Jury comment
Using one of Perth’s inner-city suburbs as its testing ground, this design-based research project explores the leadership that landscape architects can bring to medium-density infill projects. While the landscape scope of infill projects is typically minimal and understood on a site-by-site basis, this project brings landscape to the fore, exploring the site-, precinct-and suburb-scale opportunities introduced by this shift. The project demonstrates leadership in all aspects: through the landscape-led design outcomes developed; through the landscape architect-led collaboration and coordination approaches across its multidisciplinary team; and through the research and advocacy material the project has generated. Overall, Place Value Ashfield responds to the gap it identifies with creativity and rigour, providing useful knowledge, tools and precedent to the profession.
Place Value Ashfield applies to Ashfield, Western Australia, the land of the Whadjuk Nyoongar people.
Project credits
Design practice To and Fro Studio and Daniel Jan Martin Collaborators Landscape coordination team: To and Fro Studio and Daniel Jan Martin. Design Teams: Team A – Rene van Meeuwen, Craig McCormack and Liam Mouritz with Nic Osboine from Op Properties; Team B – Fernando Jerez, Belen Perez de Juan, Joshua Cobb-Diamond and Stephen Thick with Tao Bourton from Yolk Property Group; Team C – Sophie Giles, Amber Martin, Felix Joensson, Yangyan Ou and Samantha Dye with Hootan Golestani from Golestani Development; Team D – Emily van Eyk, Jessica Mountain, Matthew Delroy-Carr, Serena Pangestu and Anika Kalotay with Megan Buckland from LWP; Team E – Geoffrey London and Nigel Bertram with Roscoe Power from Codev; Team F – Simon Anderson, Richard Hassell and James Rietveld with Matthew McNeilly from Sirona Capital. State government representatives: Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage (DPLH) and Department of Communities. Local government representatives: Town of Bassendean. Industry representatives: Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA). Community interest groups: Design Basso Advisory Committee and Ashfield Community Action Network (AshfieldCAN) Photographer Loren Holmes
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