BP Site Parkland / Harbourside Park wins four independant design awards
The Former BP Site Public Parkland at North Sydney (which we featured last May) was recently awarded the 'Overall Award for Excellence' by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects New South Wales Chapter. It also won the 'Design Excellence Award' for best project in NSW, bringing the total medal count for this project to four. The project design is in the vain of the current Spanish "enviro cool" parks.
The jury stated, mcgregor+partners "clearly demonstrated an intelligent and contemporary approach to the reuse and interpretation of an industrial site."
Link: mcgregor+partners [Thanks, Adrian!]
Link: AILA New South Wales State Awards 2005
Reference: BP Site Parkland (L+L)
The former BP site was once the home of 31 massive oil storage tanks surrounded by thick concrete bund walls to prevent oil spills from entering the harbour. The new design uses a restrained composition of elegant, yet robust concrete and metal structures which wrap around the sandstone benches and cliffs projecting into the Sydney skyline. Ducks and other birds are returning to bathe in the constructed wetlands which capture water seeping from the old cliff faces. New trees and native plants are establishing on the exposed rock faces.
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