Jury comment
Our best public facilities are inclusive and accessible. This project demonstrates a strong engagement process that intentionally strove to include as much of the community as possible. A clear focus on meaningful engagement led to the identification of culturally appropriate design opportunities. Workshops and collaborations with Wadjuk Northside and the city’s Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Community (CALD), as well as students from North Balga Primary School and Balga Senior High School, have set this project up to be of huge benefit to the community. Through their process, the designers have helped to foster a sense of ownership over the space by the community and created a local asset that is as diverse in the opportunities it provides as it is beautiful.
Bina Parkland is located in Balga, Western Australia on the land of the Whadjuk Nyoongar people.
Project credits
Design practice Ecoscape Collaborators MG Group; City of Stirling – Parks and Sustainability; Lotterywest; Propagule; Skate Sculpture; Three Chillies Trails; Arterial Design; Apparatus; Porter Consulting Engineers; Lighting Specialists Australia; Engineering Consultants Australia; Lucid Consulting Australia; CADsult; Security Consulting Group; Wilde and Woollard; Verdant; Eosh Consulting; ABEC Environmental; Paperbark; Wadjak Northside Photographers Michael Macaulay and Nicky Croudace
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