LANDSCAPE ISSUE180 050 — 051 Fire Circle TCL Landscape Architecture Award Jury comment Fire Circle is a masterfully curated micro-installation that captures the scale, the paradoxical beauty and destruction, and the rejuvenation of Australian bushfires. The piece responds to the events on Kangaroo Island in early 2020, setting charred branches from the site within circles of red desert sand. Complemented by collaborations across music, poetry and video, the installation creates a highly sensory and immersive experience. The jury commends the artist for achieving a striking and thought-provoking outcome on a modest budget. Design practice TCL Artist Kate Cullity Musician Simone Slattery Writer Stephen Muecke Poet Maggie Slattery Photographer Jackie Gu Aboriginal Nation Kaurna Location Adelaide, South Australia 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards For Small Projects
The Victorian Family Violence Memorial Muir and Openwork Landscape Architecture Award Jury comment A little gem within East Melbourne’s Parliamentary Precinct, this project sets out to challenge the traditional notions of a memorial. Finely crafted, understated and of exceptional build quality, the memorial space is discreetly embedded within the terrain overlooking Fitzroy Gardens. After entering along a narrow path, visitors are cocooned in an elegant, womb-like seating area that offers space for contemplation and reflection. Consistent with the memorial’s philosophy and sensibility, messages from Traditional Custodians of the land are carefully integrated, and ashes from the opening smoking ceremony are embedded into the concrete of site elements. Architect and landscape architect Muir and Openwork First Nations cultural collaborators Wurundjeri Woiwurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation, Boon Wurrung Foundation and Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation Lead Indigenous advisor Sarah Lynn Rees Engineer WSP Irrigation designer Ten Buuren Irrigation Designs Head contractor Multipro Civil Construction Photographer Peter Bennetts Aboriginal Nation Wurundjeri Woiwurrung Client City of Melbourne; Office for Women, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and Victim Survivors’ Advisory Council Location Melbourne, Victoria 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards For Small Projects
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Melbourne Connect Aspect Studios Landscape Architecture Award For Urban Design Jury comment Melbourne Connect makes a significant contribution to the urban design of the local area through its generous permeability and provision of public open space at ground level. The four laneways provide key opportunities for pedestrian movement away from the busy street frontages, while the central oculus provides for a greater sense of openness and access to sky than would typically be provided with this scale of building. The design includes a wide array of niches for studying, working and eating, creating a place that serves as both a university campus courtyard and a pedestrian thoroughfare. Design practice Aspect Studios First Nations cultural collaborators Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and Wurundjeri Elders Collaborators Woods Bagot, Hayball and Arup Photographer Peter Bennetts Aboriginal Nation Wurundjeri Woiwurrung Client Lendlease, University of Melbourne, Woods Bagot Location Carlton, Victoria 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
LANDSCAPE ISSUE180 054 — 055 South Eveleigh Aspect Studios Landscape Architecture Award For Urban Design Jury comment The jury was impressed by South Eveleigh’s strong focus on community integration and reconnection to the surrounding neighbourhood. The designers have integrated elements of Indigenous and industrial heritage into the site to create a place with a strong local identity while providing a diversity of spaces for residents, workers and visitors. The site makes a significant contribution to the neighbourhood by providing opportunities for local teenagers to get together, skate, and use basketball or futsal courts. The refined use of brick through the public realm complements the historical rail architecture and helps to give the project an intimate feel, despite its large scale. Landscape architect and public domain lead Aspect Studios First Nations cultural collaborators Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, Gadigal Information Service, Australian National Maritime Museum, UNSW Galleries Advisory Board, Indigi Lab, 107 Projects, Hetti Perkins, Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo and Clarence Slockee Indigenous collaborator, design and community engagement consultant Yerrabingin Architects FJMT and Sissons Civil and stormwater engineer AT&L Structural engineer Arup Skate park designer and contractor Convic Heritage interpretation consultant Triggerdesign Archaeological, heritage and interpretation consultant Curio Projects