Second major award for former rubbish dump
Sydney Park Bike Track has won Gold at the 2020 Sydney DrivenxDesign Awards – delivering Sydney Park landscape architects Turf Design Studio + Environmental Partnership and the City of Sydney, their second major award for the former rubbish dump in recent weeks.
The Sydney Park Bike Track is proving to be a prolific award winner.
Announcing the winners, DrivenxDesign Awards Founder Mark Bergin said Sydney Park Bike Track had won the annual awards program’s important Gold Award in the Landscape Design category, celebrating creativity and innovation in the use of practical, aesthetic, horticultural, and environmentally sustainability components.
The Sydney Park Bike Track has won the DrivenxDesign Awards’ important Gold Award in the Landscape Design category. Photo credit: Ethan Rohloff
Accepting the DrivenxDesign Award, Turf Design Studio Founder Mike Horne said: “Our design reinvented the original facility and was intended to push the envelope of conventional bike track layouts.
“Featuring exciting twists and turns and challenges, we’ve moved away from the former roadway-focused track to provide a range of creative play opportunities for both young children and pre-teens.”
The project also won an international Architizer A+ Award, confirming it one of the best new parks in the world. Photo credit: Jamie Williams
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Turf Project Director Scott Ibbotson said the team was thrilled the bike track has already become a much-loved asset for the community, which was heavily consulted throughout the process, and that it promotes bike riding as a playful, healthy and sociable experience.
The site is a former rubbish dump. Photo credit: Ethan Rohloff
The Bike Track represents Stage 1 in a youth precinct master-planned by Turf and Environmental Partnership with Aileen Sage Architects and Fiona Robbe, in collaboration with the City of Sydney. Construction of the next stage, a $2.5million world-class skate park, is currently underway.
The win comes just weeks after Turf Design Studio + Environmental Partnership’s Sydney Park Water Re-use Project received an international Architizer A+ Award, confirming it one of the best new parks in the world.