Urban & Civic Projects
We work with our clients in urban landscapes to ensure that their projects contribute to a greener, more sustainable cityscape.
Bannockburn Community Hub
Community Hub Evokes Landscape of Golden Plains
- Community facility comprised a library, meeting rooms, hall and offices;
- Rapid turnaround of design and direct instruction of contractors onsite;
- Reuse of resources that were immediately available in council depots;
- Landscape solution featuring local indigenous plants and materials;
- Highly drought tolerant, robust planing, and local volcanic rocks;
- Opened on time, the landscaping has proven durable and effective.
Main Street, Bacchus Marsh
Staged Streetscaping and Plaza works
- Stage 4 Main St Streetscaping and options for Courthouse Place;
- Extensive on-ground consultation;
- Solution to the damage caused by existing large Plane Trees;
- Re-establish the famous and historic Elm tree avenues;
- Analysis, consultation, design & documentation;
- Consultation with Wurungeri Woi Wurrung elders;
- Concept plans reflect epochs of history and local landscapes.
Geelong Arts & Culture Precinct Master Plan
Revitalising Geelong’s Arts and Cultural Precinct
- Key Cultural Precinct in the revitalisation of Central Geelong;
- Urban design proposal for Lt Malop St and adjacent spaces and laneways;
- Context analysis, issues and opportunities, masterplan, design guidelines;
- Facilitates potential full or partial road closure for events;
- Public art, tree planting, catenery lighting, wayfinding, WSUD and lanesways;
- Adopted as a key part of the vision of Geelong as an ‘arts and events city’.
Golden Plains Community and Civic Centre
Facilities evoke local landscapes
- Demonstrates fire-wise landscape techniques and flora of Western Plains;
- Supporting council’s policies on health, wellbeing and the environment;
- Entry landscaping features low native and indigenous groundcovers and vertical salvaged tree trunks;
- Outdoor staff area provides space for work and relaxation;
- Concept design, documentation and inspections during the construction phase, completion 2019.
Golden Plains Streetscape Renewal Program
Urban renewal at 4 rural townships
- Streetscape Masterplans for Rokewood, Haddon, Meredith and Teesdale;
- PM&A led a team including placemaker David Egwicht of Creative Communities;
- Practical improvements that encourage visitation & placemaking elements;
- Priorities of each community were delivered over the next two years;
- Project Budget $1.3M
The ‘Under the Yellow Gums’ Stage
Community vision celebrates local values
- Jan Juc Live asked us to develop a vision for a community stage;
- Collaboration with local artist Mark Trinham and Zen Architects;
- We prepared sketch, concept and detail design;
- Affirms connection to the local place.
Wurdi Baierr Stadium, Torquay
Forecourt celebrates coastal landscapes
- This $13.5M indoor recreation facility inspired by the rugged coastline of the Surf Coast, completed in 2020.
- Waves of native plantings, robust rock gabion seating walls.
- Materials selected are durable stainless steel, exposed aggregate concrete, and local natural stone.