Placemaking consultants Futurecity and Right Angle Studio Artists (tree house) Nell and Cave Urban Artist (Central Pavilion – Interchange Pavilion) Chris Fox Indigenous collaborator and permaculture expert Jiwah Photographers Luna Tran (top) and Brett Boardman (bottom) Aboriginal Nation Gadigal people of the Eora Nation Client Mirvac Location South Eveleigh, New South Wales 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards Aboriginal Nation Gadubanud people of the Eastern Maar Nation Location Victoria Client Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Jury comment Great Ocean Road Coastal Trail Master Plan raises the bar for comprehensive masterplanning and design in one of Victoria’s most iconic stretches of landscape. Since its early collaboration with the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation, the proposal has successfully navigated great complexities. It integrates past and present, and projects for future conditions, to deliver a carefully considered proposal based on thorough research, community analysis and stakeholder engagement. Its aim is to increase the area’s capacity to support a diversity of experiences and user abilities. The jury was impressed by the calibre of thinking and leadership demonstrated by the project, the high quality of its communication and its engaging treatment of content. Design practice Tract First Nations cultural collaborators Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation Lead consultant and trail designer World Trail Flora-and-fauna, cultural heritage and planning consultant Biosis Geotechnical engineer Golder Structural and environmental engineer Bligh Tanner Quantity surveyor Zinc Cost Management Project partners Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority, Parks Victoria and Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation Photographer DELWP (top left), EMAC (top right) and Tract (bottom) Great Ocean Road Coastal Trail Master Plan Tract Award of Excellence For Landscape Planning
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2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards Aboriginal Nation Wadandi Boodja Location Witchcliffe, Western Australia Clients Sustainable Settlements and Perron Developments Jury comment Travel to the outskirts of almost any Australian city and it’s clear we are desperately in need of alternative models for residential development. Witchcliffe Ecovillage provides just that. An inspiring model of sustainable residential development, the project aims to collect, retain, produce and store as much as possible onsite. Water, power, food systems and waste are built on or around the landscape as intertwined, closed-loop systems. Each residential cluster has its own productive community garden, and the entire village is surrounded by small-scale intensive farms. The jury was particularly impressed by the way that the site design and supporting infrastructure are complemented by governance and strata arrangements. The courage and vision of the project team has resulted in an on-ground outcome that should inspire others around Australia. Developer and principal Sustainable Settlements Developer Perron Developments First Nations cultural collaborator and cultural heritage consultant Undalup Association Landscape architects South West Landscape Collective, Topio Landscape Architecture, William James Landscape Architects and James Stephenson Civil engineers Wayne Prangnell and Peritas Electrical engineer 3E Consulting Engineers Images Niall Browne (top left), Sustainable Settlements (top right) and Scott Bauer (bottom) Witchcliffe Ecovillage – Infrastructure Sustainable Settlements with South West Landscape Collective and Topio Landscape Architecture Award of Excellence For Infrastructure
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The Drying Green McGregor Coxall with City of Sydney and Regal Innovations Landscape Architecture Award Jury comment The Drying Green is an important demonstration of how our parks can be designed to deliver engaging places for the community while also providing muchneeded ecosystem services. As local wetlands were replaced by industry, Alexandria Canal became one of the most polluted waterways in Sydney. This site was once used for wool-washing and drying, with polluted water flushed into the canal. The Drying Green seeks to improve water quality by drawing water from a stormwater drain beneath the site and filtering it using a combination of wetlands and mechanical filtration systems that are cleverly integrated into the folds of a public park. Design practice and lead consultant McGregor Coxall Architect (amenities/substation) Chrofi Public artist Kerrie Polliness Structural engineer TTW Wetlands consultant Alluvium Civil, hydrological and electrical engineer Mott MacDonald Lighting designer Steensen Varming Irrigation designer Hydroplan Geotechnical engineer JK Geotechnics Substation Transelect Construction contractor Regal Innovations Photographer Simon Wood Photography Aboriginal Nation Gadigal people of the Eora Nation Client City of Sydney Location Zetland, New South Wales 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards For Infrastructure
