2022 QLD Landscape Architecture Awards by Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA)

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS QUEENSLAND 2022

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS QUEENSLAND 2022

4 Message from the Queensland President

8 The Jury 9 Jury Chair Report

5 Partners

6 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA)

12 The 2022 Queensland Awards 12

Presidents Award

Small projects

Future Leaders Award

Tourism

Civic Landscape

Urban design

About the Landscape Architecture Awards

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Community Contribution

Regional Achievement

Awards Levels

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Cultural Heritage

People's Choice

32 Gardens 40

109 Acknowledgements

Health and Education Landscape 50 Infrastructure 54 Land management 58 Landscape planning 68 Parks and Open Space 76 Play Spaces

Image (front cover): 2022 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Parks and Open Space | The Spit Redevelopment | Photo: Ravens At Odds Image (left): 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape | Mollison Park | Photo: Scott Burrows

MESSAGE FROM THE QUEENSLAND PRESIDENT

I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands where we practice and I pay my respects to elders past, present and future. This year we received 45 entries. Being due in a period that was incredibly disrupted by floods and Covid, I’d especially like to thank everyone who took the time to submit. It has been a busy year since our last awards, and the announcement of Brisbane and South-east Queensland as the venue for the 2032 Olympics, has added fuel to our advocacy efforts. It has been fantastic to see each government body embrace the desire for this Olympics to be one whose Legacy projects are the standing testament to the success of the Games. We’re hopeful that it can bring 4

about lasting change to the cooperative design process between levels and jurisdictions of government. Creating places that are genuine, beautiful and adaptive to our sub-tropical climate. Nobody does outdoor lifestyle like Queensland does, and we’ll be inviting the whole world to sit on our verandah. This puts Landscape Architecture at the forefront of the vision. We can ensure delivery of assets that not only enable the Games, but invite our guests to experience the region. As landscape architects, we’re uniquely placed to advise on a strategic and technical level, just how our landscapes and green infrastructure will play a vital role to Brisbane’s evolution into a world city. Hopefully we’ll see a Landscape Architect in the State Architects office soon. This year we celebrate projects that are doing just that. The breadth of the landscape architecture profession is clearly demonstrated in the diversity of the projects up for awards this year. Ranging from unique artist interventions to regional

Tessa Leggo AILA Queensland President

scale planning, landscape architecture is making a positive impact on how we interact with our spaces and places. We can and should be proud of how we are delivering private and public landscapes that are responding to our changing environment, addressing challenges faced by urban communities, to provide adaptable and liveable cities. The result is a more resilient future for us all. We would like to thank AILA’s Partners for making the Awards program possible. Thank you to our 2022 Jury for taking the time to review all the project entries and deciding the winners for this year’s awards.

NATIONAL PARTNERS

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QUEENSLAND PARTNERS

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ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS

The AILA Landscape Architecture Awards program provides a key vehicle for the promotion of the achievements and work of landscape architects in Australia. The Awards process is an opportunity for public and peer recognition of landscape architect’s work, and demonstrates to industry, business, government and the wider community the positive impact the profession has on Australian lives through the planning and design of the built and natural environments. The AILA Landscape Architecture Awards program has two stages: the first is a Chapter program and the second is the National program. In 2022, QLD, WA, SA, NSW, VIC & NT will be presenting an Awards program, with the winners at Chapter level proceeding to the National Awards.

Awards Categories Health and Education Landscape Civic Landscape Parks and Open Space Play Spaces Infrastructure Cultural Heritage Land Management Tourism Urban Design Landscape Planning Research, Policy and Communications* Community Contribution Small Projects Gardens International**

* No entries in this category in 2022 ** No entries in this category at the Chapter (State & Territory) level

AWARDS LEVELS

The first and highest Award in each Category is the Award of Excellence. The Award is given to the work judged to be the most significant for the advancement of landscape architecture in each Category. There is only one winner of the Award in each Category in any year. The Jury is not obligated to make an Award of Excellence in a category. The second tier is the Landscape Architecture Award. This is a work of excellence demonstrating consummate skill that contributes to the advancement of landscape architecture. Projects given an Award are the best projects in each Category that have not won the Award of Excellence. More than one Award may be given in a Category.

This is a cross category award given in recognition of landscape architecture that has made a significant difference to improving the healthy communities and/or built and natural environments of regional Australia. The award is given at a chapter level only.

THE QUEENSLAND JURY

Dr Chris Boulton, FAILA Jury Chair

Candy Bela Debra Rosmarin, AILA News Corp

Gerard McCormick, FAILA

Michael Lavery AIA QLD President Michael Ellul, AILA

Paul Morris AILA

David Wilson, AILA

Clare Mayberry

Georgia Birks

JURY CHAIR REPORT DR CHRIS BOULTON, FAILA

The AILA QLD 2022 Awards Jury congratulates all nominees on their efforts to nominate their work and consider the quality of their achievements and its contribution to the profession of landscape architecture. This year, a total 45 nominations were received for projects undertaken in Queensland for projects covering 13 categories. The AILA QLD 2022 Awards Jury is pleased to announce twenty-one awards have been allocated including three Awards of Excellence, each for: The Spit (Parks and Open Space); Carol Park (Small Projects); and Toowoomba Regional Landscape and Urban Character Study & Toowoomba Regional Scenic Amenity Study (Landscape Planning). Sixteen Landscape Architecture Awards and two Regional Achievement Awards have also been allocated to nominees from 12 award categories. The broad

scope and spatial distribution of work represented by this year’s nominations illustrates the wide-ranging impact of the profession in Queensland: there is a strong representation of projects delivered across many categories and throughout regional settings from Coolangatta to Cooktown. And the work of landscape architects in our regional areas is to a high standard with these nominations achieving a consistent success rate attracting awards.

of nominations for the Small Projects category, demonstrating the impact of the profession in small spaces with quality landscape outcomes. The Jury were disappointed that there were no nominations for projects in the Research, Policy, and Communications category as essential attributes of our profession: garnering an evidence-base and communicating how new approaches and innovation can support and enhance landscape architecture and planning.

The directions of our profession are also evident through the concentration (receiving the most nominations) of projects submitted under categories of Health and Education (8); Gardens (6); and Small Projects (5). Tertiary and secondary campuses dominated the Health and Education category, while early learning setting were prominent for the Play Spaces category; all clearly illustrating the value of landscape in supporting learning outcomes. It is apparent that there are challenges and opportunities being embraced by members through the high standard

Thank you to my fellow jury members Candy Rosmarin, Clare Mayberry, David Wilson, Georgia Birks, Gerard McCormick, Michael Ellul for your support and commitment to the AILA Awards process this year.

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PRESIDENTS AWARD Recipient Details recipient David Uhlmann state award 2022 AILA QLD State President's Award

The State President may offer awards to individuals or organisations to recognise the special contribution by that person or body to Landscape Architecture, the Built Environment and/or Urban Design and/or for a high level of contribution to the profession and AILA. The President’s Award provides an opportunity for professional recognition of contribution and achievement, separate to the projects submitted in the core categories. In his four-year tenure as AILA QLD President, David has worked timelessly in advocating to government and particularly on the issue of contract administration and QBCC licencing for Landscape Architects. Whilst this issue is yet to be resolved, we recognise the huge body of work David has done to date and continues to do behind the scenes on the complex and important issue for Landscape Architects and AILA both in Queensland and around the country.

Image: David Uhlmann / 2022 AILA QLD State President's Award recipient 12

FUTURE LEADERS AWARD Recipient Details recipient Nathan Merlano state award 2022 AILA QLD Future Leaders Award

Nathan’s nomination demonstrates professional practice excellence; through innovation, superior communication skills, as well as the possibility of providing future leadership to the profession, along with activities that raise the profile and understanding of the profession by the wider community.

