LORD MAYOR’S PRIZE 2021

LORD MAYOR’S PRIZE 2021 JOINT PRIZE WINNER

WATERFALL

SJB

The apartment complex Waterfall is situated at the head of Joynton Avenue where it meets O’Dea Avenue in Waterloo, part of the Green Square Urban Renewal Area.

Where once was industrial sheds, this land has been transformed as a visual extension of Joynton Avenue known as The Rope Walk. The project creates a north-south landscaped connection between Zetland and the Lachlan Precinct. This is one of four public realm dedications associated with this one project. On O’Dea Avenue, the design inflects to nurture a mature fig tree and boardwalks are cleverly incorporated to bridge roots and minimise structural damage. To the north, Dunkerley Place is extended as a streetscape and to the west Hatter Lane has been created to provide an important pedestrian and vehicle link. The inclusion of ground level retail to the boardwalks and a well resolved relationship of four interconnected buildings marked by an elegant tower makes this project an exemplar of how residential development is the key to the creation and dedication of a valuable public domain that will be enjoyed by the public for generations to come.

LORD MAYOR’S PRIZE 2021 JOINT PRIZE WINNER

GUNYAMA PARK AQUATIC AND RECREATION CENTRE

ANDREW BURGESS ARCHITECTS AND GRIMSHAW WITH TCL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF SYDNEY

Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre shows how a major public project can carefully consider its integration with its surrounds and its own made context in the spirit of true place-making. This is a passive and active recreation complex site at the intersection of Joynton and Zetland Avenues, the latter a new 36 metre wide tree lined boulevard that becomes the central axis of the town centre. This award recognises the public domain creation and integration on all s ides including the planting and berms to Joynton Avenue, the public edge to Epsom Road residential development, the active playing field with its enclosing ring timber seat edge and the artworks of Jonathon Jones and Aunty Julie Freeman evocative of the early water history of the site. Access points to the pool, café and park are carefully placed to anticipate future light rail or a Metro stop along Zetland Avenue.