LANDSCAPE ISSUE180 060 — 061 Reimagining Tarralla Creek GHD Woodhead Landscape Architecture Award Jury comment This blue-green infrastructure project delivers on a range of ecosystem services while creating an engaging local place. The design helps reconnect the local community to the natural water cycle through carefully designed viewing points, a network of pathways, and opportunities to interact with water. The jury was particularly impressed by the bird hide; referencing a traditional eel trap, it is the result of a process of engagement with Traditional Owners. The community has benefitted significantly from the input of landscape architects to this project. Design practice GHD Woodhead First Nations cultural collaborators Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation Photographer David Hannah Aboriginal Nation Wurundjeri Woiwurrung Client Melbourne Water Location Croydon, Victoria 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards For Infrastructure
North Williamstown Station LXRP Hassell Landscape Architecture Award Jury comment North Williamstown Station level crossing removal project has created an engaging local place that helps to connect people and enhances the local character of the area. Its crafted and restrained approach reflects the community’s value of local heritage, as well as the cultural values of the Bunurong. The jury commends the collaborative engagement with the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, which led to the station precinct telling a story of the land; its sheltered green “campgrounds” and gathering places are complemented by inlays and etchings of water journeys and natural resources in the pavement. Design practice Hassell First Nations cultural collaborators Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Cooperation Collaborators Western Program Alliance (Arup, Mott McDonald, McConnell Dowell, MTM and V/Line), T-Projects, ACE Contractors, Flora Victoria and Denton Corker Marshall Photographer Sarah Pannell Aboriginal Nation Bunurong Location Williamstown, Victoria 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards For Infrastructure
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2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards Aboriginal Nation Gubbi Gubbi Location Kings Beach, Queensland Jury comment Banksia House demonstrates a highly cohesive collaboration between the project teams to create a timeless residence that seamlessly blends nature and home. The design responds to the clifftop coastal setting with a fortress-like robustness of industrial details, coalesced with a diverse mix of textures, tones and patterns. This solidity is greatly lightened through a permeable open plan that constantly draws on the connection to the richly layered landscape. The strategic use of natural and raw materials, along with the predominantly native coastal vegetation selection, will ensure that the home embraces its exposure to the weather and improves with age. Design practice 7b Landscapes and Interiors Architect Majstorovic Architecture Builder Watt Building and Construction Nursery Plant Connections Landscape contractors Asten Hackwood, Harrison Wacker, GC and MT Pike Greenkeeping Photographers Kelli Jean Black (top left) and Marnie Hawson (top right, bottom) Banksia House Kings Beach 7b Landscapes and Interiors Award of Excellence For Gardens
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Witchcliffe Ecovillage – Community Gardens Sustainable Settlements with South West Landscape Collective and Topio Landscape Architecture Landscape Architecture Award Jury comment Witchcliffe Ecovillage pushes the boundaries of the sustainable community model that aims to be carbonnegative through design, planning, governance and self-sufficiency in food, energy and water. The gardens constitute one of the development’s sustainability pillars: fresh produce food production. Strategically designed using low-embodied materials, the plots are masterplanned to optimize operation efficiency, encourage communal interaction and offer a diverse range of edible produce for both people and local fauna. The jury commends the establishment of an innovative strata-management system that ensures the garden’s long-term reliability as a food source as well as an experiential space to forage, socialize and explore. Developer and principal Sustainable Settlements Developer Perron Developments First Nations cultural collaborators and cultural heritage consultant Undalup Association Landscape architects South West Landscape Collective, Topio Landscape Architecture, William James Landscape Architects and James Stephenson Civil engineer Wayne Prangnell Horticulturist and permaculturist Oak Tree Designs Photographers Frances Andrijich (top) and Phil Jenkins (bottom) Aboriginal Nation Wadandi Boodja Client Sustainable Settlements and Perron Developments Location Witchcliffe, Western Australia 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards For Gardens
