Land Release Sites in the Belconnen Town Centre Place Design Brief
Suburban Land Agency, PLACE Laboratory, Town Team Movement, TAKTICS4 and Murrimatters
The judges recognise that the collaborative approach developed in the Place Design Brief demonstrated leading practice for building meaningful stakeholder engagement bringing together community, indigenous people, industry and government for complex infill sites in a town centre setting. Based on a rating system that defines undesirable, successful and highly desirable place outcomes, the Place Design Brief provides a performance-based guide focused on local urban experiences. The judges recognise that as a tool, this approach can be used to guide built environment professionals, developers and community members to articulate the values underpinning a locality’s sense of place in order to achieve high quality public realm outcomes and high-quality urban experiences.