This award recognises achievement in design, planning, communications, and research that is based upon the development of innovative, creative and practical solutions to landscape architectural challenges.

Nathan’s achievements in design and communication as an engaged and valued professional supporting landscape architecture practice in LatStudio Brisbane and Melbourne Offices.

clients and applied professions to enhance their appreciation of the contribution and value of landscape architecture.

Nathan has demonstrated the ability to build rapport with not only his peers and supervisors, but further with

Image: Nathan Merlano / 2022 AILA QLD Future Leaders Award

CIVIC LANDSCAPE Sponsored by:

Projects in this category are constructed urban landscape projects that are public in nature and capture and contribute to the culture and amenity of the urban environment.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape | Mollison Park | Photo: Scott Burrows

2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape Mollison Park RPS West Village – Sekisui House Turrbal and Yuggera people

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Mollison Park delivers a vibrant civic plaza that has been embraced by the community, all the while providing a beautifully considered response to site context, heritage, and dwindling inner city open space.

Featuring an urban forest at its core, not only does the site offer a comfortable shared space through a series of nonprescriptive areas, but is climatically responsive, pushing its structural constraints through clever podium detailing. Careful consideration of the site’s history and needs has ensured Mollison Park will not only make an immediate impact but integrate itself as a part of West End’s future.

Project Details project Mollison Park entrant practice RPS first nations Turrbal and Yuggera people client West Village – Sekisui House state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape

Mollison Park is a truly vibrant subtropical landscape which has provided a comfortable, shaded and usable public space from its first day of opening. This reimagined civic plaza places an urban forest as its central feature presenting a new typology of town square and retail experience. RPS Landscape Architects have delivered a highly curated and delightful urban experience which is climatically responsive and supportive of human comfort and also responds to the challenges of raising families

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in the inner city and the need to provide publicly accessible, high quality green space which supports community interaction and ownership of place. From inception of the project, RPS Landscape Architects played an important role in minimising and alleviating community concern regarding the delivery of the West Village masterplan through the provision of meaningful green space. It was a highly contested site with a need for thoughtful intervention. Collaborative discussions with Queensland State Government, Brisbane City Council and West End Community Association, ensured the purposeful evolution of the landscape, resulting in the delivery of an inspired, active and leafy public experience.

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CIVIC LANDSCAPE NOMINEES

HOTA Art Gallery

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At the commencement of Gold Coasts 17-hectare Cultural Precinct project, called HOTA – Home of the Arts, the City of Gold Coast Council, endorsed an underpinning vision for this space: “To create a cultural centre of gravity. A new, distinctly Gold Coast and distinctly 21st century platform to express ourselves and our pride in our city”. HOTA will challenge everything people thought they knew about the arts, culture and landscape on the Gold Coast: HOTA CEO Criena Gehrke says, “It’s bold, unapologetic and completely unbound by tradition”.

Project Details CUSP (QLD) Pty Ltd indigenous country Yugambeh Language and Kumbumerri People client City of Gold Coast entrant practice

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape | Mollison Park | Photo: Scott Burrows

COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION

Projects in this category included constructed projects or strategies delivered either: As a pro bono service (or significantly reduced fee) to the community, or, have positively impacted a disadvantaged individual or group of users who wouldn’t normally have access to design expertise.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Community Contribution | Afghanistan War Memorial | Photo: Glenn Hunt

2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Community Contribution Afghanistan War Memorial Tanya Wood Landscape Architecture 42 for 42 Turrbal

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The timing of the Awards Judging on the Anzac Day long weekend and in the midst of current global conflict and tension added relevancy to the importance of the memorial as part of the Australian story.

This project illustrates the enduring dedication of the landscape architect to establish a community vision through collaboration, to deliver a memorial in a key location that honours soldiers, recognising the service and sacrifice they have made.

Project Details project Afghanistan War Memorial entrant practice Tanya Wood Landscape Architecture first nations Turrbal client 42 for 42 state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Community Contribution

Memorials relating to war are an imperative part of the Australian story. They act as an historical link, connecting past to present in a physical capacity. The Afghanistan War Memorial allows the community to respect and remember the sacrifice of those who died, participated or who continue to be affected by the conflict mentally and physically. 41 bronze plaques are strategically placed on the site. The 41 plaques bear the names of the 41 Australian soldiers

who died during Australia’s longest war. The 42nd plaque is representative of all the soldiers who returned from war and took their own life or suffer to this day. The objective was to design a space of intimacy and tell the story of Australia’s involvement in the Afghanistan War. The goal was to respond to the client brief who wanted a contemporary war memorial, an area for people to gather, be educated, celebrate and individually recognize each soldier who died. The landscape concept is simple in arrangement whilst realizing the main constraint of the site is the bulk and scale of the surrounding structure.

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COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION NOMINEES

Anne Street Garden Villas, Social Housing, Southport

Cribb Street Landsborough Activation Project

Tropical Design Studios – Strategic concept masterplans for northern Queensland country towns.

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The Anne Street Garden Villas project has been a small project that has provided a high-quality outcome in terms of design and sustainability in a true sense of the word. The project was financially sustainable in that it was done on a modest budget, socially sustainable in terms of the amenity that is provided to the community members that will use the units and finally environmentally sustainable in the use of a mix of native and exotic plants for long terms suitability, large trees despite the small spaces and a water runoff bio basins system in the communal area.

Involving the community in their design and beautification was important to the success of the streetscape revitalisation. Over 2 years, landscape architects facilitated design workshops, temporary activations, placemaking interventions and prototypes. These involved the community in shaping the ultimate design of the streetscape, while building community connections. More than 1000 people were involved in the process. A series of sessions were run to build the capacity of the community and their understanding of great places and good design.

The Tropical Design Studios are a series of design charrettes in northern Queensland country towns convened by James Cook University’s Tropical Urbanism and Design Lab (TUDLab). They bring together JCU's planning students with local councils, design professionals and the wider community to prepare strategic town centre masterplans. Students, as future planning professionals, receive experience in, and an understanding of, a ‘real life’ urban design process. In return, the client council receives urban design direction that is community and professionally based with a youthful insight.

Project Details

Sunshine Coast Council indigenous country Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) client Sunshine Coast Council

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Lat27 with Anna O'Gorman

Architect Yugambeh client Anna O'Gorman Architects for Department of Housing and Public Works with Office of the Queensland Government Architect indigenous country

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Andrew Prowse, LA3 Landscape Architects indigenous country Nywaigi of the Ingham area, Mamu people of the Innisfail area, Jirrbal People of the Ravenshoe area and the Ngadjon-Jii People of the Malanda area client Tablelands Regional Council

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Community Contribution | Afghanistan War Memorial | Photo: Glenn Hunt

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CULTURAL HERITAGE

Projects in this category are constructed projects or strategies that demonstrate the restoration, conservation, enhancement, maintenance, or adaptive reuse of culturally significant sites.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Cultural Heritage | Reconciliation Rocks Precinct Development, Cooktown | Photo: Andrew Prowse

2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Cultural Heritage Reconciliation Rocks Precinct Development, Cooktown LA3 Landscape Architecture Cook Shire Council with the Cooktown Re-enactment Association Waymburr Warra Bama-ngay of the Guugu Yimithirr Warra Nation

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In 1770, on the lands of the Waymburr Warra people of the Guugu Yimithirr Nation, the first recorded act of reconciliation in Australia occurred at a rock formation now titled ‘Reconciliation Rocks’. The site holds cultural and historic significance for the community of Waymburr (Cooktown), with re-enactments held at the site to tell the First Nations perspective of the story. The design outcome at Reconciliation Rocks Precinct Development is a result of comprehensive collaboration between the design team, the Waymburr Warra peoples, artists and other stakeholders. 28

A thorough understanding of cultural significance, constraints and opportunities is demonstrated through the project's sensitive additions to the site. The Jury commended the understated yet strategic design moves, which provide a more accessible and functional space for performance and visitors, while simultaneously acknowledging history with restrained and refined design interventions and sculptures.

