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From the SA President 2018 South Australian Landscape Architecture Awards showcase annually the quality of design within our state. The projects that are awarded often build from the strength of their client’s aspirations and are a demonstration of the effectiveness of the relationship between the client and the design team. Over the years we have seen these relationships strengthen as landscape architects become a key facilitator in engaging developers, local government and local communities, as well as design partners, in the design process and shaping the final outcomes. Similarly, over the years, AILA SA and its members have made considerable inroads advocating to Government to raise their expectations, and to strengthen their ambitions, towards the quality of our built environment, its resilience and liveability. Our work with the Department of Health and Ageing continues to demonstrate the supporting partnership between government and AILA SA, and builds on our past connections with the Department of Environment and Water. The ongoing evolution of The Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act, and AILA’s participation in this major reform will significantly shape our future neighbourhoods, and the role of the design professions will have in the quality of life for our communities. These are important moments. A few years back I saw Alexandros Washburn, the chief urban designer for the City of New York speak in Melbourne about shaping cities. He made a statement that I continue to reflect on. He suggested in many cases, the importance doesn’t lie in coming up with the right answer but coming up with the right question that defines the success of a city. South Australia is once again at an interesting point as it embarks on a new future following the recent change of political power. As a state, we must carefully consider our next steps and ensure we ask the right questions heading in the new directions. We must ask the right questions about the future of industry, about the future of energy, about protecting our natural environment, about the future of our
relationship with the traditional owners across South Australia. We must also ask the right questions about how we want to live, work and spend time in our future cities, towns and suburbs across greater Adelaide and regional areas. Awards are an opportunity to reward leadership, ambition, commitment, persistence and hard work. This year I presented the 2018 President’s Award to the Government of South Australia – Renewal SA for Tonsley Innovation District. This Award recognises the importance of asking the right questions, as I believe it was those first critical steps that set a powerful direction towards the successful creations of one of the most awarded developments nationally and enabling the quality of the work to be undertaken by the South Australia design community in response to its aspirations. Click Here to read the full citation and see all the winners. Congratulations to everyone who put forward projects for consideration and to all the winners in 2018
Ben Willsmore AILA SA President
From the Jury The Jury would like to acknowledge all the entrants for their submissions in this year’s awards program and thank the Institute for the opportunity to consider the entries. It is fantastic that in only the third year of the awards program being held annually, a total of 24 entries were received across 10 categories. Of these, 19 awards have been given. Once again, the variety of award entries received is testament to the incredible breadth of our profession and the diversity of skills that landscape architects have to offer. From major civic and infrastructure projects to small scale interventions, landscape architects continue to contribute positively to the quality of life in our cities, suburbs and regional areas. With increasing residential densities and the pressure this can place on the quantity of private open space, it is becoming increasingly important that our public spaces respond to the needs of our communities and provide appropriate opportunities for recreation, social interaction and connection to nature that are inclusive and environmentally, socially and economically sustainable. There is an increasing understanding from clients, including State and local government, and from within the community, that good design is critical in achieving these outcomes. In this year’s submissions, it was evident that in order to deliver multiple project outcomes, there was a consistent focus by the design teams: people. People are at the core of everything we do. When we focus on the needs of people, spaces become places; they become social, and culturally rich; they require comfort and amenity, and in turn offer health benefits and improve well-being; they teach custodianship of the environment; and can encourage investment and economic stimulus. We saw play spaces focused on the physical and mental development of children and the creation of meaningful memories; major infrastructure works addressing the human scale; places for contemplation and healing; streets for people; and across all projects, opportunities to connect with nature. These projects demonstrate the leadership landscape architects can offer and our ability to connect people and their environments. We have a strong profession here in South Australia and we should continue to be proud of the great work you all do and keep diversifying beyond the traditional boundaries of practice. Well done to all of this year’s entrants and congratulations to all the winners.
