The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced the winners of the 2021 VIC Landscape Architecture Awards.
This year twenty-two awards were revealed across 15 categories, from a total of 71 entries.
Among the projects receiving Awards of Excellence was a garden on Mornington Peninsula that drew from coastal ecologies by Robyn Barlow Design, the revitalization of a pedestrian mall in Melbourne’s outer suburbs by Site Office and City of Frankston, and a collection of water-related projects that reintegrate human and non-human ecologies by Realmstudios with Alluvium Consulting and E2DesignLab.
AILA VIC Landscape Architecture Awards jury chair Naomi Barun said this year’s awarded projects pushed the boundaries of landscape architecture practice and showed a commitment to creating high quality places that supported public life.
“The past year has seen changes in the way public places are valued, with the rediscovery and enabling of new forms of connection and expression. These places became the backdrop for social exchange, exercise and mental reprieve,” said Barun.
“The demand for locally accessible outdoor areas saw privately managed open space repositioned. Private landscapes were used as venues for organised gatherings and work meetings and communities relied on public spaces for economic recovery of our cities.
“Submissions were centred around Victoria’s need to connect, play, roam, to give back to the community and to proactively adapt for the unforeseen.”
This year’s AILA VIC Landscape Architecture Awards jury comprised Heath Gledhill (jury chair), Naomi Barun, Jerry De Gryse, Sarah Lynn Rees, Blake Farmar-Bowers, Skye Haldane, Liz Herbert, Mark Skiba and Esther Ziebell.
Civic Landscape
Award of Excellence
Station Street Mall Frankston by Site Office and City of Frankston
Cultural Heritage
Landscape Architecture Award
Wunggurrwil Dhurrung by Realmstudios with Paul Thompson, E2Design Lab, Vicki Couzens, Gresley Abas, Greg Burgess and Philip Chun
Gardens
Award of Excellence
Coastal Woodland Garden by Robyn Barlow Design
Landscape Architecture Awards
Caribbean Park Public Realm (Stages 1 and 2) by Oculus
Coastal Woodland Garden by Robyn Barlow Design won the Award of Excellence in the Gardens category of the 2021 AILA VIC Landscape Architecture Awards.
Image: Claire Martin
Health and Education Landscape
Award of Excellence
Albert Park College Senior Campus by Site Office
Landscape Architecture Awards
Salesian College Sunbury Earth and Sky Forecourt (Stage 1) by Orchard Design
Monash University Forum Landscape by TCL with Peter Elliot Architecture and Urban Design
Infrastructure
Award of Excellence
Reimagining Your Creek by Realmstudios with Alluvium Consulting and E2DesignLab
Reimagining Your Creek by Realmstudios with Alluvium Consulting and E2DesignLab won the Award of Excellence in the Infrastructure category of the 2021 AILA VIC Landscape Architecture Awards.
Image: Rory Gardiner
Landscape Planning
Landscape Architecture Award
Greater Shepparton City Council Play Space Strategy by Spiire
Parks and Open Space
Landscape Architecture Award
Tullamore Southern Gully Reserve by MDG Landscape Architects
Tullamore Southern Gully Reserve by MDG Landscape Architects won the Landscape Architecture Award in the Parks and Open Space category of the 2021 AILA VIC Landscape Architecture Awards.
Image: James Newman
Play Spaces
Landscape Architecture Award
Eltham North Adventure Playground by Jeavons Landscape Architects with Gardiner Architects and Naturform
Deep Creek Eco Play by Playce with Agency of Sculpture
Small Projects
Award of Excellence
Albert Park Office and Depot by Openwork and Christina Silk Office For Planting
Urban Design
Award of Excellence
Brunswick Street Streetscape Plan by Rush Wright Associates
Landscape Architecture Award
Mount Street Pocket Parks by GLAS Landscape Architcture and Urban Design
Research, Policy and Communications
Award of Excellence
LXRP Indigenous Design Guidelines by Level Crossing Removal Project
Landscape Architecture Award
The Politics of Public Space by Office
Tourism
Landscape Architecture Award
Penguin Parade Visitor Centre by Tract
Penguin Parade Visitor Centre by Tract won a Landscape Architecture Award in the 2021 AILA VIC Landscape Architecture Awards.
Image: Robyn Oliver
Future Leaders Student Award
Prue Batchelor
Regional Achievement Awards
Greater Shepparton City Council Play Space Strategy by Spiire
Strathdale Park Play Space by City of Greater Bendigo
Victorian President’s Award
Ella Gauci-Seddon
