The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects-AILA awards season has started well for TCL! To date we have picked up 6 awards including 3 Awards of Excellence across various categories and states
Award of Excellence
Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne, VIC
On the land of the Wurundjeri People
Category:
Civic Landscape
Collaboration: City of Melbourne
Jury Citation:
The culmination of a long-standing vision to reclaim 22,000m2 of arterial road for accessible public space in one of the most dense, highly contested parts of Melbourne. This outstanding project has far exceeded its primary ambition and the City of Melbourne and its collaborators are commended by the Jury for realising this transformation… drawing on pre-colonial ecologies, the design makes these tangible in spaces that offer respite.
Award of Excellence
South Parklands Wetlands, Adelaide, SA
On the land of the Kaurna Meyunna People
Categories:
AILA 2023 SA Award of Excellence for Land Management
AILA 2023 SA Healthy Parks Healthy People Award
Collaboration:
Design Flow - Hydraulic Engineering, Tonkin - Lead / Civil Engineering, Procure PM – Project Management, Allan Sumner - Artist / Kaurna Ngarrindjeri and Yankunytjatjara
RAW – Cultural Heritage Survey, Bardavcol – Civil / Landscape Construction Lead, EcoDynamics – Landscape Construction Partners
Jury Citation:
The wetlands set a benchmark for large-scale integrated civil, stormwater engineering and landscape architectural design, the result of which is an exemplar of green infrastructure, contributing to the improvement of natural ecosystems and biodiversity in the city. The level of engagement with First Nations people throughout all phases of the project, from initial cultural mapping, collaborations with Kaurna artists and monitoring of onsite construction works, is also highly commended.
Award of Excellence
Fire Circle, TCL Studio, Nature Festival, Adelaide
On the land of the Kaurna Meyunna People
Category:
Small Projects
Collaboration: For the 2021 Nature Festival in Adelaide T.C.L. and artist Kate Cullity collaborated with musician Simone Slattery, writer Stephen Muecke and poet Maggie Slattery. First Nation Kaurna Custodian Karl Telfer gave a ‘Welcome to Country’ and short talk during the opening event.
Jury Citation: The Jury was impressed by the work’s ability to represent the fragile fire ravaged landscape of Kangaroo Island through a beautifully crafted multi-media assemblage of words, music, sound and moving images, culminating in an installation of burnt sticks embedded within circles of desert sand collected years prior, an evocative expression of the scarred landscape.
Landscape Architecture Award - ARM/TCL/Aspect Studios
Adelaide Festival Plaza, SA
On the land of the Kaurna Meyunna People
Category:
Civic Landscape
Collaboration: ARM, ASPECT Studios
Jury Citation:
Festival Plaza is a key civic space for the City of Adelaide with a long history of complex and competing uses, stakeholder interests and technical challenges. The rich collaborations have recognised not only the layered technical, cultural and political difficulty of developing the site, but also the necessity to bring varied voices to a design embracing many histories of Adelaide, including Kaurna. The water feature in particular is a delightful, multi-modal storytelling device. Exquisite detailing and the excellent finish of paving and seating in particular, has created a unique space worthy of our capital city civic realm.
Landscape Architecture Award
MLC Dr. Wood and LRC Courtyards, Kew, VIC
On the land of the Wurundjeri People
Category:
Health and Education Landscape
Collaboration: McIldowie Partners (Architecture), CaseMeallin (Project Management), Irwin Consulting now WSP (Engineering), 2 Construct (Builder)
Jury Citation:
The triptych of courtyard spaces provides a range of experiences and opportunities for the students to engage socially as well as with education programs and activities that have emerged out of the landscape response. The outcome has created a positive legacy for the school and importantly embeds a love of landscape in students.
Landscape Architecture Award
Monash University Forum, Clayton Campus, VIC
On the land of the Wurundjeri People
Category:
Health and Education Landscape
Collaboration: Peter Elliott Architecture & Urban Design (Architecture), Meinhardt (Structural and Civil engineering), WSP (Services engineering), Turner & Townsend (Project management), Slattery (Cost planning), Paul Thompson (Planting design)
Jury Citation:
The Monash University Forum project has delivered a cohesiveness that reasserts the formal qualities of the landscape whilst responding to the contemporary relationships of students on campus. The Jury commends TCL on an elegant outcome that provides a versatile forecourt supporting the daily function of a university and elegant backdrop for ceremony and celebration.