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Cultural landscape

Moondani Balluk

A place of belonging, designed with Country at its centre.

Location
Footscray, Victoria
Client
Victoria University
Year
2022–2025
Recognition
AILA National Award of Excellence 2025
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Intent

Design that begins with Country.

Moondani Balluk goes considerably beyond conventional planting. Country, water and cultural narrative shape the landscape from the first move, integrating deep-soil planting and public art into a place of gathering and belonging.

Not an outsider trying to establish credentials. A substantial body of work, done with care, that lets the landscape carry meaning.
Sample project narrative
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Water as the organising idea.

A sequence of planted swales and gathering spaces follows the natural fall of the site, making water visible and slowing it through the landscape before it leaves.

Gathering circle and deep-soil planting
2025
AILA National Award of Excellence
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Deep-soil tree planting
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Cultural narrative, start to finish
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