Itaoui Woodland Park by McGregor Coxall
Client: Modernity P/L, Robert Itaoui
Jury comment
This project is of a new cemetery model. The burial park is located on a remnant patch of the Cumberland Plain Woodland which is now and endangered landscape type. The landscape architect’s insights and exemplary landscape approach to the originally limited brief included:- responding to the opportunity to protect and reinstate a unique landscape; revising the earlier master plan; and establishing comprehensive ESD initiatives for the whole site. This contribution also led to an expansion of the client’s role for the site including and educational program for this landscape.
The master plan located the small area of formal memorial gardens and the suspended walkway through the site in response to rigorous site planning and sustainable principles. The restored woodland landscape provides an inspirational setting for the visitor and as a whole transforms the cemetery model and visitor memorial experience.
