Eight projects received Awards of Excellence in the 2022 Landscape Architecture Awards in Victoria, the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) announced on 22 June.
AILA Victoria Landscape Architecture Awards jury chair Lisa Howard praised the ambition and forward thinking of Avalon Corridor Strategy Values Assessment, the Cultural Heritage Award of Excellence recipient.
“The project is commendable for going beyond consultation, to engage to the Wadawurrung as a key collaborator and co-author of the project, which has both built capability and ensured voices are heard,” Howard said.
Efforts to embed cultural, social, environmental and sustainability-related values were evident across the awarded projects, she added.
“For the jury, it was not just about acknowledging the knowledge that has been transferred to landscape architects, and passed through to us from Traditional Owners, but also about how that knowledge is then brought forth into a project, and how that knowledge is embedded into an outcome, so that the end user is also getting to experience this incredible understanding of country,” Howard said.
All awarded projects advance to AILA’s 2022 National Landscape Architecture Awards, which will be announced in mid-October.
Civic Landscape
Awards
Hampshire Road Civic Green – Brimbank City Council
Pentridge Piazza – Aspect Studios
Yaluk Langa Design Framework by Heide Museum of Modern Art, Urban Initiatives.
Image: Daniel Walker
Community Contribution
Award of Excellence
Yaluk Langa Design Framework – Heide Museum of Modern Art, Urban Initiatives
Awards
Collingwood Yards – SBLA Studio
Hovells Creek Linear Park/Kevin Hoffman Walk – David Martin
Avalon Corridor Strategy Cultural Values Assessment by Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, City of Greater Geelong, Wyndham City Council and Unearthed Heritage Australia
Image: DS Jones
Cultural Heritage
Award of Excellence
Avalon Corridor Strategy Cultural Values Assessment – Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, City of Greater Geelong, Wyndham City Council and Unearthed Heritage Australia
Award
Wesley Place – Oculus
The Healing Garden at the Heide Museum of Modern Art by Openwork
Image: Peter Bennetts
Gardens
Award of Excellence
The Healing Garden at the Heide Museum of Modern Art – Openwork
Awards
Cliff House – BWLA
Fitzroy Bridge House – Robyn Barlow Design
Bendigo Kangan Tafe Redevelopment by SBLA Studio
Image: Pier Carthew
Health and Education Landscape
Award of Excellence
Bendigo Kangan Tafe Redevelopment – SBLA Studio
Awards
Monash University Southern Precinct Landscape – Aspect Studios
Woowookarung Dementia-Friendly Forest and Sensory Trail – Thomson Hay Landscape Architects
Bell to Moreland by Tract
Image: Robyn Oliver Photography
Infrastructure
Award of Excellence
Bell to Moreland – Tract
Award
Toorak Road Level Crossing Removal – Aspect Studios
Lake Tyers (Bung Yarnda) Camping and Access Strategy by Parks Victoria
Image: Anne-Marie Pisani
Land Management
Award of Excellence
Lake Tyers (Bung Yarnda) Camping and Access Strategy – Parks Victoria
Yallock-Bulluk Marine and Coastal Park Access and Infrastructure Plan by Hassell Studio
Image: Hassell Studio
Landscape Planning
Award of Excellence
Yallock-Bulluk Marine and Coastal Park Access and Infrastructure Plan – Hassell Studio
Play Spaces
Awards
Arcadia Dragon Park – Outlines Landscape Architecture
Jells Park – Fitzgerald Frisby Landscape Architecture
Parks and Open Space
Award
New Quay Central Park – Aspect Studios with Saala (formerly Stutterheim Anderson Landscape Architects)
Research, Policy and Communications
Awards
The Big Asian Book of Landscape Architecture – Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann
City of Melbourne’s Green Factor tool – City of Melbourne
Green Our City Action Plan: Strategic justification for regulatory requirements for sustainability – Arup, Oculus, Hill DPA and Junglefy for City of Melbourne
Small Projects
Award
Monash College Forest Biomes – Glas Landscape Architects
Grampians Peaks Trail (Gariwerd) by McGregor Coxall with Noxon Giffen
Image: Shannon McGrath
Tourism
Award of Excellence
Grampians Peaks Trail (Gariwerd) – McGregor Coxall with Noxon Giffen
Awards
Lake Tyrrell Tourism Infrastructure Design – Thomson Hay Landscape Architects
Maits Rest – Outlines Landscape Architecture
Urban Design
Awards
Morris Moor – Tract
South Melbourne Life Saving Club – Site Office
Regional
Awards
Grampians Peaks Trail (Gariwerd)
Lake Tyers (Bung Yarnda) Camping and Access Strategy
Future Leaders
Graduate
Molly Rose-Coulter
Student
Georgina de Beaujeu
