Project Description
Making Good Alliance (MGA) is a social enterprise that focuses on mitigating climate change by building regenerative, resilient, and inclusive communities through innovation, collaboration, and education. MGA has partnered with Architecture at Griffith University for a new exciting project- the Regenerative Precinct- that aims to give a place to nest MGA program and community empowerment.
Resilience is increasingly important to many Australian communities who have, and continue to face, long standing challenges born of climate change. Furthermore, COVID-19 has increased the need for better resilience and new lifestyles in which the natural environment plays a central role. It is therefore critical that the right regenerative precinct be developed to support long-term community sustainability and resilience, as well as a development that meets community demands and expectations.
This document is a report outlining a vision for the Regenerative Precinct in the heart of the Tamborine Mountain community, based on extensive community consultation and co-creation.
It recommends an ambitious masterplan that embodies the communities priorities, both enhancing the existing structure, and provides new life into the site through well considered pathways and ‘field lab’ structures. This plan has also been costed and staged so as to provide a clear path for the development in the medium and longer-term.
Project Personnel and Beneficiaries
Residents of Mount Tamborine
Outcomes to Date
The main outcomes concern the co-creation of a Master Plan and building design through community participation and consultations.
Project Significance
This project aims to raise awareness and empowerment regarding climate change.
Within this context, we were asked by Making Good Alliance to look at their site at 6-8 Knoll Road, Tamborine Mountain, to create a Regenerative Precinct to;
1. Engage people in climate resilience and sustainable practices
2. Facilitate several functions including workshops, practitioners in residence, exhibitions, performance, community events, markets, and community meetings
3. Exemplify sustainable building practices, including both performance, procurement, and life cycle considerations
4. Provide universal accessibility
Based on a community consultation, site analysis, community participation and a structured triangulated analysis to identify the spatial and social assets, as well as the challenges and opportunities of the Knoll Road site, this report outlines a conceptual masterplan, showing a path for future development.
Related Link
External link to https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/418644