Landscape architects from 20 countries submitted 125 entries to the contest.

Lagoon beaches opposite Port Melbourne, an island constructed from floating pods in Port Phillip Bay and moving Queen Victoria Market to create an Indigenous memorial are among the 31 shortlisted proposals being considered for a new public park in Melbourne.

Landscape architects from 20 countries submitted 125 entries to the international competition for a Future Park within 10 kilometres of the city centre.

“The whole idea of the competition is to stretch our understanding of what open space could be,” says Jillian Walliss, senior lecturer in landscape architecture at the University of Melbourne and a co-organiser of the event.