Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project
Sydney AU
Turf Design Studio
Environmental Partnership
Alluvium
Turpin+Crawford
Dragonfly
Partridge
2015
Type
Public Space
Tags
public spaces, new ecological paradigm
Visitability
Allowed
Description
Much has been achieved over the past two decades in transforming the Sydney Park site from its industrial and landfill legacy, into 44 hectares of parkland and a vital asset for the growing communities of Sydney’s south-east.This project is City of Sydney’s largest environmental project to date, built in partnership with the Australian Government through the National Urban Water and Desalination Plan. It is an integral component of Sustainable Sydney 2030; targeting 10% of water demand to be met through local water capture and re-use in the park. The City also seized the opportunity to use what was essentially an infrastructure project as a vehicle to breathe new life into the park - as a vibrant recreation and environmental asset for Sydney.The City engaged a design team led by landscape architects TDEP who orchestrated a multi-disciplinary collaboration inter-weaving design, art, science and ecology. The resulting ‘roundtable’ facilitated a shared design dialogue between water experts Alluvium, artists Turpin + Crawford Studio, ecologists Dragonfly Environmental and the City’s own Landscape Architects. The result is an interwoven system of water re-use, recreation, and habitat that gives life to the water story, and an exciting new dimension to this well-loved parkland.(Description provided by the architects)