AILA Landscape Architecture Awards
The 2022 Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards have singled out 40 projects across 17 categories, recognising their contribution to the lives of Australians through the creation of outstanding built and natural environments.
A range of landscapes across categories as diverse as Climate Positive Design, Health and Education Landscape, and Land Management have been promoted to the wider community thanks to the awards programme.
Wangayarta won an Award of Excellence for Cultural Heritage. Co-designed by Oxigen, the Kaurna Community and Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation, the two hectares of memorial park was created for the reburial of Kaurna ancestors who had been disturbed from their original burial locations as Greater Adelaide was developed.
Wangayarta won an Award of Excellence for Cultural Heritage - Image credit; Haidarr Jones.
The Kaurna Community came together in December 2021 to rebury 134 ancestors in Wangayarta’s northern mound. The set will be cared for by Kaurna people and protected in perpetuity, making it a, “place on Kaurna Country for Kaurna people past, present and future.”
A National Award of Excellence for Urban Design was scooped by Turf Design Studio’s concept vision for Cockatoo Island/Wareamah, which revitalises the World Heritage listed site.
The design for the 18 hectare island in the middle of Sydney Harbour adds eight distinct precincts, including a tidal terrace, harbour boardwalk, and creative precinct for the arts, performances, exhibitions and events.
Turf Design Studio’s concept vision for Cockatoo Island/Wareamah - Image credit; Mark Gerada.
Gosford Leagues Club Park took home a National Award of Excellence for Play Spaces, creating a ‘Tidal Terrace’ that fills with water at high tide, and reconnecting Brisbane Waters with the original shoreline.
It was designed in collaboration with Darkinjung people, telling stories of pre-European history, early contact and local aquatic life.
Gosford Leagues Club Park won a National Award of Excellence for Play Spaces. Image credit; Guy Wilkinson.
A National Award for Excellence in the Tourism category was won by Grampians Peaks Trail, a collaboration between McGregor Coxall, Noxon Giffen and OPS Engineers that has created a hiking experience spanning 160 kilometres and 22 hiker camp locations.
The AILA jury described the design as, “nuanced, accessible and beautifully detailed, making use of repetition, recognising the site’s cultural value and amplifying key views.”
A National Award for Excellence in the Tourism category was won by Grampians Peaks Trail. Image credit; Shannon McGrath Photography.
Links to all winning projects can be found here.