The interior artwork is a floor piece that embeds acrylic shapes in the form of the leaves from the common species that make up the tree canopy into the floor. One high priority species in the form of the Wembley Wax flower, is also included. It is intended that the pattern they form takes on a configuration akin to a pile of leaves blowing in the door and scattering through the building.

The leaf shapes in this floor piece become small windows through which the viewer has limited access also to the names of the highest priority species in the park, as though one is walking on a sea of text under the floor and can only perceive the whole possibility through small glimpses contained in the leaves from the common species of the tree canopy. These glimpses may remind us of the potential fragility of our environment and the important role science and scientists play in environmental management.

A series of three discreet artworks are also embedded into the building materials of the washrooms.

This project acknowledges the research undertaken by University of Western Australia PhD student Judy Fisher. read more... read less