Barangaroo's Headland Park will be a
spectacular place for everyone to enjoy. It will provide a
new vantage point for Sydneysiders and visitors alike to watch the
action on Sydney Harbour at the same time as they soak up the
atmosphere of six hectares of lush, naturalistic parkland.
There will be cycleways and walking paths which
will bring people right down to the waters edge where they can
touch the harbour in sandstone rock pools.
The Headland Park, along with Balls Head, Goat
Island and Ballast Point will complete the archipelago of green
headlands characteristic of Sydney Harbour through the centuries
before 1836 when the first man made changes occurred.
Currently, the site comprises flat concrete wharves.
The re-creation of a beautiful new naturalistic
headland will provide a new connection between people and the
harbour as well as recognising Sydney's modern and ancient history
as a symbol of country.
Such an important area deserves the best
design. The winners of the international design competition
held in 2009/2010 were Johnson Pilton Walker, in association with
Peter Walker and Partners Landscape Architecture. Their
design will feature the areas pre-1836 rugged sandstone topography,
planted with native vegetation such as large Angophora and Port
Jackson fig trees.
In addition to picnic areas, walking paths,
water access and tidal pools, the Headland Park will feature a new
cultural centre built within the headland, with an expected floor
area of between 10,000 and 20,000sqm.
The Headland Park will be created from the
materials excavated and in some cases, remediated, from the
basements in Barangaroo South, and the northern cove. This
approach is in line best practice standards in sustainable
development. In addition, the new park will be economically
sustainable, totally funded by contributions from the developers of
Barangaroo South.
The Headland Park will be completed in
2015.
Height
at top of park
18
metres
Trees
675
to be planted
Sandstone
blocks
9,315
for the foreshore
