pond[er] in Grollo Equiset Garden, Melbourne Landscape Design, Victoria Architecture Development Photos
pond[er] in Grollo Equiset Garden Melbourne
24 Mar 2022
Architecture: Taylor Knights
Location: Grollo Equiset Garden, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

photo © Derek Swalwell
Photos: Tom Ross and Derek Swalwell
pond[er] 2021 NGV Architecture Commission, Victoria
The proposal for the NGV?s 2021 Architecture Commission in the Grollo Equiset Garden at NGV International, was a collaboration between architecture studio Taylor Knights and artist James Carey. Replete with a pink pond evocative of Australia?s inland salt lakes, the installation, titled pond[er], offers a space for visitors to cool off during the summer months and reflect on their relationship with the environment and our shared future living successfully together in the driest continent on earth.
photo © Tom Ross
Referencing Sir Roy Grounds? inclusion of three open-air courtyards in the original design of NGV International, this architecture and landscape installation comprises two key design elements: a body of indigenous plants and a body of water. Utilising the NGV?s existing water systems, pond[er] uses the same recycled water found in the NGV?s moats, fountains, and iconic water wall.

photo © Derek Swalwell
Through its colour, the body of water makes direct reference to the many inland salt lakes in Australia and highlights the scarcity, importance, and political implications of water as a fundamenta...