Simon Lee SA Jury Chair
Members of the Jury Simon Lee ODASA Jury Chair Simon graduated from the University of Adelaide’s inaugural Landscape Architecture degree in 1998. He started his career as an undergraduate at Transport SA and, twenty years later, has returned to State Government as Team Leader, Strategic Design in the Office for Design and Architecture. In the intervening years, Simon worked with international practice EDAW, at James Hayter + Associates, helping to define the practice and establish it into Oxigen, after which he joined JPE Design Studio to lead and consolidate their landscape architectural team. Simon is a strong advocate for landscape architecture and has taken great pleasure in watching the profession go from strength to strength and diversify over the last two decades.
Sally Smith Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure Sally has worked as a planner for 20 years in SA, QLD and NSW across policy, assessment and strategy. While starting her career in Local Government and private consultancy she has worked in State Government for the last 15 years. Sally is the General Manager of Planning and Development at DPTI and has the privilege of overseeing implementation of the new planning system, as well as ensuring the current system continues to function effectively as we transition from old to new. Sally is passionate about fostering a Planning Department that collaborates with Local Government, the development sector and listens to the community about building healthy and connected neighbourhoods.
Claire Winsor OCULUS Victoria Claire Winsor is a landscape architect with project experience throughout Australia. She is an Associate at the OCULUS Melbourne Studio, where she works across a wide range of public realm and infrastructure projects. With particular interest in the public realm, Claire is an advocate of meaningful cultural and stakeholder engagement, maintaining a people focused approach to design; enhancing daily life experiences and connecting people with their environments.
Members of the Jury Grace Lin City of Adelaide Grace has over 12 years of experience as a landscape architect and urban designer. In her current role as Principal, Design, with the City of Adelaide, Grace collaborates on a daily basis with the multi-disciplinary Strategy and Design team to develop quality strategic and built outcomes for the City. Prior to 2017, Grace contributed to the design and delivery of a broad range of public and private realm projects through her previous role at Taylor Cullity Lethlean, which included Victoria Square Tarntanyangga and First Creek Wetlands in Adelaide, in addition to numerous projects in regional and urban environments across Australia.
Brett Grimm City of Marion + BGLA Dr Brett Grimm is a Registered Landscape Architect (AILA) and currently Senior Advisor- City Activation at the City of Marion, in addition to running his own private consultancy BGLA. As Senior Advisor- City Activation, Brett provides strategic advice, design guidance and project management with the objective to enhance opportunities to shape and form the cities development in response to the community vision. Current projects are Oaklands Crossing, Tonsley, Darlington corridor, Flinders Link and Walking and Cycling strategies. Brett, completed a PhD at Adelaide University in 2009. The title of the dissertation is ‘Quantifying the Visual Effect of Wind Farms; A Theoretical Process in an Evolving Australian Visual Landscape”. This research has informed Brett’s consultancy practice in landscape character and visual assessment. Brett’s portfolio includes numerous visual assessment projects specifically for wind farms, mine expansions, solar farms, desalination plants and associated road corridor infrastructure.
