Debney's Park, Flemington, City of Moonee Valley, 2009

The design of the southern section of Debney's Park creates an active play and community space designed to promote interaction of people from culturally diverse backgrounds and respond to the complexity of public life in this location.  It recognizes the importance of developing healthy lifestyles that in turn help facilitate healthier communities.  It responds directly to UNICEF’s declaration that “the well being of children is the ultimate indicator of a healthy habitat, a democratic society and of good governance” (UN Conference on Human Settlement, 1996).  The design acknowledges the importance of play in the physical and emotional development of children, encouraging children to leave their houses and actively engage with their physical environment.

Mall in Wantirna, City of Knox, 2008

Site Office was receently asked to prepare concept design ideas for this outer suburban shopping strip. Work in progress.

Monte Carlo Reserve Master Plan, Avondale Heights, City of Moonee Valley, 2007-8

Site Office has recently completed a comprehensive master plan for this suburban park located on the junction between the ancient basalt Keilor Plains and the deeply eroded Maribyrnong River basin in Avondale Heights. The primary experience of the park remains a direct and enduring result of the evolution of the site, as rain water slowly carved out the gully from plateau to river. The master plan explores ways of representing the presence of the ephemeral water course that formerly traversed the site (but was filled in during the subdivision of the park and adjacent properties in the early 1980s). The design of the park explores ways of recreating this texture and experience not by mimicking natural processes, but through a careful understanding of how people experience and interact with the site and the elements.

Keast Park Master Plan, Seaford, City of Frankston, 2003/04

Site Office completed a comprehensive master plan for Keast Park, a 2.5 hectare public park situated at the northern end of the Seaford foreshore on Port Phillip Bay. The project explored creative ways to synthesize the underlying ecology of the sensitive foreshore environment with the functional requirements of the public park, in particular the need to accommodate a broad range of functions, including the Carrum Bowls Club, the sea scouts, public toilets and change facilities, a multi-purpose community space and a small café. This project recieved a Merit Award in Planning, at the 2004 AILA Victorian Chapter Awards.