Jury comment
This year, the jury was pleased to see such a wide breath of issues being addressed across the spectrum of winners in this edition – from a design for the repatriation of Indigenous ancestral remains to a masterplan that encourages a more equal relationship between human and non-human species.
From within this pool, the jury is pleased to announce joint winners of the Landscape Student Prize this year: Vanishing Landscape by Jialin (Mazarine) Wu of RMIT University and Drawing landscape narrative: Interfacing between the cultural, ecological and habitation imperatives of Tallow Creek ICOLL watershed by Nathan Galluzzo of University of Technology Sydney.
Drawing landscape narrative deserves recognition for tackling a challenging issue of major significance to landscape architecture practice. The project presents a clear and contextual project that evidences a genuine passion for the subject matter, demonstrates critical and reflective thinking and presents a strong sense of what has been learnt through the process and how this might be further continued and explored. Of particular note is the project’s retraint and focus. Precise, innovative drawings develop the designer’s own style of visual communication, foreground stories of place, and enable the dynamics of the site to be understood in new ways. The project emphasizes the value of time, understanding and care in engagement processes. This is a timely and sophisticated project that clearly articulates values through design and has significant potential to inform and shape future approaches to meaningful engagement.
The jury commends Vanishing Landscape for its immense ambition and scope in thinking through the relationships between contemporary issues, including climate change, marginalization and the pandemic, across oscillating scales of time and space. The project proposal pushes boundaries in terms of the way we think about these topics and opens up new avenues for discourse. Carefully assembled image panels explain the evolution of the design thinking and interpret the project research clearly to the audience. The deliberate integration of the graphic style with the project research and content creates a highly cohesive, rich and complex project that captures the zeitgeist of the present moment and demonstrates an impressive level of critical thinking and reflection.
Finally, the jury would also like to acknowledge that many students at universities across Australia continued to study remotely and under challenging conditions during 2022. We look forward to their influence and contribution to the profession, whether in Australia, or overseas, as they continue to develop their practice.
National Prize Winners (joint winners)
Drawing landscape narrative: Interfacing between the cultural, ecological and habitation imperatives of Tallow Creek ICOLL watershed – Nathan Galluzzo, University of Technology Sydney
Vanishing Landscape – Jialin Wu, RMIT University
Prize Winners
Gardening for a Nation – Brooke Toovey, University of Canberra
Ophelia: Edible Park – Qi Ziyan, The University of Adelaide
Fibre to Fabric – Isabel Peng, UNSW Sydney
The Braided City – Shian Liau, University of Western Australia
Kangaroo Bay Refugia – Adam Holmstrom, Deakin University
Re-turning Country: A National Resting Place Proposition – Clare Mayberry, Queensland University of Technology
The Loop – Girvan Christian Tenggono, The University of Melbourne
The 2021 Landscape Student Prize comprised Claire Martin (President, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects), Julie Lee (Director of Landscape Architecture, Tract) and Emily Wong (Editor, Landscape Architecture Australia magazine).
The 2021 Landscape Architecture Australia Student Prize is presented by Landscape Architecture Australia magazine and LandscapeAustralia.com and supported by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects through the provision of a complimentary AILA graduate membership for the National Prize winners.