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2018 AILA SA President’s Award Play Spaces Tourism Infrastructure Parks & Open Space Urban Design Small Projects Gardens Civic Landscape Cultural Heritage Future Leader (Graduate) The Adelaide Review People’s Choice Award
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2018 AILA SA PRESIDENT’S AWARD
2018 AILA SA PRESIDENT’S AWARD T O N S L E Y I N N O VAT I O N D I S T R I C T
Government of South Australia - Renewal SA The Tonsley Innovation District has set an ambitious 20 year vision to revitalise the former 20 acre Mitsubishi manufacturing precinct centred around innovation and the importance of place. As a project, the Urban Design Protocol & Guidelines, as well as many new buildings and public realm projects have been recognised by industry; however this award recognises the importance of the process taken by the State Government to identify, establish and deliver a unique vision for Tonsley. The Tonsley Innovation District demonstrates the important role that State Government can play as client in setting world class expectations for the future of development across South Australia, and the importance of maintaining a consistent long term vision. The successful realisation of Tonsley has relied on effective collaboration across a range of State Government agencies, as well as fostering effective working relationships with local government, industry, education, and commercial partners. The client’s vision has set the foundation for the design community to realise a new benchmark in urban renewal, industry and innovation to stimulate economic development. This award celebrates the process undertaken to successfully establish the Tonsley Innovation District and seeks to encourage the State Government to continue to pursue leading urban renewal initiatives within the City and across the State with the same ambition and pursuit for long term change. IMAGE courtesy of Renewal SA
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PLAY SPACES CATEGORY
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PLAY SPACES AWARD OF EXCELLENCE M U K A N T H I N AT U R E P L AY S PA C E Peter Semple Landscape Architects (PSLA) & Climbing Tree Creations in collaboration with indigenous artist Allan Sumner Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) The Mukanthi Playspace at Morialta has transformed an underutilised part of the Morialta Conservation Park into a significant community facility that encourages physical activity, exploration, adventure and imagination, while fostering valuable connections to nature. The approach by Peter Semple Landscape Architects and Climbing Tree to integrate the new facility seamlessly into the existing site, and to celebrate and legitimise the existing natural play experiences, encourages broader exploration and a greater connection with place. The success of the project is a reflection of the process undertaken by the design team, which involved extensive community and stakeholder consultation, including innovative engagement with children, and benchmarking against global precedents. This also included a strategic approach to the location of play destinations within the site based on vegetation, topography and existing amenities and natural play experiences. Collaboration with Kaurna elders and an Indigenous artist, Allan Sumner, has delivered genuine inclusion of Indigenous cultural narratives, through the sculptural play elements and the introduction of Indigenous language, providing another layer to the project and an opportunity for all users to gain a greater understanding of and respect for Indigenous heritage and culture. Also of note is the project’s strong sustainability approach, which included designing and fabricating all play elements within a 50km radius of the site, helping to diversify play space construction techniques in South Australia. PHOTOGRAPHER Peter Semple & Allan Sumner
‘‘...A SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY FACILITY... FOSTERING VALUABLE CONNECTIONS TO NATURE.”
PLAY SPACES LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD A L B E RTO N P R I M A RY S C H O O L ‘ T H E N E S T ’ JPE Design Studio
Dept. of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) & Dept. for Education and Child Development (DECD) The Nest at Alberton Primary School successfully delivers the elements of nature play and the Reggio Emilia principles that form part of the Progressive Education philosophy of the school. Working closely with the children, the school and its community and sustainability consultants French Enviro, JPE has built on the now more commonly understood idea of nature play, providing additional focus to the layers of sustainability, biodiversity and education. Play elements within themed areas represent a variety of South Australian landscapes, providing children with an opportunity to connect with and better understand these landscapes. What impressed the jury most was the clever incorporation of a rain garden and creek system into the space to assist with the stormwater management from the adjacent car park. This feature not only provides primary cleansing of stormwater, but is a visible demonstration of sustainable practices whilst offering educational and play opportunities. PHOTOGRAPHER Richard Kleinig & Sam Noonan
PLAY SPACES ENTRIES MUKANTHI NATURE PLAYSPACE // Peter Semple Landscape Architects (PSLA) Photographer: Peter Semple
ALBERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL ‘THE NEST’ // JPE Design Studio Photographer: Sam Noonan
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TOURISM CATEGORY
TOURISM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD S TAT I O N L A N E WAX Design SKYCITY Adelaide Casino This project has resulted in a well resolved innovative solution to a temporary hoarding treatment that ultimately enhances the experience of this city tourism destination and transient space. The design detailing and resolution of structural components, art, form, relief and active edges significantly enhance the experience of Station Lane. The jury commend the design team for challenging the brief and conceiving a public realm intervention that pushes the boundaries of landscape architecture application, whilst supporting the local economy during what can be challenging times.
