Green Infrastructure Planning a National Green Network
2018 NATIONAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
2018 WA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
RESEARCH, POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS
SIMON KILBANE
The panel was struck by this novel landscape architectural design-based exploration of the spatial implications of environmental policy and ecological theory objectives that aim to safeguard Australia’s biodiversity. The project is big in both scale and ambition and pushes the established boundaries of the profession utilising a flexible research methodology that is applied from the continental to the local scale.
The research considers that while the creation of protected bioregional ecosystems areas connected by conservation corridors, this will not succeed without providing robust designs that could facilitate implementation. The research takes the added step of ground-truthing the thesis at a local community scale by taking stakeholders through a design charrette process. This approach demonstrated the broader regional objectives could be met while considering site specific constraints and opportunities and holds widespread national and international appeal that resonates with policy makers.
PROJECT NAME: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NATIONAL GREEN NETWORK
AWARD CATEGORY: RESEARCH, POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS
AWARDS:
2018 NATIONAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
2018 WA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE