Yeerongpilly Footbridge Landscape
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Yeerongpilly Footbridge Landscape
The footbridge, designed by M3 Architects, provides a safe and convenient pedestrian link over busy Fairfield Road between Yeerongpilly Train Station and the Queensland Tennis Centre.
The design uses a suitable native plant palette by emulating the species that distinguish the adjacent tennis centre landscape. The new footbridge and its surrounding landscape are thus brought into context.
Accent plants are used for design while trees provide shade for pedestrians. Planting has been carefully located for increased safety in accordance with CPTED principles. For example, screening plants and bushy shrubs are placed well away from pathways so that they do not prevent pedestrians from seeing – or being seen.
Guymer Bailey’s landscape design for the “tennis-themed” Yeerongpilly footbridge provides the perfect environment for its appearance and purpose.
PROCESS
The design uses a suitable native plant palette by emulating the species that distinguish the adjacent tennis centre landscape. The new footbridge and its surrounding landscape are thus brought into context.
METHODOLOGY
Accent plants are used for design while trees provide shade for pedestrians. Planting has been carefully located for increased safety in accordance with CPTED principles. For example, screening plants and bushy shrubs are placed well away from pathways so that they do not prevent pedestrians from seeing – or being seen.
TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND
The Yuggera People
COMPLETION
2011
LOCATION
Queensland, Yeerongpilly
CLIENT
Queensland Government - Translink
PROJECT CONTACT
PHOTOGRAPHY
Guymer Bailey Architects
VALUE OUTCOMES
“GB-A were an absolute pleasure to work with. The team on site and in the office never cut corners and were committed to delivering a very high quality project.”
Jim Spainard, Golburn Enterprise
Designing for a sustainable future is a core part of our organisational philosophy. Drawing on the knowledge from our Greenstar accredited team members and specialist consultants in environmentally sustainable design, we ensure our project teams integrate creativity with scientific rigour, to create designs that are conscientious of the natural environment and local ecology. Designing for a sustainable future is a core part of our organisational philosophy.
PRINCIPLES OF PASSION
During the design process, our project team not only considers the physical context of the designs but also examines the social and cultural context. Through every design, we look for ways to inspire positive attitudes, behaviours and emotional responses in people to encourage the responsible use of resources, increase cooperation among occupants, and communicate the values of society and cultural diversity.
Designing for a sustainable future is a core part of our organisational philosophy. Drawing on the knowledge from our Greenstar accredited team members and specialist consultants in environmentally sustainable design, we ensure our project teams integrate creativity with scientific rigour, to create designs that are conscientious of the natural environment and local ecology.
We design built environments from a holistic, sustainable perspective: each project reconciles ecological and social impacts within the current economic climate. We holistically evaluate environmental, cultural and financial sustainability in every task we undertake.