Project Details project Reconciliation Rocks Precinct Development, Cooktown entrant practice LA3 Landscape Architecture first nations Waymburr Warra Bama-ngay of the Guugu Yimithirr Warra Nation client Cook Shire Council with the Cooktown Re-enactment Association state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Cultural Heritage

Reconciliation Rocks is important in Queensland and Australian history, where Australia’s first recorded act of reconciliation took place between Aboriginal peoples and Europeans. July 1770, several weeks of guarded contact at Gangaar (Cooktown) then dispute over turtles. Peace offered by a Bama elder was accepted by the crew at a rock cluster, Cook recording ‘all was reconciled’.

the project created an unpretentious reflection space, informing of site significance. The granite boulders and two artworks are the heroes, bringing the Guugu Yimithirr Bama-ngay’s nationally significant, ancestral reconciliation story to life in a symbolic empowering way.

Instigated by indigenous and non-indigenous locals,

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CULTURAL HERITAGE NOMINEES

The Netherlands Memorial

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As part of the Queen’s Wharf development, the Netherlands Memorial, which originally stood on George Street in Brisbane’s CBD, was required to be redesigned and relocated to Memorial Corner in Roma Street Parkland. O2LA inspected the original site and liaised with the client regarding the key elements which were to be retained/ reinstated. The new memorial comprises 5 symbolic elements - the main façade, 2 recessed facades and 2 seats - which were designed/integrated to represent The Royal Netherlands Navy and Naval Air Service, The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force, The Netherlands Merchant Navy, and The civilian population of the Dutch East Indies.

Project Details O2LA indigenous country Turrbal client Department of Public Housing and Works entrant practice

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Cultural Heritage | Reconciliation Rocks Precinct Development, Cooktown | Photo: Andrew Prowse

GARDENS Sponsored by:

Projects in this category include constructed private and public gardens that contribute to the role and understanding of the garden in contemporary society and culture.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Gardens | Tree House | Photo: Cathy Schusler

2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Gardens North Maleny Garden Project Sod Design Gubbi Gubbi

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Amongst the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, The North Maleny Garden Project, is a private commission with environmental restoration and longevity at its core. Once a site for cattle and farming, the garden is now home to 8000 native trees, shrubs and ground cover to restore and regenerate natural bushland and systems. 34

The project is a successful demonstration of the importance of building relationships with clients and local stakeholders to ensure effective outcomes. The Jury commended the project's balance between the international inspirations of the client and the restoration of the Australian landscape. Thoughtful and considered strategies address issues of weed infestation and erosion, while variety in the planting palette has created a garden for the senses, which will be loved for generations. Project Details project North Maleny Garden Project entrant practice Sod Design first nations Gubbi Gubbi client n/a state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Gardens

Originally a dairy farm, then small crop farm in Maleny, QLD, this 9.1Ha property was bought as a private residence. In addition to existing infrastructure, the owners wished to create a private family retreat for their children and grandchildren that would inspire beauty and celebrate the surrounding, natural bush setting.

as well as some 'special' areas of retreat. There was also a strong desire to choose sustainable materials and landscape solutions during the construction process.

There was a strong desire to heal the damaged site of noxious weed and erosion and reinstate strong native elements

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2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Gardens Tree House RPS Aria Property Group Turrbal and Yuggera peoples

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As a multi-level residential garden, Tree House offers new direction and guidance for the provision of large-scale greenspace in high density residential apartments. Sixty trees across the façade provide colour and shade and deliver a tree for every apartment.

Twenty advanced tree species on the roof top together with the children’s playground support a focus on healing, wellness, and connection to the natural environment. The jury commends the designs for its contribution to the recognition of the value of green infrastructure within the daily life of the residents.

Project Details project Tree House entrant practice RPS first nations Turrbal and Yuggera peoples client Aria Property Group state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Gardens

Inspired by leafy and tranquil surrounds, Tree House is an addition to the West End skyline that embraces a living greenery strategy achieving an integrated approach within the local vernacular. The building façade was shaped to support the distribution of 60 trees across the façade, providing visual relief to the neighborhood and delivering a tree for every apartment. The building is crowned with 20 advanced tree species, distributed to support a focus

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on healing and wellness. As inner-city suburbs navigate densification, landscape architects play a pivotal role ensuring high density residential developments achieve an integrated approach within the local vernacular, supporting active neighborhoods and creating an inviting public realm response. Tree House is within proximity to the West End Riverside area, where established community facilities and activities occur including the Davies Park Markets. The site overlooks the well-established Davies Park, with mature trees, expansive turf areas and a relaxed park experience which evolves into a vibrant scene of community interaction on market day.

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GARDENS NOMINEES

Afghanistan War Memorial

Garden & Land Sculpture, Toowoomba

Minnippi Quarter

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A very steep escarpment property with a substantial drainage easement running through the property. We had two confident clients that were adventurous, and keen to take on the challenges of the property and they also have a high appreciation of the visual arts in all it's form. The home was designed as a gallery to accommodate the couples collection of artwork and sculptures collected over a lifetime of travel and experiences. They also have a diverse collection of outdoor sculptures and we were asked to accommodate them in the landscape. The resulting design for the garden blended engineering, creativity, and the land itself became a sculpture.

The client set the tone for the project early-on in the design process, organising a series of workshops for the project team to better understand the site and to collectively develop a vision and goals which sought to capitalise on the amenity of the neighbouring Minnippi Parklands and leverage the established neighbourhood of Carina.

Project Details

Design Instincts Landscape Architects indigenous country Australia client Client name to be nominated as 'private client' if published please

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For O2LA, the result of this visioning (consistent with our site and contextual investigations) highlighted the importance of Minnippi Parklands as a key to the identity for this new residential enclave and recreational zones within.

The objective was to design a space of intimacy and tell the story of Australia’s involvement in the Afghanistan War. Project Details entrant practice

Tanya Wood Landscape

Architecture indigenous country client

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Turrbal

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O2LA indigenous country Yuggera client Frasers Property Australia

The Standard

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The Standard is a mixed-use development located in the Brisbane suburb of South Brisbane. Standing 31 levels from ground, The Standard is the tallest residential development in SEQ outside of the CBD area. The building is comprised of 261 residential apartments and offers a multitude of communal recreation facilities over three levels. The ground floor is activated by food and beverage retail offerings that provide the western bookend to Fish Lane. With a focus on garden led lifestyle, extensive soft landscape has been incorporated into all communal areas.

Project Details entrant practice

Form Landscape

Architects indigenous country client

Yuggera

Aria

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Gardens | North Maleny Garden Project | Photo: Stuart Bull

HEALTH AND EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Sponsored by:

Projects in this category are constructed landscape projects in and surrounding institutional spaces including educational, health or aged care facilities. Projects in this category demonstrate how the design contributes to the usability and operation of the facility and the wellbeing of the user.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Health and Education Landscape | Student Central – The University of Queensland | Photo: Scott Burrows

2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architect Award for Health and Education Landscape Brisbane South State Secondary College JFP Urban Consultants Broad Constructions Turrbal and Yuggera

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Brisbane South State Secondary College is a testament to perseverance and advocacy. A site with many challenges, physically and politically, this project successfully synthesises stakeholder desires and user needs with a coherent strategy and design approach. For a highly constrained site, the project is plentiful in spatial variety and generous in planting. 42

The design contributes to the functionality of the school, fosters positive learning experiences, and enhances student and staff wellbeing. The jury commended the advocacy for natural green spaces and native planting to create a landscape that is both climatically appropriate, resilient, and pleasant to occupy.

