First Avenue Reserve by City of Marion

Aboriginal Nation

Kaurna

Client

City of Marion

Location

Ascot Park, South Australia

Jury comment

The jury commends the City of Marion for a thoughtful and sensitive design process for a local playground upgrade that empowered the community. The partnership with multiple groups, including the Miyurna Kumangka Men’s Group and Cooinda Migrant Women’s Group, gave local artists the chance to upskill and contribute to the play space of their community’s children. In return, local students worked together with the council’s landscape architects to develop concepts for the park’s sculptural artworks and learned the value of giving back to their community.

This collaboration between different generations from a variety of cultural backgrounds struck the jury as much as the finished play area with its distinctive timber elements. This project demonstrates the critical role of engagement in producing a legacy undefined by project budgets.

Entrant City of Marion Project team City of Marion; Urbanvirons Group; Geoff Bromilow; Living Kaurna Cultural Centre – Miyurna Kumangka Men’s Group; Westminster Preparatory School; Cooinda Migrant Women’s Group; Art of Respect – Adam PooleMottishaw Photography Jessica Bennett