POMO is a multi-awarded Placemaking Design and Delivery practice based in Melbourne and in Queensland. We specialise in creative placemaking design and delivery.
This means we do all facets of design and project delivery - from inception through to handover. Our projects can be temporary but are just as often part of permanent public realm projects.
We have a unique Placemaking Design Process developed over a decade of practice that:
We are typically engaged directly by local governments or engaged as sub consultants working in teams led by Landscape Architects or Architects.
Our work helps make successful public places, it creates activity and drives local economic outcomes.
We have been recognised with many state and national awards, we are relationship driven, easy to work with and have a down to earth flexible approach to everything we do.
Awards Since 2016
We are lucky enough to have been recognised with national, international and state awards in a variety of categories ranging from community benefit to design.
Locations in Australia
We have offices in Sunshine Melbourne and Nambour Queensland but work anywhere in Australia.
Years of Experience
Founded in 1997 we have delivered hundreds of successful design projects.
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Recent Melbourne Placemaking Projects
High Street Armadale: Strategic Temporary Activation
High Street Armadale: Strategic Temporary Activation
High Street Armadale is one of Melbourne’s premier destinations for luxury shopping and personal services. However, despite its commercial success, the street suffered from a specific functional deficit: a lack of public seating. Visitors waiting for appointments or shopping partners had nowhere to pause, forcing them to stand or leave the immediate area.
Winter Street: Creating Community Connection through Placemaking and Data
Winter Street: Creating Community Connection through Placemaking and Data
Malvern’s Winter Street “pocket park” presented a classic urban design failure: a residual green space strategically located between a toy library, a childcare centre, and a supermarket, yet completely underutilised. The site offered zero amenity, two lonely benches meant local workers ate lunch on the ground and families transited through without pausing. The City of Stonnington required a rapid, evidence-based intervention to test the site’s potential before committing to significant capital works.
Dandenong Living Neighbourhood: Transitioning to Community-Led Placemaking
Dandenong Living Neighbourhood: Transitioning to Community-Led Placemaking
In the heart of the Dandenong town centre, the City of Greater Dandenong identified a critical operational challenge. Two key precincts the Southern Gateway (Settlers Square and train station surrounds) and the Northern Bookend (Palm Plaza) were struggling with poor amenity, safety perceptions, and a lack of social cohesion.
POMO Victoria
Sunshine, Melbourne
4/301 Hampshire Rd Sunshine VIC 3020
POMO Queensland
Nambour, Sunshine Coast
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