Project Details project Brisbane South State Secondary College entrant practice JFP Urban Consultants first nations Turrbal and Yuggera client Broad Constructions state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architect Award for Health and Education Landscape

Brisbane South State Secondary College is an expansive subtropical learning oasis in inner city Brisbane. With design commencing in 2018, the full campus was opened in 2022 for its second year of students. JFP worked closely with BVN to create a contemporary, urban, vertical campus that challenges traditional design responses to broad-scale education facilities in Queensland.

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The design overcomes many challenges, especially space and topography to create a rich outdoor learning and recreation space that celebrates Brisbane’s climate and character. The lush, shaded landscape is integral to the campus as an ever present backdrop to the built form learning spaces.

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2022 AILD QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Health and Education Landscape Fortitude Valley State Secondary College – Stage 1 Arcadia Landscape Architecture and RPS Fortitude Valley State Secondary Turrbal

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In response to the challenges created by an everincreasing requirement for high density urban campuses, the Fortitude Valley State Secondary College delivers a thoughtful and coherent strategy for the approach to green infrastructure supporting mental and physical health and wellbeing in an educational setting. 44

In a site constrained by both size and topography, the maximization of the greenspace provision and abundant shaded seating will be of great benefit to students escaping their classrooms for the freedom of lunchtime and outdoor activities.

Project Details project Fortitude Valley State Secondary College – Stage 1 entrant practice Arcadia Landscape Architecture and RPS first nations Turrbal client Fortitude Valley State Secondary state award 2022 AILD QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Health and Education Landscape

As the first inner-city school to be built in Brisbane in over 50 years, and Queensland’s first vertical school, Fortitude Valley State Secondary College (FVSSC) is a benchmark for a new learning and teaching experience.

Landscape components connect each level of the vertical structure creating a series of dynamic learning and breakout spaces that are uniquely suited to an urban subtropical environment.

The school’s landscape provides a responsive foundation for learning, teaching and community engagement, creating an adaptive environment that positions FVSSC as a part of the Fortitude Valley community.

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2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Health and Education Landscape Student Central – The University of Queensland Hassell The University of Queensland Yugara and Turrbal Country

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Student Central - The University of Queensland, is a valuable new asset worthy of its place in an established tier-one university campus. The reimagining of the space demonstrates thoughtful engagement and partnerships - working with stakeholders within the university to best understand the needs of students as customers of the Student Services Hub. 46

Socially, the project affords a relaxed fit-for-purpose setting while contributing to sustainable social, environmental, and economic outcomes that enhance quality of life for students. The result is a sophisticated design that successfully blurs the lines between building, exterior and interior design in a seamless transition.

Project Details project Student Central – The University of Queensland entrant practice Hassell first nations Yugara and Turrbal Country client The University of Queensland state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Health and Education Landscape

The University of Queensland Student Central delivers a subtropical landscape and sheltered outdoor gathering spaces to redefine the way student support services are delivered on campus. The outdoor realm complements adjacent interior spaces which combine to provide a range of support from enrolment, study, and employment to mentoring and counselling.

and private focus areas, create accessible, and lively student engagement opportunities to ensure the act of seeking help is normalised. The injection of a subtropical landscape introduces a layer of informality and leverages the calming and restorative powers of nature.

A collection of outdoor rooms, collaborative support spaces

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HEALTH AND EDUCATION LANDSCAPE NOMINEES

Immanuel Lutheran College Junior Campus

JCU Ideas Lab

loganlea road reimagined

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The building has been designed through an extensive process to meet the highest environmental and sustainability standards, achieving LEED Gold certification.

Logan City Council [LCC] is committed to Meadowbrook being a health, wellbeing and education precinct within the City . In 2018, Council hosted the Meadowbrook Summit, an engagement event to identify priority projects that could be delivered within Meadowbrook to stimulate the economy and support the health, education and wellbeing objectives for the precinct.

The objective of the design was to meet the functional needs of the school mostly around improving connectivity and disability access compliance. The project commenced as a technical exercise and upon being able to identify preliminary solutions, a creative design approach applied.

Not only should products of innovation be visible, but the building itself should also support its own built legible innovative systems. Strategies were explored to illustrate new ways to mitigate heat and glare through the introduction of plant materials (this in itself has become a research project as the university continues to monitor and improve these systems). The design focused on wellness as well as creating a workplace that encourages mindfulness.

Several actions were identified and itemised as part of the Meadowbrook Implementation Plan. Transforming Loganlea Road into a Healthy Street and the construction of a new pedestrian link across Loganlea Road were the top two priority projects identified in the Implementation Plan.

Project Details

Greenedge Design indigenous country Gubbi Gubbi client Immanuel Lutheran College

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Wilson Architects & Clarke + Prince Architects, Architect in association indigenous country Yidinjdji People client James Cook University

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Logan City Council indigenous country Yugambeh client Logan City Council

Montessori International College

Townsville Christian College Productive Garden

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With an ever-growing Early Years program, Montessori International College desperately needed to transform the ground floor of the school to become an extension of the classroom.

The Townsville Christian College, driven by the staff, had been looking at using outdoor learning as a tool to grow participation and education outcomes for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and other core learning areas. RPS, in association with Townsville Christian College staff, have provided an exciting and engaging “Productive Garden” to compliment the college’s learning curriculum. At its very heart the adventure garden provides Townsville Christian College students a place to grow, play, and experience, in an outdoor learning environment.

Playground Designers, Urban Play, collaborated with the students and teachers to transform what was a large, underutilised space into a nature playspace that captures the essence of the school and inspires students to play, learn and explore. From selecting project partners, to engagement workshops and the collaborative design approach, to strategic construction of the space, innovative thinking and best practice engagement was woven into every facet of the project.

The garden provides a means for children to experience outdoor learning in a safe comfortable environment giving a broader range of teaching techniques.

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Urban Play indigenous country Gubbi Gubbi client Montessori International College

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RPS indigenous country Gurrumbilbarra country of the Wulgurukaba people client Townsville Christian College

INFRASTRUCTURE Sponsored by:

Projects in this category are constructed landscape infrastructure projects, landscape strategies or works associated with civil infrastructure that demonstrates the successful integration of landscape values and which contribute to a future sustainability.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Infrastructure | Sippy Downs Drive – Boulevard and Gateway | Photo: Sean Batley

2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Infrastructure Sippy Downs Drive – Boulevard and Gateway Sunshine Coast Council Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi)

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The Sunshine Coast Council’s landscape architects have been instrumental in delivering the Sippy Downs Drive Boulevard, and have facilitated sustainable outcomes relating to planning, environmentally sensitive civil design, and pedestrian and vehicular safety. Social and environmental outcomes include prioritising pedestrians and native vegetation, which has significantly 52

improved the outcome of what could have been another standardised piece of road infrastructure. Sunshine Coast Council has shown the benefits of taking on a collaborative approach, engaging all council disciplines, the community and key stakeholders to create a landmark boulevard that speaks to its local context and the community identity.

Project Details project Sippy Downs Drive – Boulevard and Gateway entrant practice Sunshine Coast Council first nations Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) client Sunshine Coast Council state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Infrastructure

Sippy Downs Drive was a road project. A project facing a series of challenges.

