Thomson Hay Project
Royal Park Buninyong
Client
City of Ballarat
Collaboration
Morton Dunn Architects and Finding North
Following extensive consultation with stakeholders and the local community, Thomson Hay Landscape Architects, in association with Morton Dunn Architects and Finding North, prepared a master plan for Royal Park, the former local football oval, in Buninyong.
The vision for Royal Park was to develop user-friendly and multi-purpose spaces that will benefit a variety of community groups and promote sustainability. A key challenge of the design was to create a balance between active / structured and passive / unstructured uses.
The scope of design works included:
- provision of senior and junior soccer pitches
- siting and floorplans for a new community building
- north-facing building entrance and plaza to provide a hub for community events
- community gardens and food forest
- community gathering space with shelter and cooking facilities
- children’s natural play space
- consideration of environmental sustainability including re-use of rain water roof run-off and stormwater run off.
