NPWS Park Elements Manual - State wide NSW

The Park Facilities Manual received the AILA NSW Excellence Award for Land Management in Landscape Architecture (2007) and was also identified as a key strategic statewide document for the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NSW).

The manual provides design consultants and NPWS staff with a suite of standard facilities including tracks and related structures, shelters, toilets, furniture, barriers and lighting.

The key objective of the manual was to develop facilities that promote a recognisable image and identity for NPWS areas, whilst providing scope for the integration of local physical and cultural character.

This has been achieved through a system of consistent designs that can be tailored to reflect the site character and conditions with the addition of local materials, as well as a range of standard ancillary items such as walls and screens.

The standards and guidelines in the manual were developed with the aim of providing park facilities with an Australian identity. This has incorporated the following principles: .

• a generous scale and spatial feel
• robust design detailing reflecting a strong grounding of elements
• materials references to archetypal Australian built form, such as corrugated iron, timber, steel and natural stone

• Timber gable shelter
• Timber information shelter
• Class 1 track (footpath) with handrail
• Carpark with concrete pathway and timber bollards
• Foot bridge