The Sales Ring Playground Arcadia Landscape Architecture

Aboriginal Nation Eora Client Cbus Property Location Randwick, New South Wales Jury comment

The Newmarket Sales Ring once played a central role in the life of the Newmarket Racecourse. Arcadia has honoured the site’s heritage and repurposed the sales ring structure, restoring its prominence by transforming it into the central play element of a broader, themed play space within this residential precinct. This play space is not about sitting on the edges – rather, the play elements draw the visitor in. Imaginative play is stimulated through public art that builds on the site’s historical and present-day narrative. The design is engaging and challenging but also accessible, and completely deserving of its obvious popularity. Design practice Arcadia Landscape Architecture Drainage engineer AT&L Structural engineer Robert Bird Group, SCP Consulting Lighting designer Point Of View Landscape contractor Solutions Contracting Branding, environments and wayfinding consultant Brand Culture Heritage consultant OCP Architects Arborist TreeiQ Photographers Brett Boardman (top), Paul McMillan (bottom)