Bradfield Central Park - Competition Proposal

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dc.contributor.author	Pigram, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5875-2366
dc.contributor.author	Kinniburgh, J
dc.contributor.author	Melsom, J
dc.date.accessioned	2026-03-15T04:08:14Z
dc.date.available	2026-03-15T04:08:14Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.identifier.citation	Architecture Australia, 2025
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/194337
dc.description.abstract	The creation of Bradfield, a new city in Sydney’s Western Parklands, with a park at its centre, provided the opportunity to envisage what a 21st-century Australian public landscape should be. Primary to our response was the necessity to embed the millenia of unbroken ancestral knowledge of how to relate to and care for Country. This process was culturally led by Dr Shannon Foster, a D’harawal eora knowledge holder and traditional owner. Starting from Aboriginal knowledge and respect for Country reinforced the specificity of climate, of natural cycles and of a deep and holistic sustainability — all things a wise 21st-century society must embrace. The architecture of Bradfield Central Park is country-led, inseparable from its landscape, and has design and construction innovation at its core. With the clear aim to reveal and amplify the specifics of Country, three unique spatial, material and experiential identities were established corresponding to three vertical strata: Undergound Country, Ground Country and Sky Country. Our scheme was designed in close collaboration with Arcadia [Landscape Architecture], Bangawarra [Connecting with Country Spatial Design] consultants and Hoyne [Place Visioning].
dc.format	Architecture & Landscape Architecture
dc.language	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Architecture Australia
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dc.title	Bradfield Central Park - Competition Proposal
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/UTS Groups/Visualisation Institute (VI)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design and Society
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design and Society/School of Architecture
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design and Society/School of Architecture/Architecture Discipline
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dc.date.updated	2026-03-15T04:07:57Z

Abstract:

The creation of Bradfield, a new city in Sydney’s Western Parklands, with a park at its centre, provided the opportunity to envisage what a 21st-century Australian public landscape should be. Primary to our response was the necessity to embed the millenia of unbroken ancestral knowledge of how to relate to and care for Country. This process was culturally led by Dr Shannon Foster, a D’harawal eora knowledge holder and traditional owner. Starting from Aboriginal knowledge and respect for Country reinforced the specificity of climate, of natural cycles and of a deep and holistic sustainability — all things a wise 21st-century society must embrace. The architecture of Bradfield Central Park is country-led, inseparable from its landscape, and has design and construction innovation at its core. With the clear aim to reveal and amplify the specifics of Country, three unique spatial, material and experiential identities were established corresponding to three vertical strata: Undergound Country, Ground Country and Sky Country. Our scheme was designed in close collaboration with Arcadia [Landscape Architecture], Bangawarra [Connecting with Country Spatial Design] consultants and Hoyne [Place Visioning].

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