Access is as much about economics and cultural patterns of use as circulation and transportation...
Low, Taplin & Scheld, authors Rethinking Urban Parks
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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 >>
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Existing places, whether rural town or urban main street, present a wonderful opportunity to investigate the inherent strengths of that location. Working with local communities is key to this work, which includes developing collaborative approaches that share the responsibility for local revitalization.
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...
At Place Partners we love to get out in the fresh air and take a hands on approach, and we are doing this in the delivery of a Sensory Terrace at Optus’s Sydney campus.
Place Partners has been working with Optus over the last 2 years to help improve the experience of campus life for employees. Our latest project will deliver a ‘place makeover’ to an unused terrace...
Place Partners is working with Fairfield City Council and community to develop and deliver a City Centre Marketing and Branding Plan.
The Plan focuses on the inherent strengths of the local business and trader community; their diversity, specialisations and cultural offer. Place Partners has conducted customer and trader surveying and stakeholder workshops in a collaborative process that aims...
The City of Canada Bay commissioned Place Partners to develop a Place Making Action Plan for the Drummoyne Village Shopping Centre. This was a collaboration between Council, residents and local businesses, with ideas being generated by the local community.
The plan had three key directions: strategic planning; streetscape enhancement, including shopfront improvements, street & window...
Working with local councils and the communities they serve is one our great pleasures. We are currently collaborating with SJB Urban, Melbourne, on an Urban Design Framework for the suburb of Horsham North, Horsham, about 4 hours west of Melbourne. Rural communities have specific needs and our work in the town is to identify what these needs are and how the built environment can provide for...
Another collaboration with SJB Urban has seen Place Partners conduct the community engagement component for the Activity Centre Plan for St Albans, a middle ring, western suburb of Melbourne. This fascinating suburb populated by waves of new migrants post World War II, has been a pleasure to get to know – not least because of its fabulous Vietnamese cuisine. St Albans offers up a feast of...
Place Partners has worked on a number of projects for Singtel Optus including developing a place making strategy for the revitalisation of the outdoor spaces of the Optus Campus. This plan included social and cultural programs and physical improvements. Place Partners conducted a formal place audit of the public outdoor areas of the site, surveying of users and focus groups with Optus staff to...
Between 2009 and 2010 Place Partners worked with the City of Newcastle on a number of projects including the Hunter Street Revitalisation Masterplan. Place Partners were brought on to work with Newcastle City Council and a team of consultants to come up with a plan to catalyse economic regeneration, improve the appearance of the street as well as the pedestrian experience and connectivity....
Strategic planning has its role in the evolution and development of place, but for the community short-term projects are also needed to build confidence and enthusiasm for change. Place Partners has catalysed the on the ground realisation of The Coburg Initiative goals through a series of retailer makeovers.
Working with the traders to develop strategies to ensure their business’...
Two community place making workshops were held with City of Port Phillip residents in partnership with Project for Public Spaces, New York. The workshops were designed to facilitate community action in the resolution of on-going issues in the area, particularly conflict around current users and uses with future development. By taking a place making approach we were able to work with the...
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