PHOTOGRAPHER Dan Schultz
TOURISM LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD O N K A PA R I N GA R I V E R R EC R E AT I O N & N AT I O N A L PA R K V I S I TO R FAC I L I T I E S U P G R A D E ASPECT Studios Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Testament to the strategy and landscape design intervention, the success of the Visitor Facilities Upgrade has been measured in foot traffic. Since opening, there has been an estimated 300% increase in visitor numbers and campground and tour group operations consistently booked out. The design team have provided sympathetic analyses and delivered a light touch to the landscape. The character assessment and sensitive provision of accessibility enhances the biophilic response inspired by the unique characteristics of each site. Design interventions, materiality and context are appropriately considered and delicately employed to sit lightly and respectfully in their environment. The project provides strong representation of landscape architecture skills to reinforce the State’s People and Parks strategy and improve connection to nature, a core attribute of South Australian tourism. PHOTOGRAPHER Max Mackinnon
TOURISM ENTRIES STATION LANE // WAX Design Photographer: Dan Schultz
ONKAPARINGA RIVER RECREATION PARK & NATIONAL PARK VISITOR FACILITIES UPGRADE // ASPECT Studios Photographer: Max Mackinnon
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INFRASTRUCTURE CATEGORY
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INFRASTRUCTURE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD O-BAHN CITY ACCESS PROJECT Oxigen
Government of South Australia - Dept of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure The jury acknowledges the considerable challenges imposed by the project brief, construction techniques and site and budgetary constraints. The strength of the projects social, environmental and economic outcomes were greatly assisted by the leadership shown by Oxigen in establishing a conceptual framework with strong core values that looked beyond the delivery of an infrastructure upgrade and took a holistic and contextual approach. This has resulted in an infrastructure upgrade that has worked hard to integrate with its sensitive surroundings and deliver multiple outcomes, including minimising visual impacts, maintaining and improving pedestrian and cyclist connectivity and repairing and improving impacted areas of the Park Lands. By challenging the project scope to extend the tunnel closer to Grenfell Street, the visual and physical presence of the civil works has been effectively reduced. The composition of architectural portals, tunnel service buildings, pedestrian bridge and Hackney Road streetscape provides a level of sophistication and sensitivity to the urban Park Lands context. PHOTOGRAPHER Corey Roberts & Gary Francis
INFRASTRUCTURE ENTRIES O-BAHN CITY ACCESS PROJECT // Oxigen Photographer: Corey Roberts
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PARKS & OPEN SPACE CATEGORY
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PARKS & OPEN SPACE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE O A K L A N D S PA R K & W E T L A N D TCL City of Marion The Oaklands Park and Wetland project has redeveloped the former Oaklands Park Driver Development Centre site into an important community asset. A tenacious partnership between the City of Marion, the Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board, State and Federal governments saw the vision realised after years of unsuccessful attempts. Community buy-in and ownership of the park and wetlands has ensured that it is a valued space for community to recreate, explore nature, interact with water or just relax. A key component of the park is the constant flow wetland and aquifer storage and recovery, which captures, cleans and supplies water for the greening of 30 other open spaces, which would otherwise have been lost. The constant flow wetland system also provides permanent water closer to park activities by achieving narrower batter widths and reduced vertical separation at the edges. TCL (Taylor Cullity Lethlean) capitalised on this, strategically locating different uses around the wetland, determining the interface between water and land, providing multiple ways to interact with the water’s edge. It is impressive to see Council working with their partners to deliver a successful water reuse scheme, and using that feature to create a multi-use space for community enjoyment. PHOTOGRAPHER Sam Noonan
‘‘...A VALUED SPACE FOR COMMUNITY TO RECREATE, EXPLORE NATURE, INTERACT WITH WATER, OR JUST RELAX.”
