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Posted on December 9, 2021December 6, 2021 John Mongard

Living Classroom Unfolds

The Living Classroom has built an amazing system of waterways and forests to provide water and biodiversity at the regenerative farm.

Posted on June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 John Mongard

During April and May Scenic Rim community members visited ‘The Beauy Hub’ in Brisbane Street to see large scale designs and talk directly with engineers, architects and Council officers about the revitalisation of Beaudesert’s town centre. Scenic Rim Mayor Greg Christensen said the feedback from community members who visited one of the 24 open sessions has […]

Posted on November 10, 2020December 6, 2021 John Mongard

Ideas for Boundary Street, West End

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? […]

Posted on November 9, 2020May 26, 2023 John Mongard

Climate ideas and actions for Kurilpa Precinct

How can the West End neighbourhood in Brisbane city plan for climate change from the ground up? Several hundred designers and planners workshopped ideas with residents in 2019. These ideas have been further brainstormed by Kurilpa Futures community group in 2020. The resulting ideas form a compelling and practical list of actions for both community […]

Posted on December 12, 2019November 10, 2020 John Mongard

Breaking The Boundaries

John 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 […]

Posted on November 19, 2019November 10, 2020 John Mongard

2 Degrees: Design for Climate Adaptation

How can communities and government collaborate to shift our places toward the shifting climate? For an explanation on the reasons why we need to act now and not later, read “2 Degrees: Up Close and Personal” by John Mongard. For a way to engage and create collaborative action at the neighbourhood scale, download “2 Degrees: […]

Posted on November 11, 2019February 19, 2020 John Mongard

Ellengrove Placemaking Project

John 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:

Posted on August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 John Mongard

In The Westender

John Mongard has been involved in shaping his local neighbourhood and main street over the last 25 years, commencing with his highly influential streetscape works to Boundary Street in West End ,the much loved inner city neighbourhood in Brisbane, Queensland. In Westender magazine, John discusses positive ideas and actions for the future. Read the full […]

Posted on April 30, 2019July 21, 2019 John Mongard

2 degrees: up close and personal

When young people protest on the street and tell us that we are destroying their future due to our failure to act on climate change, we know we have really ignored all the signs. Who cares about climate change? We are numb to the issue because we are daunted by its size and extent. We […]

Posted on March 20, 2019July 21, 2019 John Mongard

The Green Space Strategy

The big idea in our strategy is that we can reclaim at least 11 hectares of unused public spaces to create the public realm that the community needs now and into the future. This space is available now on unused road reserves and crown lands within the peninsula and should be used to build the […]