Jury comment
The Batemans Bay Waterfront Master Plan and Activation Strategy brought council and community together to envisage alternative solutions for the waterfront. The landscape architect has thoroughly considered funding and policy strategies, and has served as facilitator, champion of community ideas and driver of action plans for the work. The project included multiple workshops with council and business leaders, and “walk and talk” events with the wider community and shop owners that aimed to illustrate the potential of a foreshore transformation. The value of the landscape architect’s role in offering fresh angles on a site’s potential that challenge perceptions is evident here. This work has led to a proposal that addresses both healthy lifestyles and environmental upgrades. The design draws on local knowledge to develop an inclusive and wonderfully activated foreshore with significant amenity.
Batemans Bay Waterfront Master Plan and Activation Strategy applies to Bateman’s Bay, New South Wales, the land of the Yuin people.
Project credits
Landscape architect and team lead Inspiring Place Advisor (human-centred streets) Complete Streets Photographers Inspiring Place and Jordan Davis
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