Badu Shipwreck, Homebush Bay
ESD created access and provided an opportunity to educate the public in a unique habitat at Homebush Bay which included construction of a shipwreck viewing area of brick paving and galvanised steel jetties, telescope, mirrors, paving and seating walls. Specialised crustacean habitat was created from recycled bricks on the shoreline.
The project was created in a natural mangrove and salt marsh habitat on the upper reaches of Sydney Harbour at Homebush Bay. ESD brief was to restore both coastal marsh and mangrove habitat. Plant species include: Juncus kraussii, Sarcocornia quinqueflora, Sporobolus virginicus, Suaeda australis and Isolepis nodosa.
Construction required strict environmental controls, with the finished project reflecting the natural environment.
The Shipwreck Lookout won a commendation in the NSW Royal Australian Institute of Architects Awards in July 2006. It was also selected as one of 12 projects to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale in September 2006.
Project Details
- Client: Sydney Olympic Park Authority
- Total Value: $200,000
