Studio 5/02
Enterprize Park: provocative gestures towards reconciliation (sustainability, people, place)
Anna Hooper
Studio Description
Provocation: something that arouses, stimulates or incites
Reconciliation: the act of restoring differences
Enterprize Park is located on the north side of the Yarra River and lies between Queens Bridge and Kings Street Bridge.
For many thousands of years this site on the banks of Birrarung (Yarra River) was a crossing point and meeting place of the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung peoples of the Kulin nation.. As the site of the Indigenous art installation Scar: A Stolen Vision since 2003, it also the place of Melbourne Day ceremonies marking the arrival of schooner The Enterprize in 1835, bringing the first white settlers to what is now called Melbourne.
Framed by the 6 leaves of Sustainable Urbanism (ecology, community, water, energy, waste, and materials), in this studio the design process and final project proposal will also be informed by the City of Melbourne’s inclusion of public art installations through the city.
Students will explore the contested histories of Enterprize Park and its relationships with the people of this area (and beyond) and, based on further research, develop a Master Plan and 2 detailed zones within the precinct. It is expected that one of these will be a Provocative Gesture – a landscape (art) installation that confronts the site’s historic, contemporary, and (possible) future narratives.
Studio Leaders
Anna has taught in MSD since 2013 and has led a number of Master of Landscape Studios as well as teaching Landscape and Architecture histories. Her interest in large-scale public art installations and sustainable design forms the basis of this studio.
Readings & References
Reading material for this studio will be provided at the beginning of semester.
Schedule Tuesdays 15:15-18:15, Thursdays 18:15-20:15 | Lecture Thursdays 15:15-16:15