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Client

Bundaberg Regional Council

Location

Bundaberg, Queensland

Traditional Place Name/ Indigenous Country

Dates

2017-2018, awaiting funding

Value

$30 million

Role

Urban Design

Landscape Architecture

Scope

Four CBD blocks and three cross streets of full redevelopment from building edge to building edge. 57,200sqm (5.7ha) of road reserve

Collaborators

Awards

2018 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Queensland Award for Infrastructure

Team

Creating a dynamic city heart for the commercial hub of regional Queensland

The Bundaberg CBD Revitalisation Strategy delivers a comprehensive design blueprint that will realise a proud CBD identity and establish a living landscape legacy that will grow with the community.

It is the physical catalyst for activation strategies that will support trader attraction while defining a city identity that clearly references the past, whilst also looking forward through contemporary yet timeless materials and innovative design arrangements.

Creating new experiences in the heart of Bundaberg CBD was vital to reinvigorating the look, feel and main street attractiveness for shoppers and prospective traders. A sequence of three new experiences was created with three ‘ellipseabouts’ replacing the existing inaccessible roundabouts and offering dramatically enhanced pedestrian connectivity and useable public realm.

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