Turf Design Studio

Name: Turf Design Studio
Address: 35 Wellington Street, Sydney, NSW, 2008, AU
Telephone: +61283949990

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Turf Design Studio specialises in landscape architecture, urban design and urban ecology. We design places that are settings for life.

Turf Design Studio is an urban design and landscape architectural practice with a focus on people first. We believe places are for people to live in and to enjoy, so we create settings for life; to connect people with place. Our studio specialises in urban design and place making, landscape architecture and urban ecology. Our work embraces public domain, community development, urban infrastructure

and major events, both locally and abroad. Our expertise is across all phases of project delivery, from concept design and design development, through to tender and construction documentation, post construction services and site advice. We design places that tell a story and excite our senses. It is about the nature of connection and connection with nature; how a place is sensed and revealed and how it fits into its wider context. We know how deliver; how to work within a project team, to translate the design solution into a coherent, buildable outcome. Our solutions are rich in texture, site-specific and most importantly, sustainable.

27/09/2024

Huge news! Sydney’s inner city Chippendale — home of two of our major projects has ranked 7th coolest neighbourhood in the world

Chippendale is home to our Studio, nestled amongst the thriving community of residents, creative agencies and world class hospitality.

Congratulations to clients + for stewarding the vision for the development of and

09/09/2024

Our activation of Cadigal Green at University of Sydbdg is now complete and ready for students and the glorious spring weather. The space has been quickly filled with students studying, hanging out, having a coffee or lunch. Turf developed a seating plan, with new outdoor powerpoints and water and power for two food van sites. A graphic system by was developed and applied to custom umbrellas. Customised Jil tables by are matched with their volley chairs in three colours. Happy days!

Cadigal Green by (2010)

17/07/2024

Over the past four years, our team has been privileged to facilitate a co-design process with the evolving the National War Memorial Public Domain in alignment with the goals and design principles of the heritage plan.

The process involved reviewing AWM’s masterplan, integrating the site’s key components — the Southern Entrance, the Bean Building, and Anzac Hall — along with improvements to East and West Streets.

Link in bio for full post.

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Team
— Client
— Public Domain
— Anzac Hall
— Bean Building sc_architecture — Southern Entry (Architecture and Landscape)
— Gallery Refurbishment

📍Ngunnawal Ngambri Country

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04/07/2024

Sub Base Platypus Torpedo Factory is the recipient of the 2024 Landscape Architecture Award for Cultural Heritage for the extensive reworking of the 1942 Torpedo Factory building to create a new multifunctional public space on the former HMAS Platypus site in North Sydney.

The project promotes multiple narratives that reflect the complex nature of the site — formally a torpedo factory, submarine base and gas works — and importantly the millennia–long connection of the Cammeraygal people and culture on the harbour and its peninsulas.

Cultural engagement and reconciliation through design has been delivered in contemporary and innovative ways that have created a layered response to the intrinsic heritage and cultural values of the site.

AILA Jury Citation —
Combining restoration of endemic vegetation, contemporary art, and imaginative heritage interpretation, the team has drawn on the qualities of the place. The team’s collaborative approach has transformed a derelict industrial building into a compelling public space that fosters local interest and care for the place while recreating space where landscape areas can be revitalised in the future park.

Guiding the transformation of a complex site with incredible potential, the design team’s collaboration with First Nations designers has resulted in contemporary expressions of culture in combination with a playful interpretation of the industrial heritage.

Project Team

| Client
| Landscape, Strategy, Wayfinding and Interpretation
| Architecture
| First Nations Consultant
and | Public Art (Around the Curve)studio | Blast Wall Interpretation
| Community Engagement Supportcreative | Signage Fabrication and Installation
| Builder
Thurston Empson & Michael Chorley | Photos

05/06/2024

Join Turf Director Mike Horne and Uncle Kevin (Gavi) Duncan for a deep dive into the Government Architect NSW’s Connecting with Country Framework. They’ll share knowledge and insights to help you use the framework in your projects.

Mike and Gavi will discuss how this framework helped turn Gosford Waterfront Park’s sports fields into a nature-inspired, fun public space integrates the stories from the Darkinjung landscape, culture and history. The webinar also features Jefa Greenaway sharing insights from the Koorie Heritage Trust.

THIS IS A FREE ONLINE EVENT.
Hosted by Government Architect NSW
Thursday 13 June 2024, 12.30—1.30pm

To register, click the link in our bio.
See you there!

04/06/2024

AWARD NEWS: We were very happy to join our White Bay Power Station team at the recent 30th edition of the National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards at Jones Bay Wharf, Sydney. The took out the Built Conservation Award (Large Scale) and the prestigious Judge’s Choice Award (best in show!). Congratulations to our client Placemaking NSW and everyone across the design, project management and construction teams on the achievement. The National Trust described the project as “a once in a lifetime conservation project of exceptional historic, technical and social significance. An amazing, inspiring project that is a tangible example of what is possible for these types of buildings.” Bravo team!

