Recent Projects

ROLE:  Urban Design Director

CLIENT:  PEET (CIC) / University of Canberra

The University of Canberra is a classic suburban university campus located at the centre of a large site surrounded by open fields. This isolation results in generally poor connections with the surrounding communities and centres. To address this isolation, the university is progressively infilling the campus with ancillary uses, including 3,000 homes for open-market residents.

The Concept Plan phase focused on understanding stakeholder inputs ranging from academia, students, the vice-chancellor, and industry. Phase two saw the preparation of a Master Plan, further refining the plan, land uses and opportunities for university integration.

David led a multi-disciplined team to develop and refine the master plan with a particular emphasis on integrating campus academic and student facilities, resident amenities, precinct walkability and public realm character. The master plan also further integrated sustainability elements into the plan including WSUD, built-form orientation, solar access and dwelling diversity.

The Campus Community Project embeds opportunities for integration, innovation, sustainability and resilience across the following principles:

• Community
• Liveability
• Environment
• Connectivity
• Education
• Legibility
• Diversity
• Prosperity
• Governance

The project governance included regular workshops with the University Design Review Panel. This panel provided a regular forum for stakeholder input, review, ideas interrogation and ultimately approval of the design direction.