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Wanted right now! 35,000 old CDs

Canberra CBD Limited needs heaps and heaps of old CDs for a fun approach to the revamp of West Row Park – 35,000 is the best estimate.

‘It is a win:win situation,’ said Canberra CBD Limited CEO Linda Staite. ‘You can safely rid yourself of the clutter of old CDs and contribute to the new-look West Row Park.’

A $600,000 revamp of the Park stated last month, funded by city centre property owners via Canberra CBD Limited, with the ACT Government spending another $100,000 on adjacent works.

The park redesign is by GHD Limited, landscape architectural consultants. Landscape architect Jennie Curtis said in developing the design she was keen not only to make the park more sustainable but also to recycle and reuse.

‘The Red and Blue (Inge King) artwork in the Park inspired me. I wanted to emphasise it. It gave me the idea for interlocking and floating rings of crushed recycled CDs and glass to be inlaid in the concrete pavement.

‘Donated CDs will be shredded and crushed for the inlay mix. In this way, a little bit of recent history is embedded into the pavement, the new landscape supports the existing artwork and the artwork provides an exclamation mark in the landscape,’ said Ms Curtis. ‘‘The CDs may initially look grey but they sparkle as different CD pieces reflect the sunlight so the effect is a bit like mica in sand,’ she said.

Linda Staite is urging people to deliver old CDs to Canberra CBD’s office on Akuna Street, directly opposite the Myer entrance.  ‘We need about 200 kgs in weight or 11.5 square metres of CDs, our best guess being this comes to around 35,000.  It’s a great way to clean out old CDs, which have a habit of accumulating, safely and securely, at the same time knowing a little bit of you has gone into this important park.

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