Current progress on the Beaudesert Town Centre works includes a new Main Street, relocation of an CWA meeting hall, and a new civic amenities building. A unique events area features a stage and events pavilion designed to complement the adjacent heritage railway building. A new civic park features two yarning circles and interpretive gardens and […]
Read moreWest 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 moreJohn Mongard taught placemaking in 2019 as part of a Myer Foundation grant and collaborated with Sebastien D’archen and his town planning students at The University of Queensland. A co-design workshop was held in Boundary street, in the heart of West End, which led to creative plans for the future of the centre. Read about the […]
Read moreJohn Mongard taught placemaking and collaborated with Laurel Johnson and her town planning students at The University of Queensland during 2018, as part of a Myer Foundation grant. Our workshop with local residents generated a new plan for the local centre. See the video of the co-design workshop here:
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 moreAbstract Public Art up until the 1950s was predominantly focused on monuments, free standing sculptures and frieze/surface works on prominent buildings. Since then it has developed into a much broader range of creative interventions in the city and in the landscape. This talk will discuss emerging concepts and challenges related to the making of contemporary […]
Read moreAustralia has ridden on the back of mining booms which have reinvigorated regional towns like Gladstone in Queensland. The gold mining boom in the 1880’s left Australia with an urban fabric which is probably the best quality Civic architecture left in our cities. Local entrepreneurs invested into their town and built long-lasting stone and timber […]
Read moreContext Gladstone has been a City of extremely accelerated development in times past, and it is likely this rate of development will happen again. It has some remarkable natural attributes including a deep harbour and substantial mineral resources, which will continue to provide enormous economic potential for the region, however these assets need to be […]
Read moreThe public realm is a complex place: a slippery cultural construct. It is shaped over time by many intentions, mostly non-design related. How can landscape architects become meaningful players in this shaping process? How can our public spaces become cultural realms? ‘Projects’ are design and construction vehicles used to solve perceived public realm problems. They […]
Read moreTraditionally, 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 […]
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