TCL won an international design competition to design a new public domain for the University of Sydney’s Darlington campus, now named Cadigal Green.

The scheme, which was titled “Fertile Ground,” created a new pedestrian corridor from the Shepherd Street entry through the Darlington campus to connect to the new Library and the Camperdown campus. The creation of a series of water harvesting wetlands is integrated into the existing campus landscape with new underground storage tanks which irrigate the planting throughout the campus. Custom designed furniture by TCL offers students and staff opportunities to engage and relax within the grounds.

Cadigal Green reflects upon the history of the site, which was once used as a colonial market garden and Indigenous hunting ground. This vision is integrated into the design through a sand-blasted paving pattern, which results is a landscape design that responds both to its cultural and physical history.