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This Public Life Park

Between lightbulb moments and deep thinking sessions, some 500 delegates of AILA’s 2015 Festival of Landscape Architecture recharged at Street Furniture Australia’s pop-up This Public Life Park.

The four-day conference program included the likes of David van de Leer, Natalie Jeremijenko and Jenny B Osuldsen talking all things landscape architecture in Melbourne on October 15 to 18.

Visitors kicked off their shoes to enjoy the freshly rolled-out park lawn in Federation Square with SFA sun lounges, cafe tables and Forum seats in the shade of leafy trees planted in brightly coloured rim bins.

To celebrate the launch of SFA’s Forum seats, a cross between a backyard and street furniture bench, delegates posted selfies with their favourite Forum to Facebook for a chance to take it home.

And the winners are:

Surf in' chicksPerfect city loungeKicking back in full colour

Special mentions go to:

Selfie x 3Dreaming#thispubliclifeNeed this benchI like my shoesLadies who loungeCan't chooseYellow is the new blackBrisvegas  Peek! SeriousMatches their outfit

The pop-up park, built with almost no budget, was designed by Context, with lawn from Lawn Solutions Australia and trees by Fleming’s Nurseries.

Congratulations, Jela, Sacha and Lara!


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