Hassell | Precincts

Joshua Small

A Sydney-based landscape architect, Joshua leads the charge on Green Infrastructure to better connect people, places, nature and cultures.

Media September 22, 2023

“Health precincts are about embracing diversity and a holistic approach”

Health precincts are complicated, multi-dimensional places to develop, design, deliver and operate, writes Hassell’s Ben Rees. So, “how do we balance commercial imperatives with the need to foster connection, community and wellbeing?” Read the Op Ed article in InDesign.

Media September 22, 2023

Designing linear corridors to deliver greater value for community and planet

Hassell’s new landmark study, ‘Corridors: Designing linear infrastructure in a non-linear world’, takes a cross-sector look at the impact of built corridors on people and planet, as well as that of urban developments on natural corridors. Combining knowledge from the railway, roadway, waterway, and utility sectors across Australia, China, Singapore, Europe, and North America, the study explores how linear infrastructure can be designed to deliver greater value for all through a unified, holistic corridor design approach. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

Research

Corridors: Designing linear infrastructure in a non-linear world

Our new landmark study uncovers how infrastructure can, and indeed must, be better integrated to deliver greater value for all. Download the ‘Corridors’ report.

News September 11, 2023

European Healthcare Design Congress 2023

Global healthcare design leaders came together at this year’s European Healthcare Design Congress to explore pivotal ideas for bolstering future health system resilience. Our health leaders share their key takeaways from the event.

News August 29, 2023

Revitalising Brisbane’s Roma St Precinct: 205 North Quay

With its bejewelled tower and subtropical open-air podium, 205 North Quay in Brisbane, Australia has reached a significant milestone with the first of 2,582 façade panels now installed. The world-class river-edge development will transform the city’s North Quarter, setting a new benchmark for commercial tower design on Yuggera and Turrbal Country.

Media August 19, 2023

Melbourne office towers considered ideal to turn into 10,000 new homes

In a property audit of the city centre, conducted by the design studio Hassell and planning consultancy Ethos Urban for the Property Council of Australia, more than 80 unoccupied and underused office buildings in Melbourne’s CBD have been identified as prime candidates “really ripe for adaptive re-use”, ie ready to be converted into more than 10,000 new homes. “If we only converted half of those, we could supply around 10,000 to 12,000 new homes, and each repurposed building would use roughly half the upfront embodied carbon compared to knocking existing buildings down and rebuilding,” said Ingrid Bakker, principal at Hassell. Read the full article in The Age. Image: Justin McManus.

News August 23, 2023

Accelerating innovation: Hassell+AATU win landmark USTC Business School in Hefei, China

Hassell has won the design competition for USTC Business School in Hefei, China with a vision for a landmark ‘Infinity Knowledge Hub’. “Our submission proposes a landmark and iconic design fully integrated into the campus and the city in a bold new vision for USTC Business School,” says Xun Huang, Principal. Read about this innovation accelerator.

Podcast

Arden and Parkville:
Creating convergence in innovation precincts

Exploring the glue that makes innovation precincts thrive.

Media August 09, 2023

10 years on: Flinders St Station design competition complete… but isn’t there something missing?

A decade ago, with much fanfare, the state government announced a winner of the Flinders Street Station design competition, but the government is yet to allocate any funds towards the project. The winning design, by HASSELL, Herzog and De Meuron, looks spectacular with large white tubes enclosing the stations platforms. Minster for Major Projects David Hodgett noted, “the jury praised the HASSELL, Herzog and De Meuron design for its ‘evident sophistication and overall quality’ going on to add that it ‘could indeed provide a major city-changing outcome with benefits for all Victorians’”. Read the article in Southbank Local News.

Media August 10, 2023

‘Landmark’ masterplan for University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne has released a new estate masterplan for its Parkville campus in central Melbourne. Principal design consultant Hassell created a long-term vision for the campus that would deliver more than 22,000 square metres of green space, for students, staff and the wider community. “This landmark initiative represents a pivotal milestone in enhancing the University’s commitment to learning experience and research outcomes,” said Hassell principal Mark Roehrs. “It’s a comprehensive and strategic approach to the estate that balances the re-lifing of its valuable heritage estate with new infrastructure. The University will also enhance its contribution to the city with easier ways to navigate through the University precinct and exciting new green space.” Read the article in ArchitectureAU.

Conversation

Property X-Change: Transforming high streets through collaboration and knowledge sharing

In 2022, a new knowledge-sharing initiative — aptly called Property X-Change — was launched with a mission to support London’s struggling high streets in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a year of facilitating community events, collaboration and knowledge sharing, we reflect on the successes so far across all corners of the capital.

Media August 08, 2023

New architectural film inspired by Wes Anderson celebrates Singapore’s built environment

Hassell’s GSK Asia House features in a new architectural documentary “A Wes Anderson-ish Singapore (Volume 2)” showcasing Singapore’s fusion of urbanity meets tropical retreat. Documentary director Kevin Siyuan draws inspiration from the visual style of acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson, known for films like “Asteroid City” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” to chronicle the city and landscape of Singapore. Read more in ArchDaily.

News August 03, 2023

Harbourside vision closer to reality as construction commences

In a major milestone, Australian property giant Mirvac has broken ground on the $2-billion Harbourside mixed-use precinct in Sydney’s Darling Harbour on Gadigal Country.

Media July 27, 2023

‘Missing piece’: Work starts on divisive $2b Harbourside redevelopment

Seven months after retailers moved out, and bulldozers rolled in, construction on Mirvac’s massive mixed-use complex comprising shops, offices, and a 42-storey apartment tower started on Thursday. “The new Harbourside will reimagine the Darling Harbour waterfront, reconnect the people and places of Pyrmont, and create a network of new public spaces to bring together community, visitors, residents and workers,” said Mirvac’s chief executive of development, Stuart Penklis, who hails the project project as the “critical missing piece” in the NSW government’s $15 billion overhaul of the harbour front west of the CBD. Read the full article in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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