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Rafael Luna Zelaya, of Praud and Infra-Architecture Lab, with Sue Rossen Associates
The 1926 vision of Anzac Parade had the ambition of creating a Grand Drive towards Centennial Park commemorating the ANZAC. Almost 100 years later, Randwick City Council is reevaluating this thoroughfare through a heritage study to understand its contemporary role as well as the precolonial narrative and its ongoing impact. This studio focuses on envisioning Anzac Parade as a productive connective spine along the south-eastern suburbs by proposing how to optimise its idle asphalted parking surfaces, transforming them into programmatic infrastructures of decarbonisation. Students are asked to propose speculative infra-architectural designs that consider topography, hydrology, ecosystem, and biodiversity as integral parts of their designs alongside productive systems. Students gain knowledge on how individual architectural interventions can act as urban catalysts for decarbonisation. On Gadi + Bidjigal Country.
