Traditionally, Melbourne’s development has pushed out indiscriminately into the surrounding rural landscape. As a result, local ecologies have been compromised and natural systems disrupted. Tooradin is a village strategically located at the only place where the South Gippsland Highway meets the waters of Western Port. The Village is located 65 kilometres south east of central […]
Read moreIntroduction The aim of this talk is to firstly convince you that we, as place makers, need to embrace a much more participatory way of building place, if we are to live in a more sociable future. Participatory design is relevant in the city, in the suburbs and in the country and leads us to […]
Read moreThe forces of change in our society are increasingly globalised and franchised. Investment, trade and even the way we relate to each other in our living places are being shaped by patterns and pressures which are beyond our view. As we continue with the rapid expansion of our cities, long-term fault-lines are being built into […]
Read moreLandscape character in the public realm is hard to define. Vaness Berry, Kim Calio, Megan Lawler and John Mongard ask how do you plan for a collective character, when it is an amalgam of perceptions, values and feelings carried around by communities of diverse people? 1.4 MB PDF
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