A space that threads from a highway and motorway into the forest fringed Sippy Downs.

How to improve road vehicle safety whilst reclaiming an eroding bushland character?

A place now landmarked by a University student gateway structure and cultural connection to a fig tree.

How to become a gateway to a knowledge precinct? And how to identify with the students who learn in this space and residents that live here? Sunshine Coast Council’s solution was to curate this road into a bushland boulevard.

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LAND MANAGEMENT

Projects in this category are constructed projects or strategies for the restoration, conservation or management of significant landscapes that demonstrate a tangible physical outcome. The project may recognise and reconcile the natural and cultural values of communities and the landscape in which they are placed.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Land Management | Small Creek – Stage 3 | Photo: CUSP (QLD) Pty Ltd

2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Land Management Small Creek – Stage 3 CUSP (QLD) Pty Ltd Ipswich City Council Yagara language and Yuggera and Ugarapul people

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Small Creek Stage 3 demonstrates a project of deep resolution. The removal and re-assemblage of concrete channel and the rehabilitation of riparian and woodland ecologies provides a thoughtful and coherent strategy to the creation of an ecological and recreational creek asset. This project demonstrates successful and close collaboration between landscape architect, 56

environmental and hydraulic engineers in achieving flood mitigation, replenishment of groundwater, water retention and habitat revitalisation. Building upon Small Creek Naturalisation: Stages 1 and 2 and the foundational work of Landscapology, Stage 3 continues in setting the precedence for future creek naturalisation projects. Establishing the Small Creek series as an ecological legacy.

Project Details project Small Creek – Stage 3 entrant practice CUSP (QLD) Pty Ltd first nations Yagara language and Yuggera and Ugarapul people client Ipswich City Council state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Land Management

CUSP was engaged for Stage 3 of Ipswich City Council’s community-led project to rehabilitate 300m of straight concrete channel, within Small Creek, into a living waterway, supported by riparian zones; biodiverse forest; an improved active transport network and recreational opportunities.

Stage 3 builds on the environmental successes of Stages 1-2, to develop a landscape design that continues to uphold the vision of the original Masterplan. This stage traverses a residential zone, with opportunities to integrate community and recreational facilities.

CUSP joined with hydraulic and environmental design engineers, Alluvium and E2Designlab, to form a highly collaborative and passionate project team.

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LANDSCAPE PLANNING

Projects in this category are constructed or strategic projects and include strategic design and guiding policy documents and visual assessments for urban development, residential and planned communities, local community and rural or regional planning.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Landscape Planning | Toowoomba Regional Landscape and Urban Character Study & Toowoomba Regional Scenic Amenity Study | Photo: Lat27

2022 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Landscape Planning Toowoomba Regional Landscape and Urban Character Study & Toowoomba Regional Scenic Amenity Study. Lat27 with Trace Visual Planning and Design, Extent Heritage, PSA Consulting and The Comms Team. Toowoomba Regional Council. Aboriginal groups within the Toowoomba LGA comprise the Western Wakka Wakka People, Barunggam People, Jagera People, Yuggera Ugarapul People, Githabul People (Waringh Waringh), Bigambul People, Giabal People, and Jarowair People.

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This project reinforces the importance of establishing the basis of community values to inform strategic planning and illustrates a clear development in thinking and process of combining Scenic Amenity and Landscape and Urban Character through complex analytical GIS mapping tasks.

Project Details project Toowoomba Regional Landscape and Urban Character Study & Toowoomba Regional Scenic Amenity Study entrant practice Lat27 with Trace Visual Planning and Design, Extent Heritage, PSA Consulting and The Comms Team first nations Aboriginal groups within the Toowoomba LGA comprise the Western Wakka Wakka People, Barunggam People, Jagera People, Yuggera Ugarapul People, Githabul People (Waringh Waringh), Bigambul People, Giabal People, and Jarowair People. client Toowoomba Regional Council state award 2022 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Landscape Planning

Landscapes of the Toowoomba Region comprehensively presents the findings of the Toowoomba Regional Landscape and Urban Character Study and Toowoomba Regional Scenic Amenity Study. The project advances regional landscape planning methodologies through integrated landscape character assessment and scenic amenity mapping, informed by GIS analysis and community engagement.

Articulating key natural features, rural and urban townscape character elements, heritage and scenic amenity values, it provides Toowoomba Regional Council with a holistic foundation to guide future evidence-based planning. It proposes ambitious strategies and actions to protect, manage and enhance identified values to improve the liveability of Toowoomba region for the growing population. A key issue for Council was that whilst the current scenic amenity overlay was informed by a Scenic Amenity Study prepared in 2009, the technical land use data-driven methodology employed had resulted in an overlay that was geographically limited, fragmented and, in practice, rarely triggered through the DA process. Additionally, the layer provided little guidance to assessment officers about key place qualities requiring protection.

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In this instance, the process captured the community values and a grass roots connection to the landscape and unique character of the Downs, addressing the difficult interplay of a community’s scenic preference of local landscapes. Innovative communication formed a key part of the project. The intangible concept of Scenic Amenity was embraced by a regional community thorough mapping of natural features and the innovative “Love your Local Landscapes” photography competition.

This all occurred with extensive consultation through the complex COVID period. The outcomes are clearly articulated in a comprehensive series of documents that will play a key role in informing the mechanisms of the planning scheme for Toowoomba Regional Council to ensure the liveability of this growing area.

We resolved to evolve a technique supported by robust documentation to more adequately protect what is special at the regional and local level, encompassing natural, rural, urban and heritage values. TRC’s corporate vision of *Rich Traditions: Bold Ambitions* seeks to achieve a vibrant, inclusive, environmentally rich and prosperous region that embraces the future while respecting the past. We believe that the delivery of this holistic project is an important step to help our client achieve that vision, with respect to identifying and protecting the special landscape, urban character and scenic amenity of the Toowoomba region.

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2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Landscape Planning Ipswich Central Revitalisation Vee Design, Fourfold Studio and Urban Enquiry City of Ipswich Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul

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The creation of an identity for a city is a complex task. Identity in this case may have been lost over time through redevelopment in the name of progress that lost the connection to place. This robust and comprehensive process was supported by a integrated blend of creative disciplines and community and stakeholder consultation. This new vision provides clear guidance to council and empowers the community to reinstate the centre of town in Ipswich and attract investment and activity. It is an excellent example of the benefits of landscape architects leading projects such as these and facilitating cross64

departmental collaboration in centre revitalisation. AILA support the further development of this thinking as part of the Ipswich Centre Revitalisation strategies including a framework for future initiatives. As this project continues AILA anticipates there will be opportunity for authentic engagement with the Traditional Custodians of Ipswich, providing a rounded community voice and grounding the community interventions with people and place.

Project Details project Ipswich Central Revitalisation entrant practice Vee Design, Fourfold Studio and Urban Enquiry first nations Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul client City of Ipswich state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Landscape Planning

The Central precincts of Ipswich, defined by approximately 840 hectares mixed use land has battled to establish its identity and a clear vision to guide Council, empower community, and attract investment to Ipswich Central.

model to unite all of Council, State Government, Community, Traders and private sector Investors of Ipswich towards a future thriving city. Driving Ipswich Central as a hub of economic, social, and cultural activity.

