The twentieth century was about getting around. The twenty-first century will be about staying in a place worth staying in.

James Howard Kunstler

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Place Partners is a specialist place making consultancy with an interdisciplinary approach to the creation and revitalisation of great people places. Read More >>

At Place Partners our expertise ranges from the revitalization of existing places to the delivery of completely new places. We work with our clients to create people places that are self-sustaining; economically, socially, environmentally and culturally. To allow you to gain an understanding of our services an overview of a number of our projects is provided below.

Place Partners in partnership with Spackman Mossop Michaels has been commissioned by Penrith City Council to prepare a Public Domain Masterplan for Penrith City Centre. The City Centre offers a wide range of products but few experiences or places to stay, relax, rest and socialise. At the core of Place Partner’s initiative is a need to deliver soft and hard infrastructure to support the...
Place Partners has been engaged by Landcom to develop a Public Art, Landmarks and Gateway Strategy for Edmonson Park South. This plan will be a companion to the Place Making Framework that was delivered in March of 2012. Place Partners will undertake the services with specialist public art consultants Brecknock Consulting.  The plan will provide both an overall conceptual framework to...
Place Partners has been engaged by Fairfield City Council to develop a Business Trends Report (BTR) and Occupancy Mapping for the Fairfield Town Centre. The BTR will analyse data collected as part of the Fairfield Marketing and Branding Plan and provide a summary of changes to business mix for the period 2005 to 2011. The purpose of the BTR is to establish common themes in terms of change...
Place Partners has been engaged by LandCorp to deliver a place making approach for the Claremont Oval Project in Perth. Key issues to be considered during the process include: -  The overall chartacter and identity of the precinct -  The location, scale and mix of retail and commercial businesses -  The character, purpose and role of public spaces -  The...
Place Partners has been engaged by Stockland to develop a Tactical Place Making Strategy for the Point Cook Town Centre. The Tactical Place Making Strategy will develop site specific recommendations for temporary and low cost solutions to existing on site challenges. Solutions will be designed to specifically address place based challenges, that include: -  connectivity -  ...
Place Partners have been commissioned by the Singapore Tourism Board to support their trip to Australia and help organise meetings with key stakeholders and place managers. In doing so, Place Partners are organising the trip itinerary, briefing speakers and providing on the ground management of the entire visit. The STB will be bringing members of their business associations and precinct...
FOREWORD The City is perhaps the single largest trend to ever influence the people of the Earth – bigger than the industrial revolution which saw millions of people move to urban environments in search of work, bigger that the information revolution which has seen more than 1 billion people owning their own computer. To put in perspective it is estimated that in 2011 around 3.5 billion...
The past decade has witnessed a strong shift in attitudes towards smoking. Health concerns for smokers and those exposed to second hand smoke, together with changing social values has led to the restriction of smoking in many public places in an attempt to mitigate conflicts between smokers and non-smokers. This report provides a summary of employees values and aspirations regarding smoking...
Landcom has commissioned Place Partners to prepare a Place Framework for Edmondson Park South and build on the key findings outlined in the Background Report and Preliminary Place Plan as delivered under Stage 1. The place making process for Edmondson Park is responsive to both planning and development processes while responding to local and regional needs, values, and aspirations. The Place...
Place Partners has been engaged by JBA Planning to undertake place making services for Edmondson Park, one of the first release areas identified within the South West Growth Centre of Sydney. The Stage 1 place making services will explore the key themes influencing place character, evaluate the challenges and opportunities for the site and identify the next steps leading to a place making...