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Sydney Water Graphics

Sydney Water Corporation / Sydney, Australia

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Sydney Water engaged McGregor Coxall to develop a suite of highly detailed illustrative diagrams to be included within their policy guidelines for connections to Sydney Waters natural stormwater assets.

We worked closely with the client and their in house environmental science team to develop 2D and 3D visualisations that are engaging and easy to understand for an audience with a limited technical background. The resulting diagrams are highly effective in distilling and conveying a comprehensive set of technical instructions to a set of coherent and expressive infographics.

Services
  • Contaminated Sites
  • Waterfront
  • Waterway Design and Management
  • Water Sensitive Urban Design [WSUD]
A park scene in Sydney features a paved pathway, benches, and people sitting and walking. Tall trees provide shade, and greenery lines the pathway. Birds fly in a partly cloudy sky as some individuals rest while a cyclist rides along the path near shimmering water.
A detailed landscape plan featuring winding pathways, trees, and greenery. Several water-filled pond-like areas and open grassy sections are interspersed throughout the layout. Roads border the top and left sides of the plan, with a gray building footprint situated towards the right center.
A Sydney Water Graphics representation of a tree-dotted landscape map shows a rectangular, green open space divided by paths and surrounded by dense clusters of trees. Two bodies of water are visible, with pathways and a small structure on the left side. The roads curve around the upper part.
A landscape image features a variety of native long grasses and shrubs, sedges and rushes planted in holes, a stacked rock head wall, and a pipe under the rocks. The terrain appears to be natural with mixed vegetation and rocky elements, reminiscent of Sydney’s scenic water landscapes.
A cross-sectional illustration shows a headwall setback from a creek channel with stacked rock retaining a wall, coarse gravel, geotextile fabric base, and riparian vegetation. Two people stand on the left edge above the native landscaping, enhanced by detailed graphics that bring the scene to life.
A cross-section illustration by Sydney Graphics of a grassy area transitioning into a stream. On the left, tall trees stand on the upper and middle parts of the slope. On the right, mature trees grow along the stream's banks, with stacked rock walls and a stormwater outlet identified nearby by Sydney Water.
Two 3D cross-sectional illustrations. The left shows a grassy area with a tree, culvert pipe, channel flow, water, roots, and soil layers. The right reveals soil layers: grassy surface, organic loam, sandy loam, silt loam, and clay/rock underneath.
Illustration of a natural landscape showing a man holding a child near a rock-lined water channel. Various plants like Native Long Grass, Shrubs, Sedges, and Rushes surround them. There is a stacked rock head wall, rip-rap, and a fence indicated by dotted lines. Graphics inspired by Sydney's unique flora and water elements.
A scenic park landscape in Sydney features a walking path, trees, and a small pond. Birds can be seen flying in the clear sky and perched near the water. People are strolling along the path, with a bench placed by the trail's side. Bushes and tall grasses border the pond beautifully.

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