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Posted on June 13, 2006July 21, 2019 John Mongard

Networks Not Lines: Toward a long term cultural realm in the landscape architectural project

The public realm is a complex place: a slippery cultural construct. It is shaped over time by many intentions, mostly non-design related. How can landscape architects become meaningful players in this shaping process? How can our public spaces become cultural realms? ‘Projects’ are design and construction vehicles used to solve perceived public realm problems. They […]

Posted on June 13, 2006July 21, 2019 John Mongard

Green Villages – Tooradin as a model for growth

Traditionally, Melbourne’s development has pushed out indiscriminately into the surrounding rural landscape. As a result, local ecologies have been compromised and natural systems disrupted. Tooradin is a village strategically located at the only place where the South Gippsland Highway meets the waters of Western Port. The Village is located 65 kilometres south east of central […]

Posted on May 12, 2005July 21, 2019 John Mongard

Making Great Places – PIA Talk, Adelaide, 2005

Introduction The aim of this talk is to firstly convince you that we, as place makers, need to embrace a much more participatory way of building place, if we are to live in a more sociable future. Participatory design is relevant in the city, in the suburbs and in the country and leads us to […]

Posted on June 13, 2004July 21, 2019 John Mongard

Suburban Entropy and the Death of Difference (Finding a green way through the Greenfields)

The forces of change in our society are increasingly globalised and franchised. Investment, trade and even the way we relate to each other in our living places are being shaped by patterns and pressures which are beyond our view. As we continue with the rapid expansion of our cities, long-term fault-lines are being built into […]

Posted on August 12, 2002July 21, 2019 John Mongard

The Future Of Water Sensitive Streets & Places: The Landscape Elements of WSUD

The vast amount of water caught every day within our streets, car parks and footpaths is an unrecognised resource going to waste. In a country facing increasing pressure on its dwindling water resources, we should be recycling and harvesting these lost waters of our urban systems. In the town centre of Toowoomba we calculated once […]

Posted on June 19, 2002July 21, 2019 John Mongard

Where is the collective landscape

Landscape character in the public realm is hard to define. Vaness Berry, Kim Calio, Megan Lawler and John Mongard ask how do you plan for a collective character, when it is an amalgam of perceptions, values and feelings carried around by communities of diverse people? 1.4 MB PDF

Posted on January 12, 2002July 21, 2019 John Mongard

The plant machine: between entropy and evolution

Designers: John Mongard, Landscape Architect/PoetSeth Remaut, Architecture GraduateBarbara Steiner, Landscape Architect/Environmental Artist Authors: Barbara Steiner, John Mongard Introduction Industrial landscapes are as much part of our cultural landscape as any highly aesthetic sculpture park, agricultural landscape or suburban agglomeration. Through the achievements of industry, science and technology, contemporary Western societies enjoy higher standards of living […]

Posted on September 12, 2000July 21, 2019 John Mongard

What do you mean by this place?

John Mongard Landscape Architects planned and designed public spaces in the seaside town of Mooloolaba over a period of four years. The infamous ‘Loo With A View’ was the first built project in an 18 million dollar masterplan, and this work recently won a BDP Urban Design award and the RAPI National award for Urban […]

Posted on June 19, 2000July 21, 2019 John Mongard

Lap Pool for Hamilton Residence

The design focuses the backyard around a lap pool which has the feel of a long, luxuriant bathing terrace in a tradition going back to ancient Persia.

Posted on October 12, 1999July 21, 2019 John Mongard

Power, Poetry And Contemporaneity In The Public Landscape

Poetry The ritual and building of experiences in place is what creates poetry in the landscape. It sings in your memory, and if it is strong, you can visit that place your mind many years afterward. This type of layering happens when people enjoy a place. Public places have a significant role in being the […]