GLAS worked with the City of Merri-bek to provide three different concepts for 260 Sydney road. 

Option 1 explored the creation of a densely planted natural space, by restoring the soil to create a fertile natural substrate for native planting. Raised platforms with minimal footings in the ground allowed to maximize the permeability and soil rooting volume. 

Option 2 embraces the vibrancy and urban vigor of Sydney road. It provides a stage for the variety of Brunswick civic life. With a highly flexible ground plane, it enables a multiplicity of uses and events such as music, dance or theatre performance, markets, festivals, protests, soup kitchens, food trucks, celebrations, fashion parades, or simply for ‘people watching’. 

Option 3 provides a public space with a playful ground plane. Inspired by the ‘Clay quarries’ of Brunswick’s past, this concept creates an undulating ground plane of ‘islands’ of different materials and textures, engaging the senses and providing a variety of stages for resting or for play. A sensory indigenous flower garden brings attention whilst separating the space from the busy road.