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Our Urban Designers know a sense of community comes through unique and innovative design. Living and working in the places they create, they understand the complex environmental, social and economic factors that play a vital part in creating our communities.
Imagination and ‘new urbanism’ principles shape our designs. In order to create places for people to live work and play, our designers look at walkability, connectivity, mixed-use and diversity, mixed housing, traditional neighbourhood structure, increased density, smart transportation, sustainability and quality of life.
These elements are what make a project marketable and increases the buy-in from authorities – a combination of design with Urban Economics, Environment, and Landscape Architecture to create communities that are economically, socially and environmentally viable.
THG’s designers have experience in:
Understanding how people live, work and play was crucial for the success of the Avoca Lakes project. In order to bring to life the vision for the project, creating a high-quality development with a natural spring as the focal point, we had to look at how design could influence the behaviours of the residents.
The proximity of this project to a railway station meant that the client came to THG with a challenge – it has to be high density, but it has to have an aesthetic sense of community.
THG’s work on projects at Gorlicks Road, Eagleby and Bethania Relocatable Home Parks presented a unique challenge – how do you give a space a sense of permanency when the structures that line the streets are not?
THG were commissioned to create a master planning concept for the Coomera CBD area incorporating New Urbanism design principles. Theories on pedestrian cities were put in to practice, augmenting a mix of uses including education, retail, health and residential accommodation. THG created a space that reduced reliance on cars, promoted healthier living by encouraging regular exercise and promoted cycling and walking as the primary mode of transport
Creating a high quality urban infill master planned community on a site located on the fringe of the Guragunba flood plain on Queensland’s Gold Coast was no mean feat for THG. After obtaining approval for the first stages of the 73ha site, THG’s next challenge was to negotiate with the Gold Coast City Council to allow a mixed use development comprising residential, tourist resort, small scale commercial and retail uses.