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Bosjes Square One Landscape Architects Landscape Architecture Award Jury comment With its stunning natural backdrop of mountainous vistas, Bosjes rejuvenates a working farm property near Cape Town into a world-class agri-tourism destination with a difference. Offering a broad range of programs and spatial experiences, the project constitutes a series of distinctive micro-destinations linked by quiet moments of exploration through narrow meandering paths and strategically sited to capture the serenity of the surrounding mountain ranges. The jury was impressed by the project’s approach to resilience in a challenging environment prone to weather extremes, flood and drought. We appreciated the thorough suite of ecological initiatives to remediate the site, preserve endangered flora and fauna, and establish habitat. The project has also provided opportunities for local engagement with schools and communities through working programs on environmental rehabilitation and horticulture. Design practice Square One Landscape Architects Design architect Steyn Studio Architects and Designers Project architect Meyer and Associates Landscape contractor Vula Environmental Services Consulting engineer Grobler and Associates Electrical engineer Bührmann Consulting Engineers Mechanical engineer Ekcon Consulting Engineers Planning consultant Tommy Brummer Town Planners Photographers Dook Clunies-ross (top) and David Ross (bottom) Aboriginal Nation Khoekhoen and San people of the Khoekhoe language group Client Bosjes Location Western Cape, South Africa 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards For International
LANDSCAPE ISSUE180 068 — 069 Sapa and Surrounds: Lao Cai Province Urban Resilience Development Project Hansen Partnership Landscape Architecture Award For International Jury comment Supported by the World Bank, this ambitious project in a remote province in Northwest Vietnam sets out to improve the livelihoods of the vulnerable local ethnic minorities through an engaged international and local collaboration process. The jury sees great potential for the project to set a precedent by demonstrating a highly sensitive approach to cultural tourism that involves locals in a meaningful and sustainable way, while protecting historic villages and their communities in a region experiencing rapid tourism development. Design practice Hansen Partnership Collaborators Atelier Dubosc et Associés and Paul Rogers Images Hansen Partnership Aboriginal Nations Red Dao, Giay, Hmong, Tay and Xa Pho Client The World Bank on behalf of the Lao Cai Provincial People’s Committee Location Sapa, Vietnam 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
West Bund Riverfront Upgrade Hassell Landscape Architecture Award For International Jury comment Since it opened in 2021, the West Bund has become a landmark segment of one of the world’s most iconic riverfronts. Through international and local collaboration, the project consortium has delivered a critical piece of public space of immense scale and complexity, within a city of more than 26 million people. The project knits together several historic neighbourhoods at various stages of development and urban renewal. It works within the engineering constraints of the bund wall to create new opportunities for social, cultural and recreational engagement. Accommodating vast visitor numbers, West Bund demonstrates the value of high-quality social infrastructure and sets the tone for future bund expansions as the city continues its push to regenerate sites along the Huangpu River. Design practice Hassell Collaborators SLADI Photographer Hinok Cai Client West Bund Group Location Shanghai, China 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
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Cultural Heritage at Guwarri and Jiljirrgun MudMap Studio Regional Achievement Award Jury comment Guwarri/Jilirrgun is a significant cultural place and a historical arrival and departure point for goods and people, including thousands of indentured Aboriginal and Asian pearling workers. The jury recognizes the significant leadership of design practice MudMap Studio for their meaningful engagement over six years. The project thoughtfully transforms a degraded site through a series of interventions, including infrastructure upgrades, community artworks and interpretation, with a focus on the local employment of artists, cultural advisors, historians and Elders. The site now supports tourism and provides safe access to the nearby bay. The project enables the Yawuru people to continue to work in harmony with the six seasons, sustaining their relationship to nagulagun (saltwater Country). Design practice