Eddie Ward Park
2009
Location
Surry Hills, NSW
Client
City of Sydney
Photography
Brett Boardman
The new playground located in south eastern corner of Eddie Ward Park, Surry Hills, was designed to retain a number of significant trees including three centrally located Jacaranda trees. Play is structured around an exisitng climbing net and is arranged to cater for a range of age groups whilst making use of the exisitng level changes and shade provided by the trees. The design inserts a new flying fox, toddler play, small skate bowl and a table tennis table in a compact and interlocking manner around the exisitng features. The resultant playgound now defines and anchors a corner of the park where the exisitng road intersection previously dominated the character of this portion of the park.