Jury comment
As part of a broader flood mitigation strategy, South Parklands Wetland’s landscape-first approach enriches the cultural, amenity, and ecological values of the Adelaide Park Lands. The jury commends the project’s focus on design leadership advocacy, consultation and collaboration across multiple disciplines, jurisdictions and stakeholders. The project skilfully navigates stormwater harvesting with the removal of introduced species and the retention of sensitive ecosystems, including remnant and significant trees. It minimises excavation and successfully integrates the wetlands within the character of the existing parklands. The design carefully uses endemic plants to conserve and enhance chequered copper butterfly habitat, broaden biodiversity and promote environmental and cultural values and education.
South Parklands Wetland was built in South Australia on the land of the Kaurna people.
Project credits
Landscape architect TCL First Nations cultural collaborators Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation Hydraulic engineer Design Flow Lead/civil engineer Tonkin Engineering Project management Procure PM Artist/Kaurna Ngarrindjeri and Yankunytjatjara Allan Sumner Cultural heritage survey consultant RAW SA Civil/landscape construction lead Bardavcol Landscape construction partners Eco Dynamics Photographer Jackie Gu
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