PARKS & OPEN SPACE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD M U K A N T H I N AT U R E P L AY S PA C E Peter Semple Landscape Architects (PSLA) & Climbing Tree Creations in collaboration with indigenous artist Allan Sumner Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) The Mukanthi Playspace at Morialta has become one of the go to places for families and the broader community to play and explore. This is not surprising as the approach taken by Peter Semple Landscape Architects and Climbing Tree has transformed an area of the Morialta Conservation Park, drawing on the sites natural attributes and natural materials to create a destination with a series of amazing play spaces that are exciting, physically challenging and educational, as well as being beautiful in their own right. There are also quieter spaces too, if you just want to relax. The genuine connection to the Kaurna people and work of Indigenous artist Allan Sumner make the park even more special through the inclusion of Indigenous themed sculptural play elements and the use of Indigenous language. The inclusion by the design team of children and community in creating this park is evident in the joy it brings to all that visit. PHOTOGRAPHER Peter Semple
PARKS & OPEN SPACE ENTRIES OAKLANDS PARK & WETLAND // TCL Photographer: Sam Noonan
MUKANTHI NATURE PLAYSPACE // Peter Semple Landscape Architects (PSLA) Photographer: Peter Semple
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PARKS & OPEN SPACE ENTRIES POINT MALCOLM RESERVE // City of Charles Sturt Urban Design Team Photographer: Kathryn Thomas
PROSPECT MEMORIAL GARDENS REDEVELOPMENT // Outerspace Landscape Architects Photographer: Don Brice
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URBAN DESIGN CATEGORY
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URBAN DESIGN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE ADELAIDE RIVERBANK PRECINCT PUBLIC REALM ARM with TCL
DPTI & Renewal SA The much-anticipated Adelaide Riverbank Precinct Public Realm Redevelopment by ARM with TCL will undoubtedly make an extremely significant contribution to the Riverbank Precinct and to Adelaide city. The team are to be highly commended for the quality and resolution of the design, including resolution of complex and diverse programmes, and problematic grades and levels, to enable, for the first time, complete connection between the River and the greater city. This project represents a careful response to its South Australian context and an astute reinterpretation of the site’s and South Australia’s history. Design elements include urban green arbours, garden spaces, a flexible performance space, a playful water-feature, urban streets, laneways and courtyards, and a palette that includes local stone and archetypally South Australian plants. Currently under construction through an exemplary private / SA Government partnership, the jury look forward to the delivery of this visionary precinct as a lively and memorable centre of arts and activity for current and future generations. IMAGE BY ARM & TCL
‘‘...A LIVELY AND MEMORABLE CENTRE OF ARTS AND ACTIVITY FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.”
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R O YA L A D E L A I D E H O S P I TA L Tract Consultants Pty Ltd HYLC Joint Venure
The Royal Adelaide Hospital occupies a prominent position on the corner of the Adelaide Grid within the City’s biomedical precinct. The design team’s vision for a ‘hospital in a park and a park within a hospital’ seeks to promote wellness for not only hospital users but to the broader precinct, offering a variety of programmatic spaces. Reference to natural themes aids wayfinding and integrated art provides a reference point for people moving through the facility both vertically and horizontally. A high level of regard has been given to the sites interfaces; the Park Lands, the North Terrace boulevard, SAHMRI and the former Adelaide Rail-yards with a focus to enhance precinct connections to education, retail and commercial, open space and transport infrastructure nodes. The Royal Adelaide Hospital is proving to be an urban catalyst for development at the west end of the city. PHOTOGRAPHER Tract Consultants
URBAN DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD WILLUNGA MAINSTREET PROJECT WAX Design
City of Onkaparinga The Willunga Mainstreet Project has seen 20 years of planning come to fruition to transform the town centre into one that is a delight for local businesses, community and visitors alike. WAX Design, with their creative partners, are to be commended for creating an exemplar for contemporary placemaking through effective leadership, research, engagement, planning and delivery of this project. A robust design structure is seamlessly and richly layered with local historic and contemporary narrative, local materials, artefacts, sculptures, furniture, planting and wayfinding, with construction by local artisans within a 50km radius of the site. Willunga Slate paving used as traffic calming measures; drainage swales and rain gardens apply best practice water sensitive urban design principles and are fully integrated into the street and planting design. A level of care and consideration is evident; not a detail is overlooked in the highly crafted delivery of this project. PHOTOGRAPHER Dan Schultz
