Parks Victoria Reframes Coastal Infrastructure Around Public Life, Not Engineering Alone

Parks Victoria is shifting how it approaches aging waterfront assets. The St Kilda Pier Redevelopment, which won the 2026 Victorian Architecture Awards on 19 June, exemplifies this: the design brief centred on recreation, amenity, safety, and accessibility rather than structural utility alone. This liveability-first lens now shapes Parks Victoria's broader coastal and riparian asset renewal pipeline, signalling a sustained reorientation toward civic function alongside engineering.