MONA

lANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

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OCULUS
28.07.12

In all the fuss over the art and architecture of MONA, it's often forgotten that much of what makes this private museum so special is the experience of its landscape. Landscape architecture practice Oculus has crowned the ochre, fortress-like walls of Fender Katsalidis' indisputably iconic design in fractured planes of vegetation and concrete. Carefully orchestrated to guide foot traffic through a staggered series of platforms to the museum's entrance, the spare, manmade topography of the site also provides key moments of outlook to the spectacular riparian landscape of Tasmania's Derwent River, virtually ensuring the museum leaves an indelible impression on the visitor, quite apart from the art.

www.oculus.com.au

 

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