This project is a collaboration between POMO lead landscape architects Aspect Studios. It involves the creation of a major park in Pimpama Gold Coast. The park sits on an existing wetland reserve, close to a major residential area and primary school.
Underway in 2025, the project has involved a community engagement process involving the design team led by Fourfold Studio. The engagement work has seen a range of community initiatives emerge into design objectives. POMO has worked to evolve and translate those ideas into proposed creative outcomes in the park that tell community stories and stories of people and place.
A First Nation’s engagement process is also underway, managed by the City of Gold Coast so as to allow opportunities for traditional owners to have their voices heard and culture expressed in the final outcomes. POMO is working within this process to ensure a range of creative outcomes find expression in the final outcomes which introduce multiple layers of meaning and experience.
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Miles Main Street Revitalisation: Regional Placemaking & Urban Renewal
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Regional town centres often struggle with generic urban design that fails to resonate with local history or encourage economic “stickiness.” In the heart of the Western Downs, the town of Miles required more than a standard streetscape upgrade; it needed a strategic revitalisation that could express its unique cultural heritage while fostering a renewed sense of community pride.
Palmwoods Town Square: Delivering Community Identity through Creative Placemaking - Bespoke Urban Infrastructure
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For decades, the physical centre of Palmwoods was defined by a sloping asphalt car park that offered utility but no community connection. The Sunshine Coast Council identified the need to transform this functional void into a genuine town square.
The challenge was not simply to build a modern park, but to deliver a “civic heart” that felt established and authentic. The community did not want a generic urban upgrade; they demanded a space that reflected the town’s timber-getting history and agricultural heritage. The mandate was to create new infrastructure that felt like it had been there for a century and fit with the historical buildings that surrounded it.
Southport Broadwater Play Attraction: Delivering Place-Based Creative Play Infrastructure
Southport Broadwater Play Attraction: Delivering Place-Based Creative Play Infrastructure
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