MudMap Studio Landscape architects – documentation and construction Josh Byrne and Associates Interpretation and art team Broome Historical Society Interpretation team, art team and artists Nyamba Buru Yawuru Collaborator – tile project Broome Senior High School Yawuru artists Maxine Charlie and Martha Lee Yawuru ceramic artist Terrizita Corpus Timber artists and social enterprise Agunya Collaborator Broome Regional Youth Justice Services Elder and cultural advisor Jimmy Edgar Cultural artist and mentor Arnold Smith Cultural ecotourism consultant and cultural advisor Bart Pigram Aboriginal peer mentor Ian Hudson Youth contributor – tile project Broome PCYC – midnight basketball Artist and concrete fabricator Scape-ism Concrete fabricator Concreto Artist Paula Hart Artist, tour guide and local historian Chris Maher Collaborator The Air Raid memorial working group Graphic design and landscape architect support Seed Studio Printer – signage Printing Ideas Photographers Pia Boyer (top) and Shire of Broome (bottom) Aboriginal Nation Nyamba Buru Yawuru Client Shire of Broome Location Broome, Western Australia 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
LANDSCAPE ISSUE180 072 — 073 Wangaratta Railway Precinct – Stage 01 Hassell Regional Achievement Award Jury comment The Rural City of Wangaratta, 235 kilometres north of Melbourne, sits at the gateway to Victoria’s high country region and attracts over three million visitors per year. The Wangaratta Railway Precinct project is a restrained response. During development, collaboration with council and engagement with the local community and stakeholders emphasized the need to reinforce the welcoming character of Wangaratta by prioritizing people over cars. The jury commends the project’s sensitive planting design that provides high levels of comfort, visual amenity, pollinator habitat, shade through warmer months, and filtered light during cooler periods. It also commends the project’s water-sensitive urban design approach, which helps to mitigate flood events while improving water quality and passively irrigating garden beds. Urban designer and landscape architect Hassell Urban art collaborator Alleycat Creative Structural and civil engineer Northrop Accessibility consultant Morris Goding Access Consulting Lighting designer Webb Australia Group Cost planning consultant Zinc Cost Management Access and movement consultant Stantec Wayfinding consultant Maynard Design Surveyor Oxley and Company Photographer Sarah Pannell Aboriginal Nation Yorta Yorta Client Rural City of Wangaratta Location Wangaratta, Victoria 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
Hinterland Adventure Playground Urbis Regional Achievement Award Jury comment The nature-based Hinterland Adventure Playground successfully draws on the site’s industrial and landscape character, showcasing considered material reuse. The design’s topographic and tectonic response provides prospect and hydraulic conveyance and creates a safe, resilient parkland. The project offers a range of interconnected play experiences, from quiet spaces of low activity to highly active adventure play zones, for a range of ages and abilities. The jury commends the design team’s early decision to provide only natural shade canopy, realised though shade analysis and long-range advanced tree procurement, as well as the council’s commitment to that vision. Design practice Urbis Architect Robinson Architects Flood modelling consultant Bligh Tanner Landscape contractors Aspect Contractors Photographer Noosa Shire Council Aboriginal Nation Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi Client Noosa Shire Council Location Noosa, Queensland 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
LANDSCAPE ISSUE180 074 — 075 Lake Boort Scarred Trees Masterplan Aspect Studios Regional Achievement Award Jury comment The jury commends the compelling vision of Lake Boort Scarred Trees Masterplan, which recognizes the beauty and significance of the cultural heritage of Boort. The project was developed by the landscape architects through respectful and inclusive consultation and designed in collaboration with the Dja Dja Wurrung community, who contributed to the development of the masterplan and shared their culture, knowledge and stories. The plan will enable opportunities to connect with Country, build awareness and appreciation of Country and provide valuable cultural land management opportunities. The project has helped to strengthen relationships between community, Parks Victoria and the Loddon Shire Council and will inject as much as $18 million into the local economy. Design practice Aspect Studios First Nations cultural collaborators Djaara and Yung Balug Clan members Funding bodies Loddon Shire Council, Victorian Government and Djaara Project steering committee Djaara, Victorian Government, Regional Development Victoria, Loddon Shire Council, Parks Victoria and North Central Catchment Management Authority Project manager and marketing consultant Pan and Bacchanalia Visitation estimates and cost-benefit analysis consultant SGS Economics and Planning Quantity surveyor Zinc Cost Management Collaborator Boort community members Images Aspect Studios (top) and Paul Haw (bottom) Aboriginal Nation Dja Dja Wurrung Client Djaara (Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation) Location Boort, Victoria 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
