Within the Ian Potter Children’s Wild Play Garden at the Centennial Park, Sydney, Aspect Studio invited Cave Urban to create an installation to frame a series of tunnels within a forest of native Banksia scrub. As the bamboo ages and breaks down, the Banksias will grow and follow the shape of the bamboo to create a living structure. The tunnels were built using bamboo, tree branches and wire. The green materials came from the gardens with the help of volunteers and the Parks and Gardens staff.
Utilising the sunny area of the site, a series of tunnels and intersections provide an area for play and for telling stories. The woven bamboo structures provide an immediate amenity to the site allowing for the native vegetation to grow and establish itself as the bamboo structures decay and age.
Client: ASPECT Studios
Dimensions: 25m [path length] x 15m x 4m
Location: Centennial Park, Sydney, Australia
Lead Design: Jed Long, Mercurio Alvarado
Team: Seb Guy, Katie Stewart, Jenna Collins