While numerous studies, planning documents and master plans have been prepared over the past 20 years, the Ipswich Central Revitalisation project captures key past principles with a new shared vision, strategy and governance

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LANDSCAPE PLANNING NOMINEES

City of Gold Coast - Water Sensitive City

Weinam Creek PDA Landscape Masterplan

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The Water Sensitive City project drives an integrated approach to the Gold Coast’s city design and infrastructure planning and builds on the Gold Coast Water Strategy (2019-2024) and the three pillars of the Corporate Plan Gold Coast 2022 (Place, Prosperity and People). It provides an overarching framework and visual map of the City of Gold Coast's (CoGC) future towards a water sensitive city. This framework has been developed in collaboration with city leaders, breaking down the barriers of discipline boundaries throughout the project process. The project provides a guide for focused investment, actions and identifies pilot projects.

O2LA were commissioned for landscape master planning, and landscape architectural services for the foreshore redevelopment at Redland Bay. The masterplan is part of a Priority Development Area that is approximately 42 hectares in size. Weinam Creek serves as the main point of departure and arrival for vehicular ferry and passenger ferry services between the mainland and the Southern Moreton Bay Islands. The area incorporates marine activity, residential development and major open space zones.

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Arup indigenous country Yugambeh Language Region client City of Gold Coast

O2LA indigenous country Yuggera client Redland Investment Corporation

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Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Landscape Planning | Ipswich Central Revitalisation | Photo: Ipswich City Council

PARKS AND OPEN SPACE Sponsored by:

Projects in this category are constructed public parks and open space, or strategic open space projects that balance the demand for recreation, culture and the environment.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Parks and Open Space | The Spit Redevelopment | Photo: Ravens At Odds

2022 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Parks and Open Space The Spit Redevelopment Place Design Group Gold Coast Waterways Authority Yugambeh

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The redevelopment of the Gold Coast’s Spit was created for the community, by the community. The jury agreed that the designers have created a sensitive solution for a punishing and potentially unsafe environment visited by millions and loved and valued by more.

Project Details project The Spit Redevelopment entrant practice Place Design Group first nations Yugambeh client Gold Coast Waterways Authority state award 2022 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Parks and Open Space

The Gold Coast Spit is a unique environment that appeals to both locals and tourists. It is a place where people come and unwind, gaze out at the water and watch the boats pass by. It is 138 hectares of open space which has been preserved for everyone to use. Historically, the area was known for its commercial fishing and marine industry, which led to the establishment of infrastructure and private businesses to support the commercial and tourist water-

based activities that the area had become known for. To ensure the conservation of the historically green and open space continued for public use well into the future, the community engaged with state government to help protect this space. The community-led master plan and detail design were based off this engagement and helped to set the vision for the next 30 years. Place Design Group were engaged by Gold Coast Waterways Authority to deliver the concept and detail design that followed The Spit Master Plan, to improve the Moondarewa Spit foreshore parkland and the Seaway Promenade. The vision was to create a welcoming space that captured the unique Gold Coast identity, while reflecting the natural beauty of the waterway’s city, designing special destinations that respond to the relaxed, outdoor lifestyle.

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The focus was to retain elements the community already love and incorporate new built forms to connect to the surrounding natural and built environment. The design recognises and respects the power of the landscape as the hero whilst incorporating bold gestures.

The built elements are simple yet playful, taking clues from the site. The fluid forms and robust materials compliment rather than overwhelm the seawall and spit with great synergy. Accessibility for all ages and abilities, the design offers a sensitive, inclusive, and elegant solution.

The redevelopment of the Gold Coast’s Spit was created for the community, by the community, to revitalise one of the coast's much loved destinations. As one of the coast’s most famous stretch of beach, the renewal of this iconic and essential area to the wider coastal community was the initial stage of implementation, focusing on the Seaway Promenade and the Moondarewa Spit areas. As a highly sort after active recreational space, the focus was to retain elements the community already love and incorporate new built form, such as pavilions, outlook structures to connect both the surrounding natural and built environment.

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PARKS AND OPEN SPACE NOMINEES

Country Paradise Adventure Playground

Fairways Park

Harvest Rise Linear Park

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Driven by themes of country, farm and nature, Country Paradise offers a muchloved destination playground that focused on maximising play value within the fixed budget of $1.4 million. The site’s vulnerability to flooding was also a key design consideration.

Fairways Park is the latest destination park for the growing region within the Lockyer Valley. A 14 hectare parcel of land in Kensington Grove provides the space within a growing community offering a wide range of uses, areas and nodes providing new experiences every visit. In collaboration with Lockyer Valley Regional Council and the State Government, Saunders Havill Group designed and oversaw construction to deliver this exciting stage of parklands. A clear brief responding to community demand and Council’s Public Parks Strategy 2019 ensured that the vision to continue to deliver high quality, connected and sustainable public parks that will provide the community with social, health, economic and environmental benefits was achieved.

Created from cleared former agricultural land, Harvest Rise is a residential estate of approximately 650 allotments located on the southern outskirts of Brisbane at Greenbank, in the City of Logan. The results of this project have shown that through thoughtful innovation and partnership between developers, local government and landscape architect-led ecologists, planners and engineers, it was possible to achieve environmental benefits through the ecological rehabilitation of the site (formerly farmland) that meets the needs of local communities without compromising, in fact – enhancing the natural environment. In this instance, ensuring that the regional planning outcomes of a wildlife corridor connection were met, but also addressed a lack of public open space.

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Saunders Havill Group indigenous country Yuggera Ugarapul client Lockyer Valley Regional Council

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The playground also acts as a key drawcard to the wider Country Paradise Parklands and has helped to strengthen and foster connections within the community and connectivity to a number of community run organisations. The design brief also includes the future capacity for a small café within an existing building.

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Form Landscape

Architects Bundjalung client City of Gold Coast (Parks & Recreational Services) indigenous country

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Landsite Pty Ltd indigenous country Yuggera and Yugambeh language speaking people. client Intrapac Property Group

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Regional Achievement Award for Central Queensland | Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct (Stage 1) | Photo: Zone Landscape Architecture

PLAY SPACES Sponsored by:

Projects in this category are constructed play spaces or strategies which promote the notion of active play and embraces the temporal elements of the active play space.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Play Spaces | POD Early School | Photo: Cam Murchison

2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Play Spaces POD Early School Wearthy Yuggera Country

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POD Early School offers a warm, attractive, enticing, clever play space for small people with a homely/backyard vibe, as a delightful canvas that encourages for imaginative play. It demonstrates a thoughtful, considered approach to upcycling/recycling of materials, including the use of sails for shade. High quality finishes while still maintaining warm and tactile textures support diversity of activities for the children, working in synergy with the flexibility of spaces for the carers. 78

A refreshing approach of themed cubbies which host a workshop, kitchen and shop front with real tools and space to create, affords a setting that delivers an extensive range of play opportunities without relying on any single 'hero' piece. The project showcases the benefit of the Landscape Architect as both administrator and contractor via the Design and Construct approach to project delivery. Oh, to be a 4-year-old again!

Project Details project POD Early School entrant practice Wearthy first nations Yuggera Country client POD Early School state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Play Spaces

Pod Early School is a progressive early childhood education centre in the heart of Newmarket.

The on-grade ground floor allowed diversity in the planting environment including exground trees.

Representing a trend towards podium playgrounds, this centre recognised the premium placed on space to enhance the child’s right to experience the outdoors.

The playscape features mixed materials such as sandstone and timber, canopied with upcycled yacht shade sails.

Our challenge was to utilise as much of the space as possible, creating diverse-rich and engaging play experiences for multiple age groups and abilities.

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2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Play Spaces Schuster Park Jungle Playground Zone Landscape Architecture City of Gold Coast Bundjalung

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Schuster Park is nestled alongside Tallebudgera Creek, providing a jungle themed playground that caters to the scores of tourists and residents alike. Zone Landscape Architecture have provided a thoughtful and resourceful playground full of adventure and discovery.

