Designs developed in collaboration with Jabree Ltd and Blaklash
Blaklash engaged with Jabree Limited for the inclusion of cultural heritage thematics within the Pimpama Station design. Three elements formed the basis for these design considerations which included the incorporation of a design outcome (bora panelling bordering the station platforms), softscape (inclusion of an endemic flora species in the landscape) and a heritage sign which highlights the shared history of Indigenous and European heritage.
Given the stations vicinity to ancient bora rings which form important culturally significant sites, the installation of the bora ring panelling not only offers visual amenity benefits but also showcases a deep spiritual interconnectedness of all things that has existed for all time.
Two bora rings are depicted, connected by a pathway that would have marked the coming of a new generation, of gathering, of ceremony. The rings themselves, with bare centres of stamped earth, are shown as they would have been – one twice the size, of 20-30 metres diameter, and the other more intimate, sacred, of 10-15 metres diameter. Around the bora, the space is not shown as the cleared land and negative space that exists today, but rather as a full, bustling ecosystem that connected the ceremonial site to a broader network of bora rings that would have welcomed visitors from far and wide.
Despite their removal many years ago, these bora continue to exist, whether deep below what is now known as ‘Pimpama’ or spiritually through the ongoing interconnectedness of all things that has existed for all time.