Great Ocean Road Coastal Trail Master Plan Tract Regional Achievement Award Jury comment Championed by the communities of Wye River, Separation Creek and Kennett River after the 2015 Christmas Day bushfires, Great Ocean Road Coastal Trail Master Plan details the future construction of a 90-kilometre-long coastal walking trail. The design team’s early engagement with the Eastern Marr Aboriginal Corporation (EMAC) during the project has enabled the reinforcement of important values and connection to Country. An extensive landscape visual impact assessment informed the design. The project outcome caters to a broad range of people with varied time and ability while dispersing visitation across appropriate areas and avoiding endangered or protected flora and fauna. This complex landscapeled project has been officially endorsed by the project partners, having demonstrated it will provide strong economic benefits to the Victorian economy. Design practice Tract First Nations cultural collaborators Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation Lead consultant and trail designer World Trail Flora-and-fauna, cultural heritage and planning consultant Biosis Geotechnical engineer Golder Structural and environmental engineer Bligh Tanner Quantity surveyor Zinc Cost Management Project partners Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority, Parks Victoria and Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation Photographers DELWP (top) and EMAC (bottom) Aboriginal Nation Gadubanud people, of the Eastern Maar Nation Client Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Location Victoria 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
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Vanam Tanya Wood Landscape Architecture with Andrew Stevenson and Jeffrey Miller Climate Positive Design Award Jury comment The regenerative Vanam project is a climate-positive design response to the 2014 Blue Mountains bushfires. Incrementally implemented over nearly ten years, this site and community-sensitive project is 100 percent offthe-grid and sufficiently fire safe. The design includes on-site water retention and re-use, a natural pool, food production, permeable surfaces, and site-salvaged materials. Vanam demonstrates a sound understanding of the carbon footprint of proposed materials. It deftly manages fire risk by removing canopy vegetation close to the building while protecting areas of endemic revegetation. The remaining (deliberately left) 40 acres of existing vegetation form part of the site’s unique and stoic landscape character. Design practice Tanya Wood Landscape Architecture with Andrew Stevenson and Jeffrey Miller Architect Six B Design Builder Viva Eco Homes Photographer Nick Watts Aboriginal Nation Dharug and Gundungurra Client Andrew Stevenson and Jeffrey Miller Location Blue Mountains, New South Wales 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
LANDSCAPE ISSUE180 078 — 079 Sustainable streets – Tree diversity and resilience planning through our street tree master plan and species list City of Sydney Climate Positive Design Award Jury comment The jury commends City of Sydney’s development of Street Tree Master Plan 2023, recognizing that tree species used in Sydney today may not be suited to our future climate. Developed through a process of community and stakeholder consultation, and peerreview, the plan includes technical guidelines for the supply, installation and establishment of new street trees; and a dynamic tool for increasing, managing, and monitoring a more diverse urban forest. The project enables members of the community and design professionals to consider landscape character, walkability, site-specific tree selection, and the importance of the use of locally indigenous species to increase habitat for native fauna and reinforce cultural values. Design practice City of Sydney First Nations cultural collaborator Djaambulgu Girriin Street tree masterplan development collaborators City of Sydney, Arterra Design and Djaambulgu Girriin Species list development collaborators Tree IQ, Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez (Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment), Djaambulgu Girriin, Arterra Design, Active Tree Services, Treescape Australasia and City of Sydney Photographers Karen Sweeney (top) and Katherine Griffiths (bottom) Aboriginal Nation Gadigal Client City of Sydney Location New South Wales 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
