Sydney Park Skate Park

Blurring the lines between the passive and the extreme at Sydney Park.

Our Landscape Architecture team designed this skate park in collaboration with Convic. It accommodates different skill levels for everyday use and includes a traditional park skate area, a lineal plaza, and a beginner’s bowl for street and bowl-style wheeled action sports. The skate facility has been added to the park to contribute to an active recreation loop and is adjacent to the new ‘learn to ride’ bike facility. The location also uses the park's landform to create an informal amphitheatre for spectator viewing. The skate facility is one of the largest in Australia.

The Group

Client: City of Sydney

Studios: Sydney, Australia

Key Facts:

5100 m2
Two key areas:
1) Extensive plaza with beginner’s bowl
2) The international scale flow bowl

The Team:

Location

Sydney Park, Alexandria, Sydney NSW

Traditional Custodians of the Land

Gadigal / Eora

Collaborators

Skate Park Design: Convic
Engineering: Northrop Consulting Engineers
Builders: Concrete Skate Parks

Awards

1. Sydney Design Awards Driven x Design 2021, Landscape Design, Silver
2. Good Design Awards 2021, Architectural Design, Urban Design and Public Spaces
3. Parks and Leisure NSW 2021, Play Space, Highly Commended

Photography

Simon Wood

The Skate Park facility incorporates two key areas, accommodating space for both amateur and professional level skills. An extensive plaza in one section has obstacles for street-style technical tricks and a beginner’s bowl for street and bowl-style wheeled action sports. Adjacent, an international-scale flow bowl with up to 3.3m depth provides the more challenging part of the facility and is designed to the level of Olympic-standard competition bowls.

Multiple viewing areas, seats, and trees scattered throughout the skate park invite visitors to spend time there. New picnic areas and barbecues have been installed, and a final piece of the Park Circuit Path now connects the entire Park. Through these initiatives, the Skate Park has successfully attracted a wide range of new users.

As featured in the NSW Government Adventurous Spaces Guideline and Insight Report

Read the exerpts below or the complete documents are HERE

The Group

Client: City of Sydney

Studios: Sydney, Australia

The Team:

Key Facts:

5100 m2
Two key areas:
1) Extensive plaza with beginner’s bowl
2) The international scale flow bowl

Location

Sydney Park, Alexandria, Sydney NSW

Traditional Custodians of the Land

Gadigal / Eora

Collaborators

Skate Park Design: Convic
Engineering: Northrop Consulting Engineers
Builders: Concrete Skate Parks

Awards

Photography

Simon Wood

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John Holland Director

As a Director and landscape architect, John oversees our Landscape Architecture business, managing the team, design, and project delivery. He has extensive experience in a wide range of sectors and at various scales, gained over many years of multi-disciplinary work in Australia, the UK, and Southeast Asia, which informs his leadership. John also leads our Cities and Places sector team, focusing on projects such as Master Planned Communities, Public Domain, and Recreation, many of which have received awards and industry recognition for their innovative design and positive community impact.

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