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 |
Activities conducted by the consortium as part of this project are funded by The Myer Foundation.
