Bonython Park Playspace Wins The City Of Adelaide Prize

WAX design in collaboration with Ric Mcconaghy has been awarded ‘The City of Adelaide Prize’ at the recent South Australian Architecture Awards. The judge’s citation stated that

“The Bonython Park new playspace demonstrates the potential of high quality open space and playspace design as a catalyst for increased activation of the Adelaide Parklands.

Through a unique and collaborative place making approach, with strong community engagement, Bonython Park Playspace strengthens the role of the existing linear park trail, and creates an exemplary regional destination for the community, offering a diverse range of creative and natural play experiences with evident consideration of the site’s existing character, environment, historical and cultural values. Enhancing the public experience of the City, the playspace provides a community hub, a destination that offers both exciting times for children and respite for parents.

The immense success of the playspace and its carefully considered user-focused solutions, is perhaps no better evidenced than by queuing scores of children - a true testament to the ability of quality design to bring about change and further supports the Jury’s decision to award the Adelaide Prize 2013 to the Bonython Park Playspace.

For more information cityofadelaideprize   

 

Beaumont Residential Under Construction

On a difficult sloping site WAX is currently witnessing the fruits of its labour as construction is underway on a residential development in Beaumont. In collaboration with Summit Landscapes and Chasecrown Architects, the design for the sloping rear of the site creates a series of living spaces. Juxtaposing the natural grade, linear stone walls are creatively located to interrupt the gradient and craft usable levels for the client. Three distinct levels allow for larger entertaining, intimate seating and productive opportunities through the elegant response to the site.

Modern Classic

Please check out the current June issue of Outdoor Design & Living to read about WAX Design's residential collaboration with the owners of Best Pavers. 

WAX Gets in the community spirit.

In collaboration with City of Burnside, WAX’s work for the design of the Chapel Street Community Garden has been recognised, collecting the Parks and Leisure Australia Integrated and Connected Communities state award. This award seeks to recognise innovative projects which deliver greater opportunities in leisure through the creation and strengthening of inclusive and connected communities. WAX gains a lot of satisfaction through such an award as we pride ourselves on delivering community driven projects and establishing supportive environments for community involvement.

Isy and Corey win Adelaide University Awards

Congratulations to Isabella James, WAX Graduate Landscape Architect, receiving Adelaide University’s Taylor Cullity Lethlean Landscape Architecture Prize. This prize is awarded to the student who has achieved the highest quality design in the final year of Master of Landscape Architecture.  

Congratulations also go to Corey Brown, WAX landscape architectural intern, for receiving the LYSAGHT Award for Outstanding Achievement.  This award recognises the student in the Bachelor of Architectural Design programme who has obtained the highest marks in the course 'Architecture Design Studio'.

Pop Up Place Making

The Pop up Place Making Project is designed to create places instantly.  WAX in conjunction with SPUD and the City of Charles Sturt have collaborated with the community, URPS and Natalie Fuller to explore the potential for place making within Inner West Precinct of the City.

The result is a series of reusable modified containers that can be dropped into position and deliver place activation, any time, any place.  The youth ‘hangout’ space can be left on the reserve over the school holidays and contains skate ramps, grinding rails and seating with the external skin of the container acting as a climbing wall.  Other containers such as the ‘potting shed’ can help create community gardens on a vacant piece of land, while the ‘exchange’ provides opportunities for pop up libraries and community spaces that meet immediate demands for services, events or other experiences.   

The project demonstrates how innovative responses to place making can create high performance facilities that Council or the community can have delivered to any location that requires immediate place activation.

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