URBAN DESIGN ENTRIES WILLUNGA MAINSTREET PROJECT // WAX Design Photographer: Dan Schultz
ADELAIDE RIVERBANK PRECINCT PUBLIC REALM // TCL with ARM Images: TCL with ARM
JETTY ROAD GLENELG MASTERPLAN // Oxigen Photographer: Oxigen
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URBAN DESIGN ENTRIES NOARLUNGA REGIONAL CENTRE STREETSCAPE & GATEWAYS LANDSCAPING // Outerspace Landscape Architects Photographer: Don Brice
ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL // Tract Consultants Pty Ltd Photographer: Robyn Oliver
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SMALL PROJECTS CATEGORY
SMALL PROJECTS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE S TAT I O N L A N E WAX Design SKYCITY Adelaide Casino The Station Lane project represents a highly innovative solution to the small problem of transforming a three-metre-high construction hoarding into a tourist destination. The design team are to be highly commended for their leadership in challenging the original brief, seeing the opportunity and providing intelligent design solutions, which combined with the right investment have amplified the projects overall outcome. The design reflects the elegance and sophistication of adjacent restaurant Sean’s Kitchen in a zig-zag approach to the free-standing hoarding that provides seating nooks and gardens; while the main panel sections are canvases for mural artworks by Lisa King. The design resolution allows the lane to access natural light during the day while strip lighting creates a welcoming glow at night. The jury was impressed by the combination of interior design and landscape architecture principles and the leadership shown by WAX Design in this collaborative approach to creating a vibrant place where people want to stay, meet and gather. PHOTOGRAPHER Dan Schultz
‘‘...A VIBRANT PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO STAY, MEET AND GATHER.”
SMALL PROJECTS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD PA R KO U R @ H A C K H A M W E S T City of Onkaparinga City of Onkaparinga and People Matters Hackham West Community Forum The development of a Parkour Park for youth at Hackham West is the first of its type for the City of Onkaparinga. This project represents an excellent example of how a landscape architect can act as a facilitator in the design process; providing leadership, identifying risks and ensuring a collaborative and innovative design approach. Through collaboration and design testing, Parkour users produced numerous physical models and arranged scaled objects to demonstrate ways that the park could flow. The built work recreated this flow using full size urban and natural objects that were locally sourced for little cost. The orientation of existing site mounds were maximised to provide prospect overlooking the facility. The project not only increases activation in the local park but has boosted social capital in Hackham West in the engagement of youth with older residents. The position of the local park within the broader community promotes positive aspects of Parkour leading to healthy, active and resilient lifestyles. PHOTOGRAPHER Paul Harding & Phil Boulden
SMALL ENTRIES PARKOUR @ HACKHAM WEST // City of Onkaparinga Photographer: Brenton Edwards
STATION LANE // WAX Design Photographer: Dan Schultz
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GARDENS CATEGORY
GARDENS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD M AY L A N D S R E S I D E N C E WAX Design
Private Residence The Maylands Residence garden successfully blends a contemporary approach to gardens with the historical vernacular of the original sandstone cottage, providing a new setting that is complementary to both the existing character and the new contemporary extension to the rear. The project is a carefully crafted response to the brief - to honour the original cottage garden at the front, while providing a versatile, functional, family-friendly back garden. WAX’s design provides a variety of outdoor rooms that are visually and physically connected, yet offer privacy and respite. The Jury was particularly impressed by the sustainability embedded throughout the project, but not necessarily overtly stated in the design language. Beyond the formal back lawn, a productive garden and small orchard of relocated fruit trees, a restored chicken coop, salvaged materials, relocated shed and tanks, and clever stormwater management to minimise runoff and maximise capture, all contribute towards establishing the garden for long-term success as well as creating a place for the family to connect with nature. PHOTOGRAPHER Sam Noonan
GARDENS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD L O R E T O - A D V E N T U R E A N D N AT U R E P L AY Oxigen Loreto College Oxigen’s approach to children’s play spaces as play gardens has provided a series of wonderfully rich spaces full of opportunity for discovery, risk, learning and interaction with nature. The two connected gardens respond to the school’s vision for outdoor learning and the inclusion of horticultural education into the general curriculum. The gardens encourage creativity and foster physical and social interaction, as well as an appreciation of nature and ecology. They also provide an opportunity for students to eat food they have grown themselves. Oxigen has demonstrated leadership and innovation in managing to overcome some significant constraints, including a tight budget and a disused asphalt tennis court and in ground swimming pool as existing conditions. The design was able to evolve on site to account for availability of materials, which were sourced to achieve maximum value, a process which included salvage and a school community donation process. The simple, overall philosophy of creating oases that stimulate senses has been successfully realised through interpreting six different, sequentially experienced microclimates, which include diverse planting palettes, natural landscape elements and a variety of textures, colours and scents, as well as physical challenges. PHOTOGRAPHER Dan Schultz
GARDENS ENTRIES MAYLANDS RESIDENCE // WAX Design Photographer: Sam Noonan
LORETO - ADVENTURE AND NATURE PLAY // Oxigen Photographer: Dan Schultz
ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL // Tract Consultants Pty Ltd Photographer: Robyn Oliver
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CIVIC LANDSCAPE CATEGORY
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CIVIC LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD BANK STREET UPGRADE
City of Adelaide and Renewal SA City of Adelaide and Renewal SA Bank Street’s casual eateries and gritty urban character provide an exemplary contribution to Adelaide’s growing laneway culture. The Bank Street Project forms stage one of the overall Market to Riverbank Precinct upgrade which aims to strengthen the pedestrian link for 15,000 locals and tourists on a daily basis. The design team’s resolution of the challenging streetscape achieves a coordinated balance between pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles. A decluttered ground plane of local South Australian materials includes strategically placed seats, art, smart lights and greening to heighten the opportunity for social interaction and outdoor dining. The success of the transformation is the result of the City of Adelaide’s and Renewal SA’s focused collaboration with stakeholders and local businesses, as well as the construction team to minimise the impact to businesses during the works. The City of Adelaide continues to provide support and encourage investment to improve shop-fronts and provide business owners and tenants with an improved presence in the street. PHOTOGRAPHER Daryl Tian
CIVIC LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD R O YA L A D E L A I D E H O S P I TA L Tract Consultants Pty Ltd HYLC Joint Venture The Civic landscape of the Royal Adelaide Hospital provides a flexible design including a variety of programmed spaces that seek to engage the community with the landscape. The North Terrace promenade is visually extended in the creation of a central plaza connecting the community to the new Hospital. The project celebrates site heritage, culture and art, provides water sensitive urban design initiatives, enhances circulation and is seamlessly integrated with the sites interfaces. Tract and the design team are to be commended for their extensive five-year engagement with various SA Health user groups, Arts SA and local artists, as well as representatives of the Kaurna and Ramindjeri communities in the development of the design intent and its resolution. As the biomedical precinct continues to grow, the jury look forward to observing increased activation of this key civic precinct. PHOTOGRAPHER Tract Consultants
CIVIC LANDSCAPE ENTRIES BANK STREET UPGRADE // City of Adelaide & Renewal SA Photographer: Chris Oaten
ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL // Tract Consultants Pty Ltd Photographer: Robyn Oliver
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CULTURAL HERITAGE CATEGORY Sponsored By:
CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WILLUNGA MAINSTREET PROJECT WAX Design
City of Onkaparinga The Willunga Mainstreet Project has transformed the town centre into a beautifully crafted setting that evokes Willunga’s natural history, local stories, settlement past and contemporary future. The key design principles of celebration, repair, correction, replacement and creation, have informed a coherent strategy to unify the diverse narratives and cultural overlays which were uncovered through extensive consultation. Reference to the early surveying device, Gunter’s Chain, interprets the settlement history of Willunga and the transformation of the landscape from Aboriginal management to European occupation. Artefacts embedded into sculptural seating invite curiosity and enhance the narrative. Locally sourced Willunga Slate used for paving, seating walls, and stormwater drains has been hand-crafted by local artisans. WAX Design and their creative partners are to be highly commended for the delivery of a finely executed precinct, delightfully layered with historical narratives and local content. PHOTOGRAPHER Dan Schultz Sweet Lime Photo
‘‘...A FINELY EXECUTED PRECINCT, DELIGHTFULLY LAYERED WITH HISTORICAL NARRATIVES AND LOCAL CONTENT.”
CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD R O YA L A D E L A I D E H O S P I TA L Tract Consultants Pty Ltd HYLC Joint Venture The realisation of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) has made a significant contribution to the Biomedical Precinct and to the City. Fundamental to the design is the integration of internal and external healing gardens into the hospital environment, and dual recognition of both Aboriginal and European cultural heritage. The jury specifically commends the delivery of the Aboriginal Garden, that recognises the living culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and fulfils the need for a dedicated place of healing, contemplation and mourning. The Aboriginal Garden is sited intentionally on natural ground, and decisively frames the main entrance to the hospital. The individual and shared stories of the Kaurna and Ramindjeri people are depicted through sculptural screens, indigenous bush tucker and medicinal plants. In this often-challenging institutional environment, the leadership of Tract Consultants to facilitate extensive engagement with broad stakeholders and to facilitate this vital move towards reconciliation is to be commended. PHOTOGRAPHER Tract Consultants
CULTURAL HERITAGE ENTRIES WILLUNGA MAINSTREET PROJECT // WAX Design Photographer: Dan Schultz
ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL // Tract Consultants Pty Ltd Photographer: Robyn Oliver
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FUTURE LEADER (GRADUATE)
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FUTURE LEADER AWARD GRADUATE K ATA R I N A B A U M A N N WAX Design
Katarina has demonstrated that she not only has a passion for design and landscape architecture, but also for the profession more broadly and the role it can play in improving the lives of the people affected by the process and the outcomes. Her dedication and commitment to a people-centric design approach, through personable engagement and collaboration, are qualities that reflect well on our profession. Kat’s broad technical knowledge and project leadership are clearly valued and much sought after within the office. Her dedication to her own professional development, to the development of others through tutoring at Adelaide University, and her contribution to the Institute through the Awards Committee and her involvement with SAILA Fresh, shows a dedication to landscape architecture beyond her work in practice, and traits of a leader of the future.
PHOTOGRAPHER Dan Schultz, WAX Design & City of Marion
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THE ADELAIDE REVIEW PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Sponsored By:
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD P O I N T M A LCO L M R E S E RV E
City of Charles Sturt Urban Design Team City of Charles Sturt The upgrade of Point Malcolm Reserve has been a positive change for the community, with the popularity far exceeding expectations. The upgraded facilities and play spaces have become a destination for parties, picnics and large events utilising these new and enhanced features. The redevelopment of the reserve included two new play spaces, to focus on junior and senior play, fitness equipment, a full-sized basketball court, new picnic facilities, and increased turf space. The separation of junior and senior play spaces gives children an independence and progression within their play. The inclusion of fitness equipment, a full basketball court and new lighting with the existing tennis courts, has encouraged the area to be a community recreational precinct. To withstand the harsh coastal conditions a selection of local native and hardy introduced plant species were chosen throughout the reserve. This dramatic change of the space has seen an influx of people using the reserve more regularly and has changed Point Malcolm Reserve into a regional destination. PHOTOGRAPHER Kathryn Thomas
Acknowledgments AILA would like to thank our partners, all the entrants and those who attended the awards evening Event Speakers Kate Burr - Master of Ceremonies Aunty Lynette Crocker - Cultural Ambassador Ben Willsmore - AILA SA President
AILA Awards Jury Simon Lee - ODASA, Jury Chair Claire Winsor - OCULUS Victoria, AILA Vic Brett Grimm - City of Marion + BGLA, AILA SA Grace Lin - City of Adelaide, AILA SA Sally Smith - DPTI
Graphic Design Johnny Ellice-Flint - Graphics Coordinator Stephanie Rogers - Branding & Theming Daryl Tian Claire Morford-Waite
Awards Night Photographer Adrian Katic Photography
Acknowledgments (continued) 2018 Awards Task Group Claire Morford-Waite Daryl Tian Janelle Arbon Katarina Baumann Mauricio Herrera Villa Rachael Roberts Rebecca Connelly Stephanie Rogers Sally Bolton - SA Chapter Manager
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