Completed in 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Images by Derek Swalwell, Tom Ross. A beautiful architectural installation, replete with a pink pond evocative of Australia’s inland salt lakes, has been revealed as the winner of the.
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A pink pond that invites people to contemplate and reflect on their relationship with the environment is the highlight of the installation created by the winners of NGV’s 2021 Architecture Commission.
Named pond[er], the beautiful architectural installation in the Grollo Equiset Garden at NGV International was designed by the Melbourne-based team of architecture firm Taylor Knights in collaboration with artist James Carey. The pink pond – evocative of Australia’s inland salt lakes – offers visitors a space to wade in and cool off during the summer months.
The installation, which references Sir Roy Grounds’ open-air courtyards in the original design of NGV International, comprises two key design elements: a body of indigenous plants and a body of water coloured pink, alluding to Victoria’s many inland salt lakes while also highlighting the scarcity, importance and political implications of water as a natural reso