Whale Beach House
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Whale Beach House is a private residence located in Whale Beach, Sydney. The project was commissioned by David Wilkie & Robert de Boer, and completed in 2007.
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Scope: Concept Design, Detail Documentation, Tender, Construction
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The Australian Plantbank is a remarkable new plant conservation laboratory at The Australian Botanic Garden in Mount Annan, part of an international network of scientific institutions seeking to preserve global plant biodiversity. The centre presents long-awaited and much-needed infrastructure that is critical to the urgent task of banking Australia’s diverse flora, which is increasingly under pressure.
The gardens are a collaborative effort by 360 Degrees Landscape Architects and the horticultural and botanical specialists at The Australian Botanic Garden. They provide a test-bed for experimentation with biological variables of the surrounding endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland, distilling its inscrutable character into a legible series of gardens based on the typologies of woodland and meadow. In this way, the project seeks to reinterpret and thereby deepen our connection with this rare and delicate vegetation community. It is rare to see experimental test beds displayed to the public in such an engaging way. The beds are never static and connect directly with the workings of the lab and its internal displays.
Plantbank is a thoughtful blend of science and art. It visibly communicates the contingent and ephemeral nature of vegetation communities.