Placemaking NSW: Client
Project Management
Design 5 Architects: Heritage Architects
: Building Contractor

With

Trevor R. Howse & Associates
NDY
PDC Consultants

31/05/2024

Two Turf Design Studio projects have been shortlisted for the 2024 AILA NSW Landscape Architecture Awards to be announced on 27 June.

In the Civic Landscape Category Merrylands Civic Square was nominated — a new public heart to a bustling town centre in Western Sydney, layered with First Nations and local community stories, culture and art.

In the Cultural Heritage Category, Sub Base Platypus Torpedo Factory renewal for the Harbour Trust was nominated for the extensive reworking of the 1942 Torpedo Factory building with GMB Architects as new public space on the former HMAS Platypus site on Sydney Harbour.

Thanks to our clients, collaborators and contractors on both projects.

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Merrylands Civic Square Team
Client
Public Domain and Landscape
& Structures
Public Art
First Nations Consultant
Builder

SBP Torpedo Factory Team
Client
Landscape, Wayfinding and Intepretation
Architecture
and Public Art
First Nations Consultantstudio Blast Wall Interpretation
Community Engagement Supportcreative Signage, Fabrication and Installation
Builder

30/05/2024

At Turf, we recognise the power of reconciliation to strengthen relationships between Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non–Indigenous peoples. First Nations stories and knowledge sharing is woven into design practices to deeply embed Country within the public domain.

This year’s theme for Reconciliation Week is ‘Now More Than Ever’, a reminder to all of us that the fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must continue. Now more than ever, we need to tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation.

We believe that education, knowledge sharing and storytelling is key in fostering reconciliation. Here we highlight a few of our recently built projects where Indigenous voices, culture and identity have been integrated into the design process and constructed public spaces.

View full post on our website.

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23/05/2024

COX Architecture with 3XN Architects, Aileen Sage, Turf Design Studio and Bangawarra has won the international design competition for Riverside Theatres in Parramatta, Sydney.

The team acknowledge the enduring spirit and Peoples of Burramatta Country.

With a foundation built on established relationships, confidence, and mutual understanding, the design team is driven by a shared vision. This vision will establish the Riverside Theatres as the cornerstone of burgeoning cultural presence within the Central River City.

Our winning design includes a new 1,500 seat lyric theatre alongside a smaller 424 seat studio theatre and 80 seat cinema. Additionally, the existing playhouse theatre will undergo significant refurbishment into a 760 seat venue. The revitalised riverfront will be a focal point, boasting a vibrant riverside bar and café, improved pedestrian pathways, and extensive new endemic landscaping. Committed to sustainability, the design targets a 5 Star Green Star rating, with a focus on reusing existing building materials to minimise environmental impact. The design seeks to remediate and restore the Parramatta landscape and riverbank ecologies to foster thriving biodiverse natural ecosystems.

The design team thanks the City of Parramatta, Riverside Theatres, and the competition design jury for this opportunity to contribute to the cultural and public life of Parramatta and Greater Western Sydney.

Thanks also to our collaborative partners and creative team lead by Joe Agius at with , and

02/05/2024

Sub Base Platypus Torpedo Factory has been shortlisted in the 2024 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards in the Education and Interpretation category. Congratulations to for stewarding this significant project.  —  The submission states “the Sub Base Platypus Torpedo Factory Renewal Project has created a new multifunctional public space within the former 1943 Torpedo Factory. As part of these works a suite of innovative interpretation elements have been incorporated within the building design and landscape elements that interpret the site’s rich and layered history from First Nations contact and the subsequent colonial phases, 1870s gas works, Second World War torpedo assembly and then from the 1960s as a submarine base.”  —

On Friday 15 September, the Minister for the Environment and Water, the Hon. MP, officially opened the new Torpedo Factory Precinct at Sub Base Platypus. Harbour Trust Executive Director, Janet Carding, oversaw the proceedings, which began with a memorable Welcome to Country by , Acting Chair of the Harbour Trust. A special highlight of the ceremony was an address from Commander Sandy Coulson CSM, the first female Executive Officer (XO) at an operational naval base.

—  Turf Design Studio was engaged by the Trust to design, develop and document both the landscape and interpretation works, working with the following amazing group of collaborators: 
Curation and design 
and Artists 
First Nations consultant 
Community Engagement Support creative Fabrication and installation 
Architects

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25/04/2024

Especially today, on ANZAC Day we are proud to be a part of the Australian War Memorial redevelopment. A place of quiet contemplation, honouring the legacy of the Australian Defence Force and Peacekeeping Services. Lest we forget.

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Project - Australian War Memorial
Our Role - Visitor Experience & Wayfinding
Client - Australian War Memorial
Architects -

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28/09/2023

Peace, Love, YES!!!!!

YES to the Voice, YES for constitutional recognition of our First Nations, YES for truth telling, YES for reconciliation, YES for justice. YES for a better country,

Our country was founded on the deceit of Terra nullius - its time for truth.

Thanks !

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35 Wellington Street
Sydney, NSW
2008

Telephone

+61283949990

Website

http://www.turfdesign.com/

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