South Parklands Wetland TCL Climate Positive Design Award Jury comment As part of a broader flood mitigation strategy, South Parklands Wetland’s landscape-first approach enriches the cultural, amenity, and ecological values of the Adelaide Park Lands. The jury commends the project’s focus on design leadership advocacy, consultation and collaboration across multiple disciplines, jurisdictions and stakeholders. The project skilfully navigates stormwater harvesting with the removal of introduced species and the retention of sensitive ecosystems, including remnant and significant trees. It minimises excavation and successfully integrates the wetlands within the character of the existing parklands. The design carefully uses endemic plants to conserve and enhance chequered copper butterfly habitat, broaden biodiversity and promote environmental and cultural values and education. Landscape architect TCL First Nations cultural collaborators Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation Hydraulic engineer Design Flow Lead/civil engineer Tonkin Engineering Project management Procure PM Artist/Kaurna Ngarrindjeri and Yankunytjatjara Allan Sumner Cultural heritage survey consultant RAW SA Civil/landscape construction lead Bardavcol Landscape construction partners Eco Dynamics Photographer Jackie Gu Aboriginal Nation Kaurna Client Brown Hill Keswick Creek Stormwater Project Location South Australia 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
LANDSCAPE ISSUE180 080 — 081 Hanlon Park / Bur’uda Waterway Rejuvenation Brisbane City Council, Tract, Bligh Tanner, Epoca Constructions and AECOM Climate Positive Design Award Jury comment Hanlon Park/Bur’uda Waterway Rejuvenation successfully reassesses historical flood mitigation practices through engagement with the Nunukul Yuggera Traditional Custodians and local community; the deployment of natural processes of erosion and deposition; landform modelling to maximise the retention of trees for carbon sequestration; material salvage and reuse; extensive proposed canopy and understorey planting; and the fostering of active transport connections. The project successfully combines flood and heat mitigation with increased biodiversity, delivering enhanced cultural, social, environmental and economic benefits. The jury recognizes the climate mitigation results, evidenced by using the Pathfinder tool, as well as the ongoing site monitoring and evaluation that has demonstrated increased species richness and water clarity. Design practices Brisbane City Council, Tract, Bligh Tanner, Epoca Constructions and AECOM First Nations cultural collaborators Nunukul Yuggera Traditional Custodians Landscape architecture and detailed designer Tract Principal consultant and hydrological, civil, structural engineer Bligh Tanner Principal contractor Epoca Constructions Concept designer and community engagement consultant AECOM Artist Belinda Smith Public art consultant Urban Art Projects Geotechnical consultant Core Consultants Fish consultants and ecologists Litoria Consulting Electrical engineer Webb Group Masterplanner (Norman Creek 2012–2031 Masterplan) EDAW (now AECOM) Key stakeholder Norman Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee Photographer Christopher Frederick Jones Aboriginal Nation Turrbal and Yuggera Client Brisbane City Council Location Stones Corner, Queensland 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
Fiona Morrison President’s Award Jury comment The 2023 President’s Award is a well-deserved honour bestowed upon Fiona Morrison, who holds the esteemed position of Commissioner of Open Space and Parks at the Department of Planning and Environment in New South Wales. The award pays tribute to Morrison’s outstanding contributions to the field of landscape architecture and, in particular, her remarkable work within the realm of public practice. Over the past five years, Morrison has demonstrated exceptional leadership, significantly shaping government policy and deepening the appreciation for the pivotal role that public spaces occupy at the heart of our communities. Additionally, she has been a vocal advocate for the invaluable contributions made by landscape architects in the meticulous planning and realization of high-quality public places. Although Morrison’s primary influence has been in New South Wales, her impact resonates on a national scale. She serves as an inspirational figure for the profession, motivating landscape architects to explore roles within public practice and encouraging the establishment of pathways for ecological restoration and environmental reconciliation. AILA’s state chapters continue to champion and advocate for landscape architects’ increased presence within public practice. The president extends her heartfelt congratulations to Fiona Morrison on behalf of the profession and notes that we hold her leadership and influence in the highest regard. 2023 National Landscape Architecture Awards
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