West End Centre is in the midst of a dramatic change with a near doubling of shops through new shopping Centre developments nearby. Boundary Street is the traditional main street of West End. How will the Precinct thrive amongst this change? How will the traditional main street continue to offer its distinctive character and shops? […]
Read moreEssential Questions Who is a dweller? What is PLACE, as opposed to SPACE? Where Is PLACE? How do we recognize, or facilitate PLACE? Why is the concept of PLACE important? What is PLACE making? 1. Who is a dweller? A dweller knows, feels and remembers a place intimately. Dwellers are people who inhabit an area […]
Read moreWelcome to Plainland. Plainland is on a plain designated for the growth of Brisbane. It has a shopping centre off the highway and sits amongst the cows of surrounding grazing land. Plainland is plain: the cost of house and land dictate it. A bold entry statement and a path to the shops are civic flourishes. […]
Read moreGold Coast is a city infatuated with its image. It is the Miami Vice jostling with BrisVegas in the Sunshine State. Bold and brash, the sky is not the limit in Gold Coast City. The city embraced height from its early days and this coincided with Modernism as it washed over our shores from America […]
Read moreCentres are the heart of our shared living places. place theory and experiential design processes can be harnessed to connect centres to their landscape and people.
Read morePlacemaking is fundamental to how we make and see the world. Placemaking processes acknowledge that to walk in the shoes of a dweller is to be in place. Vibrant Towns of the Scenic Rim is an award winning regional strategy to add vibrancy to rural towns. This presentation is a snapshot of the strategies used […]
Read moreHow will the suburbs become more sustainable and caring in the future? Place theory and engagement processes, as well as experiential design are ways to bring placemaking into the suburbs.
Read moreHow a space unfolds into a place is a mystery. What ingredients are required to make our cities valued? We go about our daily lives and the things we touch and feel remind us of who we are and where we belong. For most of us the things we care about are actually small and […]
Read moreThe marketplace is clearly failing the landscapes and the towns we live in. Australian country towns are dying as the global economy seeks to extract the cheapest goods in the cheapest location. We live in a very large island with a small population and with inbuilt inefficiencies of distance and time to markets. Our standard […]
Read moreThe challenge for designers in this moment of change is to re-conceptualise people as citizens rather than consumers, to place value on civic life and to create a shared democratic citizenship. This paper focuses on three important actions required to achieve a more ethical public realm: feeding/greening/caring. 1 MB PDF
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