Bradfield Park, Sydney
17 July 2024
This latest design of Central Park in Sydney’s emerging Bradfield City Centre honours Country, while celebrating new and old knowledge and the practice of deep care.
The two-hectare park at the heart of the new city centre will be the welcoming point for visitors as they arrive from Bradfield Metro Station.
Contained by a forested edge with a layered canopy and rich understory planting, the park comprises two clearings. The first is a civic space for gatherings and events, while the second is a nurturing and protected space which frames Sky Country and demonstrates care for water, sky and earth.
Between these spaces are play and shelter areas which have been inspired by and co-designed with Dharug weavers, foregrounding Dharug knowledge and culture.
The competition winning scheme was designed by ASPECT Studios in collaboration with architects Collins and Turner, cultural consultant and Baramadagal woman of the Dharug Nation Jayne Christian, curatorial collaborator Emily McDaniel from the Wiradjuri Nation, artist Janet Laurence, structural engineers Eckersley O’Callaghan and lighting designer Steensen Varming. Other collaborators joined the team as the design developed…
The project has just been placed on State Significant Development Application exhibition by NSW Department for Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.
We’re eager to share more of this crucial project as it takes shape.
