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AILA Victoria Medal in
Landscape Architecture
Award for Design Excellence in Landscape Architecture
GEELONG YOUTH ACTIVITIES AREA
Landscape Architect: Convic Design Pty Ltd
Client: City of Greater Geelong
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Geelong Youth Activities Area represents a new benchmark for
intergenerational public spaces in Australia.
The Jury commends the City of Greater Geelong
and Convic Design for their bold choice of site, placing youth activities
at the pride of place along the Geelong waterfront. The design is an
outstanding example of how the traditional skate park is being transformed
into multi-purpose street-style plazas that cater for a multitude of users
and events.
The park demonstrates social sustainability
by providing a space that can be reinvented over time as well as being a
catalyst for social rejuvenation in the area. The bold angular forms of
the multi-functional steel gantries epitomise the durability and energy
that this space embodies whilst providing a platform for the unique
digital interactive technologies used in the park.
Carefully executed, the final built work
demonstrates excellence in documentation, innovation in the use of
materials and an attention to detail that demands applause. Destined to be
actively enjoyed by the local community and international visitors alike,
this new genre of park sets an example for youth spaces around the world
as well as continuing the tradition of excellence through the ongoing
development of the foreshore by the City of Greater Geelong.
Images
Photographs: Convic Design Pty Ltd
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