by Mark Tyrrell
Landscape Architecture Australia
No. 129, February 2011
pp. 75-80
The Millennium Parklands project, located in Sydney, Australia, was featured in the February 2011 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.
The Park – originally named Millennium Parklands and now known as Sydney Olympic Park – was to provide the setting for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and leave a valuable legacy for future generations telling them something of the prevailing values of a seminal period in Australian history.
Many of the project's innovations have now become normal practice, such as the preparation of the park's activity based programs in tandem with its physical design. Also, by leaving many spaces unplanned, opportunity has been provided for future generations to explore their ambitions on the site.
The article in Landscape Architecture Australia notes that, "Almost fifteen years on from the concept plan, the Millennium Parklands have proven to be a success. They have reinvented what was a highly contaminated site into well-used and well-loved parkland ... today Millennium Parklands is used and loved by the community."
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