PROJECT

Darling Square

DESIGN PRACTICE

Aspect Studios

PROJECT TEAM

Sacha Coles, Louise Pearson, Lauren Nissen, Keegan Lovell, Lachlan Bellach, Rose Davies, Ben Kronenberg, Caitrin Daly, Jane Nalder, Michele Farley

CLIENT

Lendlease

ARCHITECTURE

Kengo Kuma and Associates (The Exchange) Denton Corker Marshall (South West Plot) Woods Bagot (North West Plot)

Tzannes (North East Plot)

FJMT (South East Plot)

Allen Jack and Cottier Architects

(Student housing)

Anthony Gill Architects (Maker’s Dozen)

MASTER PLANNING

Hassell (International Convention Centre masterplan)

LIGHTING ART DESIGN

Peta Kruger (Steam Mill Lane) Brendan Van Hek (Little Hay Street)

TIME SCHEDULE

Design, documentation: 3 years, 3 months (staged)

Construction: 2 years, 11 months (staged)

PLANT LIST TUMBALONG BOULEVARD

Trees: Eucalyptus punctata (grey gum), Eucalyptus robusta (swamp mahogany), Eucalyptus saligna (Sydney blue gum), Zelkova serrata (Japanese elm), Acer palmatum (Japanese maple)

Feature plants and shrubs: Alcantarea imperialis (imperial bromeliad), Asplenium australasicum (bird’s nest fern), Cycas revoluta (sago palm), Philodendron ‘Congo,’ Leptospermum flavescens ‘Cardwell’ (tea tree), Strelitzia juncea (narrowleaved bird of paradise), Strobilanthes gossypinus (pewter plant), Xanthorrhoea media (grass tree)

Grasses, groundcovers and clumping plants: Abutilon ‘Lucky Lantern Yellow’ (dwarf yellow Chinese lantern), Crassula arborescens ‘Blue Bird’ (silver dollar jade), Dichondra repens

(kidney weed), Erigeron karvinskianus (seaside daisy), Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii (Mediterranean spurge), Dianella caerulea (blue flax-lily), Farfugium japonicum var. giganteum (giant leopard plant), Hardenbergia violacea (false sarsaparilla), Lomandra confertifolia

‘Little Con’ (mat rush), Macrozamia communis (burrawang), Ozothamnus diosmifolius ‘radiance’ (rice flower), Sedum mexicanum ‘Gold mound’ (Mexican stonecrop), Viola hederacea

(native violet)

Climbers: Pandorea jasminoides ‘Alba’ (white bower vine), Pyrostegia venusta (orange trumpet vine), Trachelospermum jasminoides (star jasmine)