ATHLETES VILLAGE, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, MASTERPLANNING DETAIL DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: EAST VILLAGE STRATFORD, LONDON

As a Development Manager Craig led the Urban Design and Landscape Architecture vision to create the award-winning masterplan for 2012 Athletes Village and its legacy new urban community. East Village, Stratford, is one of the largest and most successful built to rent communities in London. Integrated biodiverse landscape, vibrant public spaces and quality streetscapes. Craig undertook this role whilst with Lendlease and brings a wealth of wider master planning to detailed experience.

NOBLE COURT RESERVE, LANDSCAPE DETAIL DESIGN:

SUNSHINE, MELBOURNE, VIC

The upgrade of Noble Court Reserve has put play at the heart of its design. The hero piece is a multi-use games court in the centre of the park upgrade. Brightly coloured, vibrant, and fun offering the opportunity to play football, netball, basketball, down ball or in fact any ball game. The full basketball court size offers the opportunity to encourage play for all ages. Vibrant paths weave around the new play facilities including nature play, new trees, native plants and grasses and informal open spaces integrating ecology and appreciation. A refurbished pavilion and cleverly design BBQ shelter form part of the vision for this space.

TRAFALGAR PLACE, RESIDENTIAL & LANDSCAPE DESIGN: LONDON, UK

The regeneration of the Heygate Estate started with Trafalgar Place. An affordable housing and landscape precinct connecting existing communities into larger regeneration masterplan in transition. As a Development Manager Craig led the Urban Design and Landscape Architectural vision whilst with Lendlease and brings a wealth of wider master planning to detailed experience.

MOOLOOLABA FORESHORE MASTERPLAN & ‘THE BOAT’ DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: SUNSHINE COAST, QLD

Craig with JMLA and Maroochy Shire (now Sunshine Coast Council) developed the Mooloolaba promenade masterplan ‘Gallery by the Sea’ and urban design guidelines into the cities forward plan. The design strategy reconnected the space to the beach and reallocate road space to public realm for business spill out dinning destination. ‘The Boat’ created a playful reference to watercraft, travel, fishing, from first nations onwards forming a floating fore deck and beachside plaza. Enhanced shade and ecological regeneration for beach life have flourished helped to embed the Boat icon into Mooloolaba’s Sunshine Coast identity.

GMHBA STADIUM, STAGE 5 & CRICKET HUB, PUBLIC REALM MASTERPLAN DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: GEELONG, VICTORIA

GMHBA Stadium Trust have led the regeneration upgrade of the stadium and facilities for Geelong. Stage 5 creates a new northern gateway with the city on Moorabool Street for activation and place action during events and fun mixed activities local park. An arrival court and spill out to stadium and cricket hub. We led the public realm design into delivery with Urbis and Populous.

RESIDENTIAL & LANDSCAPE DESIGN

At the heart of our landscape work is an aim to transform quality of life, health, and wellbeing for users, whilst creating ecologically diverse and water sensitive green spaces. We design spaces that are culturally and amenity rich, functional, and beautiful. We love to work at the variety of landscape scales from city parks, like the Frankston Hospital redevelopment by Victoria Health Building Authority with Lendlease for Exemplar Health Consortium to great backyards and thresholds gardens, and country estates.