The materiality and construction offers a resilient, yet attractive playscape that fits with the local surroundings and is well equipped to handle major flooding. Schuster Park caters to all age groups, drawing visitors in to find hidden challenges and trails, and offers multiple levels of engagement to encourage participation in active outdoor play.

Project Details project Schuster Park Jungle Playground entrant practice Zone Landscape Architecture first nations Bundjalung client City of Gold Coast state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Play Spaces

Schuster Park playground at Tallebudgera is a jungle-themed adventure playground.

stones with a discovery map to promote investigation and discovery.

All components of the playground reinforce the jungle theme including custom junglelookout towers, exciting bridge crossings, jungle hop-scotch paving, jungle totems with creatures cast in resin as well as hidden rockpools and animals hidden throughout. The playground is connected by a series of nature paths, with balance beams, jumping posts, sand paths and stepping

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PLAY SPACES NOMINEES

Hyperdome Early Education Centre

Place to Play

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Hyperdome Early Education Centre was a renovation to a 169-place centre in Logan’s industrial area. The client was struggling with low enrolments and found its location challenging without the centre'syhgfdfk proximity to its clients. Through our firm’s work with the Australian Institute of Play, we were familiar with Logan’s lack of childcare centres with inclusive considerations, so we suggested creating a destination centre that would be inclusive to a broader range of children - especially those which physical challenges and neurodivergent natures. This reversebrief enabled us to extend our offering and contribute to fostering a community within the centre.

Logan Village community has always been a passionate and engaged community connected to its roots. All elements are consistent with the overall design guideline and urban design principles of the master plan, remaining sympathetic to the heritage character of the Logan Village Green and the result providing a clear connection between planning, engagement and the delivery of the playground.

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Wearthy indigenous country Yuggera and Bundjalung client Queensland Child Care Services

Logan City Council indigenous country Yugambeh client Logan City Council

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Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Play Spaces | Schuster Park Jungle Playground | Photo: Zone Landscape Architecture

SMALL PROJECTS Sponsored by:

Projects in this category include those considered to be ‘small’ in terms of size or budget. Projects are recognised that have been constrained by size or budget restrictions, but have achieved a level of invention and creativity beyond these constraints.

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Small Projects | Carol Park | Photo: Tessa Leggo

2022 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Small Projects Carol Park FRED St Pty Ltd Logan City Council Yagara and Yugambeh

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Carol Park is an example of a small project that achieves a great outcome and an enduring high quality active transport connection. Traditionally we perceive gaps in movement network in the form of barriers like waterways or major roads.

Project Details project Carol Park entrant practice FRED St Pty Ltd first nations Yagara and Yugambeh client Logan City Council state award 2022 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Small Projects

In 2016 LCC held the Springwood Summit Outcomes, an extensive community engagement project that identified key place making and community-led projects to deliver in the centre of Springwood/Slacks Creek. One of the major themes identified by the community as part of the summit was improving connectivity and walkability. The Laurinda-Carol Ave shared pathway project is part of a broader active transport

network within Springwood. It provides a strategic north south connection directly between Laurinda Crescent to Carol Avenue as well as significant sites in the Springwood centre area such as the schools, shopping centres and Springwood Park. The project addresses the summit outcomes in contribution towards improved walkability and amenity, and supports the development potential of surrounding sites within Springwood. applied to the ground surface to introduce colour and communicate that these spaces are meant for inhabiting – a community lounge room. Pebble seating has also been placed, borrowed from a region wide place-making suite being implemented by LCC. An effective wayfinding strategy was integral to the success of the design.

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Clear signage was delivered as one element, but most importantly careful

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In this instance the gap was in the form of a lack of a direct path of travel between users and activities. This project illustrates a community led process identifying placemaking issues through a Council led Community Summit. The issues identified were addressed through Council acquiring the land as a linkage and mid-block connection.

This delivered a permeable urban solution that is simply yet exquisitely detailed and executed resulting in an activated community link. The collaboration between Council and Landscape Architect demonstrated adaptive re-use of structures and a new social and physical connection.

consideration was given to view lines through the site with colour and form being utilised to signal arrival and departure. Through detailed, creative design thinking, FRED St has evolved LCC’s brief into a community asset that punches well above it’s weight. Carol Park is a parkland supporting a strong desire line for the community to access destinations to the north & south of a growing neighbourhood and commercial district. Beyond being an active travel route, Carol Park has become a destination in itself as a direct result of the design thinking demonstrated by FRED St. LCC now owns a multi-facetted community asset; with leasable space, easily maintained gathering nodes and lawns and a parkland for neighbouring residents and businesses.

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2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Small Projects Nambour Forecourt Revamp . Sunshine Coast Council Kabi Kabi

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The Nambour Forecourt Revamp is recognised as an important outcome for the promotion of landscape architects as lead consultants within local government. When temporary activation of the space was needed in a way that would stimulate the imagination of the community, the Sunshine Coast Regional Council landscape architecture team was able to produce a 90

response that was both practical and creative, with an obviously successful outcome. Within the constraints of limited budget and compressed timeframes, the result was a socially engaging, collaborative, and a most importantly, fundamentally “fun” installation that will hopefully inspire other councils to entrust their landscape architects in the pivot role in similar projects.

Project Details project Nambour Forecourt Revamp . entrant practice Sunshine Coast Council first nations Kabi Kabi client Sunshine Coast Council state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Small Projects

Sunshine Coast Council’s Placemaking Team have transformed a declining regional civic space into an activated and loved place. The introduction of bespoke shelters, a pop-up bosque, long tables, increased lawn space and a vibrant mural has created a space where people relax, dine, play, perform and just be.

people of Nambour. In collaboration with a local artist and designer a placebased design was delivered that responds to the social, cultural, environmental, and aesthetic aspects of the site.

The project team were challenged with a small budget and short timeframe to plan, design, and deliver the revamped forecourt for the

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2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Small Projects Duet: Illuminated Peewees at Oxford Street Bulimba Brisbane City Council – Design Brisbane with Belinda Smith (artist) Brisbane City Council Yuggera

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This delightful graphic interpretation of the Magpie lark provides both a lighting landmark and identity for the Bulimba precinct. Revealing the cultural narrative of ‘Bulimba’ (‘bulum’ meaning ‘magpie lark’ and ‘ba’ meaning ‘place of’ in Yuggera/Goenpul) the light boxes capture the native bird’s pairing behaviour with a series of playful and visually impactful designs. 92

Post installation workshops created opportunity for community education and engagement with the pee wee through art and bird stories. Facilitated by BCC landscape architects and informed by Council’s City of Lights Strategy the project epitomises the impact small projects can have on community by enhancing connection to place and understanding of the locale.

Project Details project Duet: Illuminated Peewees at Oxford Street Bulimba entrant practice Brisbane City Council – Design Brisbane with Belinda Smith (artist) first nations Yuggera client Brisbane City Council state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Small Projects

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Duet is a series of ten lightbox artworks by artist Belinda Smith, perched along Oxford Street, Bulimba. The vision for an engaging creative lighting outcome was achieved in the highly visual, playful placemaking scheme, comprising five different pairs of peewee birds and two Oxford Street signs. 'Bulimba', from the Yuggera/Goenpul words bulum ‘magpie lark’ and ba ‘place of’, means 'place of magpie-lark (peewee)'.

