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  • wetlands

innisfail high school, innisfail

After Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Larry devastated Innisfail town, severely damaging the State High School, Landcare Australia and television garden program Backyard Blitz decided to provide a new playground.

Conceived by media personality Don Burke we met Don's challenge of designing a prototype Environmental Study Garden in a 4 weeks construction, documentation and approval period.

The design of a wetland and jetty, rainforest boardwalk, stage and amphitheatre, aquaculture and butterfly house, centred around a new fully equipped study lab, was designed to be built largely by volunteers in 4 televised days.

awards

    • 2007
    • Torsanlorenzo International Prize Commended Award - Innisfail High School Prototype Environment Playground

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master plan