New South Wales South Australia Victoria The Living Pavilion was envisioned as a recyclable, biodegradable, edible and biodiverse event space that celebrates Indigenous knowledge systems, ecological science and sustainable design through participatory arts practice. It is also a key research and knowledge translation project.
The Living Pavilion was used as a “Living Lab” – to test, monitor and engage students, stakeholders and the general community in a range of urban greening, biodiversity, place making, social science, art and design research.
Ecodynamics collaborated with Charles Solomon from Garawana to ensure the plants chosen showcased not only the unique ecologies of the Kulin Nations, but also the cultural, nutritional, medicinal and technological uses employed over thousands of generations of careful custodianship.
The Ecodynamics Nursery was involved through the donation of plants and labour to the project to build the landscape, with 40,000 plants relocated from our nursery to build aquatic and terrestrial landscapes on the site.
Upon completion of The Living Pavilion, the 40,000 plants at The Living Pavilion were installed on the Thompsons Road upgrade, a Major Roads Projects Victoria initiative to improve and maintain the flora, fauna and ecosystems that can be impacted by road construction works, thereby preserving and enhancing roadside diversity.
