Date:
2014
Summary:
An award-winning collaborative project that establishes a methodology for describing and mapping landscape character and Heritage on the Gold Coast, that can be repeated in other places.
Key Issues / Drivers / Challenges:
Landscape Character; Gold Coast, unique and special.
Awards:
2017 Deputy Premiers Urban Design Awards:
- Commendation
2015 AILA (QLD) Award: - Excellence for Planning in Landscape Architecture
2014 PIA Awards: - Commendation for Best Planning Ideas (Large)
The purpose of this study was to undertake a detailed assessment of landscape character across the Gold Coast and an inventory of heritage landscapes. The study identified key elements of importance at a whole of city scale and in four trial focus areas at a local scale. The outcomes of this study integrate character and landscape heritage evaluations with planning and management guidelines and are intended to inform planning scheme measures to protect, reinforce and enhance the city’s landscape character and landscape heritage.
