A new park on one of Sydney’s historic harbourside sites has been judged Australia’s best public urban landscape project.
Ballast Point Park by landscape architects McGregor Coxall was named Best Overall Project at the 2011 Public Domain Awards, hosted by industry association Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) in Sydney on 26 July.
Situated on the old Caltex site at Birchgrove, Ballast Point Park successfully weaves together different strands of the site’s remarkable history as an oil storage facility, a ballast quarry for visiting ships, the location of one of Sydney’s earliest and grandest harbourside villas, and a place of significance to Sydney’s traditional landowners. The project uses both recycled and new materials, including concrete.
Ballast Point Park was also named Best Project for NSW and winner of both the national Precincts and Sustainable Design categories.
Associated 2011 Public Domain Awards ceremonies were held simultaneously across Australia. State winners were as follows:
Vic – North Melbourne Station by Cox Architecture
ACT – National Service Memorial and Australian War Memorial Eastern Precinct Project by Johnson Pilton Walker
Qld – Ipswich Justice Precinct by Cox Rayner Architecture
WA – Beachside Leighton, Terrace, North Fremantle by spaceagency
SA – Gallipoli Underpass, Adelaide by Hassell
Tas – Kingston Primary School playground artwork by Watermark Design
The national Public Domain Awards are hosted by CCAA every two years to recognize the innovative and functional use of concrete to enhance the public domain.
