Planning

Conversations

Are smarter parks also more attractive?

People are more likely to visit parks, and for longer, in ‘smart’ cities that incorporate innovative technology into their public spaces.

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Brighton Business School

Conversations

The future is quality housing with humanity

Office, gym, cinema, boardroom, classroom… In 2020 the humble home has done it all. What does this mean for the future of the residential development sector?

NEWS November 20, 2020

Creating active streets for Sydney’s Macquarie Park

Hassell and the City of Ryde create an ‘Active Street Masterplan’ to transform busy Waterloo Road.

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Epping to Chatswood Rail Link

The four stations we designed for the A$2.35 billion expansion of Sydney’s metropolitan rail network continue to demonstrate that travel by rail can be enjoyable, comfortable and uplifting.

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Xichong Coast Recovery Plan

Xichong is one of China’s most beautiful coasts. But it’s also part of Shenzhen, the tech megacity whose rapid development has degraded Xichong’s biodiverse tropical landscape.

PODCAST

Re-emerging resilient

We don’t know exactly what our lives, work and communities will look like post COVID-19. But we know some trends of recent years have accelerated with the global pandemic.

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Embarcadero and Public Piers Plan

A once-in-a-century chance to plan the future of San Francisco’s historic but run-down piers in this celebrated waterfront city.

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Colma Creek, South San Francisco

Colma Creek Connector brings the community and experts together to imagine – and create – a brighter future for an urban waterway in South San Francisco, using storytelling to engage future custodians.

CONVERSATIONS

Looking outside for answers: Post-COVID airport operations

What if the answer to post-COVID-19 airport operational requirements isn’t as extreme as redeveloping terminal space? What if we look outside the terminal to the arrival spaces and forecourts?

PODCAST

What can emergencies teach us about design?

The valuable lessons we can take from fires, floods and pandemics.

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Haikou East & Dongzhai Port Mangrove Reserve

The masterplan for the Jiangdong New District in the Chinese tropical island of Hainan restores the coastal water network and preserves China’s largest mangrove forest.

RESEARCH

Places with purpose

The word ‘innovation’ is all-too-familiar to us these days, but how much do we know about the physical environments that make it happen?

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East Perth Power Station

From a power station to an art gallery, our plan to transform the East Perth Power Station is a very tangible connection to the power of the Western Australian landscape.

CONVERSATIONS

Design for a changing climate – fire and community resilience

Communities in Australia and California share connected experiences as they face climate-related threats, especially fire.