A manual for evaluating the visual impact of pumped hydro energy storage has been presented with the Award of Excellence in the Landscape Planning category of the 2021 AILA TAS Landscape Architecture Awards. The manual was developed by Hobart practice, Inspiring Place.
The project “demonstrates leadership in landscape planning and visual impact assessment … communicating in plain English, complex theory on how [landscape architects] interpret the landscape and manage scenery to laypersons,” read the jury citation.
A Landscape Architecture Award in the same category was given out to the Freycinet Master Plan by Playstreet, which the jury said offered a “bold future for nature-based tourism on the Freycinet Peninsula.”
Playstreet also received a Landscape Architecture Award in the Gardens category for their design of Acton Residence, a series of courtyard gardens built around the freshly-built wings of a heritage-listed house from the Georgian era.
The Tasmanian awards jury comprised Naomi Barun (jury chair), Blake Farmar-Bowers, Mark Frisby, Skye Haldane, Liz Herbert, Mark Skiba, Sarah Lyn Rees and Esther Ziebell.
Projects awarded at the state and territory level will advance to the National Landscape Architecture Awards which will be announced as part of the 2021 Festival of Landscape Architecture in October.
And the winners are:
Tourism
Landscape Architecture Award
Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre – Playstreet Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre by Playstreet won a Landscape Architecture Award in the Tourism category of the 2021 AILA TAS Landscape Architecture Awards. Image:
Rob Burnett
Landscape Planning
Award of Excellence
A Manual for Evaluating the Visual Impact of Pumped Hydro Energy Storage – Inspiring Place
Landscape Architecture Award
Freycinet Master Plan – Playstreet Freycinet Master Plan by Playstreet won a Landscape Architecture Award in the Landscape Planning category of the 2021 AILA TAS Landscape Architecture Awards. Image: Playstreet
Gardens
Landscape Architecture Award
Acton Residence – Playstreet
