Studio Locator - PlaceAgency

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Sandbox studios are university classes run around an issue or opportunity. It usually has 10-20 students involved from various disciplines working together to engage community into co creating ideas for the issue.

Below you can link to studios that have been run around Australia, you can see how the studios were run, what the outcomes where and the types of placemaking they did – popup, high street, laneway, park, precinct, new development, shopping centre revitalisation and so forth.

Studio name and location	Type of placemaking	Stakeholders
Newport Studio – Melbourne, Vic	park, revitalisation	Artists, council, traders and community
Welcome Ground – Ballarat, Vic	Multicultural community centre renewal	Multicultural community groups
Performing landscapes – Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Vic	park, revitalisation	University staff, designers, students, Artists, council and community
New neighbourhood, Point Cook, Vic	retail, public space, shopping centre, pop-up	University staff, designers, students, Council, traders and community
University of Melbourne – Living Pavilion, Vic	Events, temporary, pop-ups	University staff, designers, students, Indigenous stakeholders and nature
Preston Market, Vic	Market, urban renewal, densification	University staff, Council, traders, students and community
Spring vale laneways, Vic	Public space, Multicultural space, laneway	Council, traders, students and community
Inclusive public places, Richmond, Vic	Green space, streetscape, increasing safety perception	Council, community groups, social justice groups and community
Gleadell, Vic	Streetscape activation	Council and community
Brolga lakes Qld	Urbanisation, sustainable development	Council, Community, Planning students, John Mongard Landscape and Michael Myer
Elen Grove Qld	Retail centre, retail, public space, shopping centre, main street	Elen Grove shopping centre owners, residents, Brisbane city council, retailers.
West End Brisbane, Qld	Outdoor space, wellbeing, social change, transition	Council, traders, students and community, UQ
Plan Making in Woolloongabba, QLD	Inner urban, suburban	UQ, John Mongard, CoDesign Studio, Students
Perth – placemaking, kids, activation and agency, WA	Cultural hub, art hub, education, children	Community, children, Curtin University, Baldivis Children’s Forest
Perth – Indigenous informed landscape design of university campus, WA	landscape, Indigenous, ecology	Students with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ecologists, Curtin University, community leaders, and geographers
Perth – mapping and plan Bayswater (1), WA	Community hub, housing	Future Bayswater, students, community, Curtin University
Perth – industrial revitalisation Bayswater (2), WA	Strategy	Future Bayswater, students, community, Curtin University
Adelaide – Oaklands crossing community connections, SA	Transport hub and community hub	Students, Uni of Adelaide, community reps and the City of Marion
Adelaide – Reflecting Indigenous and religious meaning, SA	Redevelopment of the community space	Students, Uni of Adelaide, DYC, Council and community representatives
Adelaide – Climate Refuge, SA	Rapid prototype place activation installation	Students, Uni of Adelaide, Council and community representatives
Adelaide – Crawford Lane – from lane to place, SA	Lane revitalisation	Students, Uni of Adelaide, community reps, Aspect Studios, Charles Sturt Council and Hindmarsh Stadium, home of Adelaide Utd FC.
Sydney – Codesigning urban landscapes, NSW	Ecological and active transport corridor	Students, UNSW, GreenWay, community and local stakeholders
Subjunctive space, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW	Incorporating Indigenous perspectives of place	Indigenous Knowledge keeper, students and UTS
Hyperdensities, Chinatown, NSW	Nature in hyper dense cities, exhibition	Hong Kong University and UTS
Wingara’ba’miya, Sydney, NSW	Exploring decolonisation	Local Indigenous representatives, archivists, students
Antartica 2.0	Art Science communication, exhibition	Researchers and students