Parklands Project, Gold Coast
This 14 hectare mixed-use urban renewal project sits at the heart of the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct and performed a central role in hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games athletes.
ClientGrocon
LocationSouthport, QLD
Date2013 - 2018
Award2019 Urban Development Institute of Australia National Awards for Excellence - Award of Excellence for Master Planned Development • 2018 Planning Institute of Australia Queensland Awards for Planning Excellence: Commendation for Great Place • 2018 Urban Development Institute of Australia Queensland Awards for Excellence - President's Award • 2018 Urban Development Institute of Australia Queensland Awards for Excellence - Award of Excellence for Master Planned Development • 2018 Urban Development Institute of Australia Queensland Awards for Excellence - Award of Excellence for Consultant's Excellence • 2018 Australian Urban Design Awards - Shortlisted for Built Projects – City & Regional Scale • 2018 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Queensland - Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape • 2018 Australian Institute of Architects Queensland State Awards - Karl Langer Award for Urban Design • 2018 Australian Institute of Architects Gold Coast Chapter Awards - Regional Commendation for Urban Design • 2018 Minister's Awards for Urban Design - Minister's Award for Urban Design • 2017 Gold Coast Urban Design Awards - Helen Josephson Award for Urban Design Leadership • 2017 Gold Coast Urban Design Awards - Excellence in Urban Design Award
Grocon has now delivered this $550 million mixed-use master planned development at Parklands on the Gold Coast, featuring more than 1,252 dwellings with a mix of apartments and townhouses, a retail precinct and green landscaped spaces structured around a central public plaza, the ‘Village Heart’.
LatStudios' strategy for the entire site is inspired by the regional landscape’s evolution since Mount Warning erupted 23 million years ago. It is a celebration of the local environment incorporating new lakes, water features and waterways set up for both passive recreation and larger community events.
The Parklands master plan includes seven hectares of public open space, 1.3 hectares of new streetscapes and 4 hectares of private residential gardens, all designed by LatStudios from the outset in collaboration with project urban designers Archipelago, architects AAA (ARM, Arkhefield and Archipelago), WSUD specialists DesignFlow and the broader Grocon team.
Selected Photography by John Gollings, courtesy of Grocon.
Design development flythrough courtesy of Grocon.
