Grow My Suburb

How would you and your neighbours triple the number of households in your street block in order to keep your cherished suburb thriving and do your bit to tackle urban sprawl? You have a number of choices to make. Where do the new homes go? How big should they be? What do you do with the old houses on your street? How do you maintain the leafy, open qualities you all love? How can you build an even better community and help the environment?

‘Pimp’ your suburb using our interactive and customisable 1:200 scale design tool.

Does planning knowledge help or hinder spatial innovation. Up to twenty teams of between 3 and 8 people are able to use their collective energy to design a future suburban residential environment in a fun and interactive session. At the end we are able to analyse the designs and report back on key planning controls by comparing with the existing situation and other completed designs.

‘The ‘Pimp My Suburb’ co-design workshop was the highlight of the PIA-WA conference, and I loved your customisable 1:200 scale model for its ability to visualise increasing housing density in suburbs. I can see lots of practical teaching, research and public engagement applications for it.’

- Professor Carolyn Whitzman, Melbourne School of Design