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Joshua Small

A Sydney-based landscape architect who has been with Hassell for over XX years, Joshua leads the charge on Green Infrastructure to better connect people, places, nature and cultures.

Media September 22, 2023

“Health precincts are about embracing diversity and a holistic approach”

Health precincts are complicated, multi-dimensional places to develop, design, deliver and operate, writes Hassell’s Ben Rees. So, “how do we balance commercial imperatives with the need to foster connection, community and wellbeing?” Read the Op Ed article in InDesign.

Media September 22, 2023

Designing linear corridors to deliver greater value for community and planet

Hassell’s new landmark study, ‘Corridors: Designing linear infrastructure in a non-linear world’, takes a cross-sector look at the impact of built corridors on people and planet, as well as that of urban developments on natural corridors. Combining knowledge from the railway, roadway, waterway, and utility sectors across Australia, China, Singapore, Europe, and North America, the study explores how linear infrastructure can be designed to deliver greater value for all through a unified, holistic corridor design approach. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

Media September 13, 2023

One of the world’s largest refugee camps is getting a groundbreaking new arts center

In the arid land outside the Ugandan town of Yumbe, where almost 200,000 refugees have settled in a community known as Bidi Bidi, architects are building the first performance and arts space of its kind. Hassell’s light-filled amphitheater will offer almost 200,000 people displaced by South Sudan’s civil war a chance to rebuild their communities through dance and performance. Read the article in Head Topics.

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Corridors: Designing linear infrastructure in a non-linear world

Our new landmark study uncovers how infrastructure can, and indeed must, be better integrated to deliver greater value for all. Download the ‘Corridors’ report.

News September 11, 2023

European Healthcare Design Congress 2023

Global healthcare design leaders came together at this year’s European Healthcare Design Congress to explore pivotal ideas for bolstering future health system resilience. Our health leaders share their key takeaways from the event.

Media September 04, 2023

Farm to Forest: Hassell envisions Sunshine Coast Ecological Park

The Sunshine Coast Council has endorsed a masterplan by Australian architect firm Hassell, which will see the transformation of 65 hectares of farmland into an eco park and wildlife refuge. Early visuals and plans reveal the design for the Sunshine Coast Ecological Park, which establishes a framework for a new parkland and aims to deliver nature-based recreation, education, and research, while reviving ecosystems and supporting biodiversity. “The park concept embraces the notion of co-habitation, shifting away from a ‘human-centric’ approach to establish a space that is shared among all species,” says Kallis. “It will be a place that establishes a genuine balance of human recreation and ecological restoration.” Read the article in Enki Magazine.

Media August 30, 2023

From WFH to living in the office: How office conversions could unlock more housing

There are growing calls to transform empty older office buildings in city centres into apartment buildings to help alleviate Australia’s rental crisis and broader housing challenges. Fresh research — conducted by Hassell for the Property Council of Australia — has identified 86 office buildings in Melbourne’s CBD that could be repurposed into housing, potentially delivering up to 12,000 new homes. Hassell principal architect Ingrid Bakker, who led the research, said the potential solution to reactivate the city offered a sustainable perspective for the future. “There’s a bit of a radical rethink that needs to happen around looking at these buildings that obviously aren’t performing very well because a lot of them are empty,” Ms Bakker said. Read the article in RealEstate.com.au

Media September 01, 2023

Green Light: Sunshine Coast Ecological Park Master Plan by Hassell

A refuge for wildlife and the community, the Sunshine Coast Ecological Park is set to transform 65 hectares of farmland into a place of ecological wonder for generations to discover and enjoy. “The park concept embraces the notion of co-habitation, shifting away from a ‘human-centric’ approach to establish a space that is shared among all species,” says Principal Daniel Kallis. “It will be a place that establishes a genuine balance of human recreation and ecological restoration.” Read the article in Green Magazine.

Media August 28, 2023

Masterplan for Hassell-led ecological park endorsed by Sunshine Coast Council

Nature-positive news: Sunshine Coast Council has endorsed the masterplan for Sunshine Coast Ecological Park, with 65 hectares of farmland set to become a refuge for wildlife and a place for communities to marvel at the beauty of fauna and flora. The project, led by Hassell, aims to restore the land to its former glory, ‘heal Country’, revive ecosystems, and provide nature-based recreation and education for communities. Read the article in ArchitectureAU.

News August 29, 2023

Revitalising Brisbane’s Roma St Precinct: 205 North Quay

With its bejewelled tower and subtropical open-air podium, 205 North Quay in Brisbane, Australia has reached a significant milestone with the first of 2,582 façade panels now installed. The world-class river-edge development will transform the city’s North Quarter, setting a new benchmark for commercial tower design on Yuggera and Turrbal Country.

News August 24, 2023

Caring through connection: WA’s first children’s hospice gets the go ahead

In a win for patients, carers and the community, Western Australia’s first and only Children’s Hospice on Whadjuk Country has been given the green light. The Hassell-designed facility will cater for children aged from birth to 18 years living with life-limiting conditions, who need around-the-clock clinical support or end-of-life and bereavement care.

Media August 17, 2023

Hassell workplace survey says change is key for office occupancy

Hassell has released its latest report, the Great Adaptations – 2023 Workplace Futures Survey, which provides a number of insights into workplace satisfaction. The general consensus amongst built environment professionals that people must be lured back to the office via good design has been proven correct by the survey, with companies that have made a change to their offices and way of working post-pandemic recording a 17 percent higher satisfaction score compared to those who haven’t. Read the article in Architecture&Design.

News August 21, 2023

Converting vacant CBD offices into apartments could create up to 12,000 Melbourne homes

“Ripe for adaptive re-use”: Hassell’s latest Office to Home research, conducted on behalf of the Property Council of Australia in partnership with Ethos Urban, has identified 86 vacant Melbourne CBD buildings that could be converted into 10−12,000 new homes for 20,000 people.

Media August 19, 2023

Melbourne office towers considered ideal to turn into 10,000 new homes

In a property audit of the city centre, conducted by the design studio Hassell and planning consultancy Ethos Urban for the Property Council of Australia, more than 80 unoccupied and underused office buildings in Melbourne’s CBD have been identified as prime candidates “really ripe for adaptive re-use”, ie ready to be converted into more than 10,000 new homes. “If we only converted half of those, we could supply around 10,000 to 12,000 new homes, and each repurposed building would use roughly half the upfront embodied carbon compared to knocking existing buildings down and rebuilding,” said Ingrid Bakker, principal at Hassell. Read the full article in The Age. Image: Justin McManus.

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