The 6,400m2 urban park is located on Gadigal Country at the heart of Green Square’s urban regeneration zone, planned to have the highest population density in Australia. The Drying Green serves to extend the landscape character of Zetland Avenue and form a place of respite against the contrast of the paved, formal, and multifunctional urban environments of the Green Square Library and plaza.
The origami-inspired design delivers sculpted lawns, folded gardens, and public amenities set in a forest of native trees where angular berms utilise green façade technology to provide visual and acoustic separation from busy surrounding streets to the inner park. The park features a sprawling, inclined lawn raised to capture maximum winter sun and is linked to a large BBQ pavilion for summer shade. The southern edge of the park features stepped precast concrete seats, forming a pause space overlooking the adjacent Green Square library. Piles were driven into the former landfill below the site to stabilise the ground and prevent differential settlement.
The Drying Green’s design employs modern technology to repair and regenerate the former ecology. Best practice water-sensitive urban design is delivered through a new cascading wetland, tracing the route of the historic Sheas Creek. Flanked by native palms, this living infrastructure cleans urban storm runoff flowing below the park. The Drying Green is the centrepiece of a network of new public green spaces servicing the growing community, a public backyard for Green Square that functions as a high-performance open space for locals and visitors.
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2022 |
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6400 sqm |
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