, boardwalks, jetties and walkways through a replanted and rejuvenated river’s edge; • Collapsible and removable handrails for sections of boardwalk to reduce damage to structures caused in the event of flooding; • New shelters, picnic facilities, toilets and seating; • A 180 square metres water feature, which operates on recycled water; • A small-scale wetland to encourage localised opportunities, such as fauna access to freshwater; • Simple, robust and cost effective historical interpretative panels and directional signage; and • Open and legible landscape design, thoughtful design lighting and the inclusion of video surveillance to improve access and safety. The true test of public domain is the public’s enjoyment of a space, and since its opening in 2007, the Parkland has been enthusiastically embraced by all sections of the community for its richness, quality and sense of place. The resurrection of this portion of the river has reinvigorated people’s use and expectations of their public domain as a place where they can feel safe, comfortable, accessible to everyone and therefore highly valued. 1. Park Entry Signage 2. Reconfigured Carpark 3. Vehicle Drop Off and Toilets 4. Informal Grassed Terraces 5. Ramp to Water Edge 6. Water Plaza 7. Jetty 8. Interactive Cascading Water Feature 9. Wetland Water Feature 10. Boardwalk along River Edge Right: Site contours are the inspiration to the design of the waterfall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
266~267 Upper left: Creative interpretive and wayfinding signage is a key design element of the parkland Lower left: Elevated boardwalks provide greater site wide usage and views of surrounding landscapes Upper right: Filtered river water feeds the waterfall as a sustainable element of the parklands design Lower right: Shade structure provide rest and gathering areas of a more intimate scale within the parkland
268~269 Upper left: Entry signage for parkland was designed to activate creative play and investigation throughout the park Lower left: Strong creative design has led to many successful outcomes for structures throughout the parkland Upper right: Local artist were engaged to install site specific artworks throughout the parkland Lower right: A strong focus of the design was to bring people closer to the waters of the Bremer River
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