Peewees form lifelong partnerships and sing and dance in a united front against territorial intruders and, like a duet, remind us about the importance of working together. *SLQ Information Guide Aboriginal placenames of SouthEast Queensland

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2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Small Projects Eminence CUSP (QLD) Pty Ltd Pellegrino Group and Mosaic Property Group Turrbal Language and Turrbal People

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Eminence achieves what many strive to achieve with the implementation of podium planting. A beautiful planting design, which compliments the building perfectly. The voids along the streetscape allow glimpses of green where they are not expected. Lush, generous, spillingover with green, climate-sensitive species selection, Eminence demonstrates landscape architecture with 94

richness in form and texture. With the appearance of green walls without a green wall, Eminence is an exemplar project illustrating the synergy between architect & landscape architect and is set to become a benchmark for successful plant species in the Brisbane climate, planted on-podium in highly confined and constrained spaces.

Project Details project Eminence entrant practice CUSP (QLD) Pty Ltd first nations Turrbal Language and Turrbal People client Pellegrino Group and Mosaic Property Group state award 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Small Projects

The Eminence project addresses an identified undersupply of niche, high-quality, commercial tenancies, in Brisbane’s CBD fringe. CUSP was engaged from day one, to develop an integrated landscape and architectural design approach in close collaboration with O’Neill Architecture (ONA).

Attention to detail has achieved an exquisite, balanced subtropical design outcome. The leadership by CUSP in the layout and location of the podium planters, to createdefined well-ventilated breakout spaces and vertical gardens, has led to a unique and integrated design outcome, where architecture and landscape merge.

The key design driver sees the entire project delivered under BCCs Buildings that Breathe guidelines.

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SMALL PROJECTS NOMINEES

Immanuel Lutheran College Junior Campus

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The project scope was influenced upon Greenedge Design completing a campus master plan. Further consultation was undertaken with school stakeholders to understand other concerns and potential outcomes. The project brief essentially posed as a problem-solving approach in which Greenedge Design's aim was to value add with creativity and functionality. The objective of the design was to meet the functional needs of the school mostly around improving connectivity and disability access compliance. The project commenced as a technical exercise and upon being able to identify preliminary solutions, a creative design approach applied.

Project Details Greenedge Design indigenous country Gubbi Gubbi client Immanuel Lutheran College entrant practice

Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Small Projects | Eminence | Photo: Brock Beazley

TOURISM NOMINEES

Projects in this category are constructed or strategic projects that demonstrate excellence in landscape design and demonstrate a tangible contribution to tourism, either nationally or in the local region that significantly enhances the profile of the area.

HOTA Art Gallery

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Project Details CUSP (QLD) Pty Ltd indigenous country Yugambeh language and Kumbumerri people client City of Gold Coast entrant practice

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URBAN DESIGN NOMINEES

Projects in this category are constructed or strategic projects that demonstrate how the design, construction management and built outcome contributes to the wellbeing of the urban setting through the improvement of social interaction, economic activity, liveability, accessibility and safety.

Beenleigh Town Square Creative Lighting and Shade Solution

Kingaroy Transformation Project

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The local community identified the provision of increased shade, improved amenity, colour and vibrancy and improved night-time activation of the Beenleigh Town Square as high priorities following the Council-hosted 2017 Beenleigh Summit, resulting in strong justification and community support for the solution. The Beenleigh Creative lighting and shade solution reflects the reiterative and collaborative approach from Council and the contractor to provide a delicate balance between achieving adequate shade, minimising the number of poles, detailed structural engineering calculations to deliver adequate shade and creative lighting solution to respond to key priorities identified by community and resulting in community ownership.

The successful design outcomes are achieved through a collaborative approach with Greenedge Design partnering with Wild Studio and Rixon Design. The design team working closely with South Burnett Regional Council's team, gained a detailed understanding of the site and regional expectations to informed a brief for the project. This involved detailed consultation with various community stakeholders, Council respresentatives and Councillors. Arts, indigenous culture and heritage were the key areas investigated together with understanding the challenges and desires for the CBD business community.

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Logan City Council and Innovative Rigging Pty Ltd indigenous country Yugumbeh client Logan City Council

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Greenedge Design & Wild Studio with Rixon Design indigenous country Waka Waka client South Burnett Regional Council

REGIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

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Image: 2022 AILA QLD Regional Achievement Award for Central Queensland | Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct (Stage 1) | Photo: Gladstone Regional Council

2022 AILA QLD Regional Achievement Award for Sunshine Coast Nambour Forecourt Revamp . Sunshine Coast Council Kabi Kabi

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Project Details project Nambour Forecourt Revamp . entrant practice Sunshine Coast Council first nations Kabi Kabi client Sunshine Coast Council state award 2022 AILA QLD Regional Achievement Award for Sunshine Coast

people of Nambour. In collaboration with a local artist and designer a placebased design was delivered that responds to the social, cultural, environmental, and aesthetic aspects of the site.

The project team were challenged with a small budget and short timeframe to plan, design, and deliver the revamped forecourt for the

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2022 AILA QLD Regional Achievement Award for Central Queensland Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct (Stage 1) Zone Landscape Architecture Gladstone Regional Council Byellee, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Taribelang Bunda

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The jury recognised the support that Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct open space provides for the community wellbeing, social inclusion and connectedness. The precinct offers a vibrant and evolving space that supports and enhances community wellbeing, allowing community to connect with services and groups in an informal setting. 104

Stage One includes the entry streetscape, internal embellished parkland with an open air, breakout spaces, a new carpark, Labyrinth Bush Tucker communal garden and an all abilities play space. The jury commends the finishes, detailing and the material pallet and looks forward to seeing the development of Stage Two.

Project Details project Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct (Stage 1) entrant practice Zone Landscape Architecture first nations Byellee, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Taribelang Bunda client Gladstone Regional Council state award 2022 AILA QLD Regional Achievement Award for Central Queensland

ZLA were engaged by Gladstone Regional Council to design and deliver the masterplan of the open space surrounding the new community led facility at Philip Street.

with an open air, breakout spaces to connect the four commercial buildings, a new carpark, Labyrinth Bush Tucker communal garden and an all abilities play space.

The Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct open space supports the community wellbeing, social inclusion and connectedness objective of the project. The finished precinct includes the entry streetscape, internal embellished parkland

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PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD Afghanistan War Memorial Tanya Wood Landscape Architecture Turrbal

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The purpose of the People’s Choice Award is to further profile and promote the awards program and Landscape Architecture projects to the public through providing the opportunity to vote on a project. The Awards process demonstrates the positive impact the profession has on Australian lives through the planning and design of the built and natural environments.

Project Details project Afghanistan War Memorial entrant practice Tanya Wood Landscape Architecture first nations Turrbal client 42 for 42 state award 2022 AILA QLD People's Choice Award

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41 bronze plaques are strategically placed on the site. The 41 plaques bear the names of the 41 Australian soldiers who died during Australia’s longest war. The 42nd plaque is representative of the soldiers who returned from war and took their own life or suffer to this day.

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS QUEENSLAND 2022

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AILA would like to thank our partners, all the entrants and those who joined our awards evening. AILA Queensland Tessa Leggo, Chapter President Queensland Executive Committee AILA Awards Jury Dr Chris Boulton, FAILA Candy Rosmarin, AILA David Wilson, AILA Georgia Birks Gerard McCormick, FAILA Michael Ellul, AILA Clare Mayberry AILA QLD Melanie West, QLD Chapter Manager Kaye Hall, AILA IT & Digital Comms Lead Rewatch the 2022 Awards: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=_rnCooGK3h8&t=3028s View the 2022 Winners Gallery:  https://aila.awardsplatform. com/gallery/eKyPbOAn

Image (back cover): Image: 2022 AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Award for Gardens | Tree House | Photo: Cathy Schusler

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARDS QUEENSLAND 2022