Jun 9, 2016 | Creative Cities, Economic Development, Planner Tech, Uncategorized, Urban Planning
My latest article for the Planning Institute of Australia’s New Planner magazine looking at Australia’s newest Smart City – Lake Macquarie. Extract – “The ‘Lake Mac Smart City, Smart Council Digital Economy Strategy’ delivers a bottom up...
Apr 13, 2016 | Collaborative Consumption, Creative Cities, Economic Development, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Video
In partnership with Gehl Architects, Wollongong City Council (WCC) has developed ‘A City for People, Wollongong Public Spaces Public Life’, a draft strategy and action plan to revitalise and improve the City Centre. An important component of the Strategy...
Mar 23, 2016 | Architecture, Tactical Urbanism, Urban Planning
JOC Consulting is excited to be working with Archrival and Transport for NSW to deliver a ‘Kit of Parts’ for activating underutilised space during the construction of the CBD and South East Light Rail projects. The ‘Kit of Parts’, known as...
Dec 10, 2015 | Urban Planning
With another big year coming to an end, thanks to everyone who I’ve had the pleasure of working with and to those people that continue to inspire the work of JOC Consulting. If you’re interested in anything you see in the above graphic please get in touch via...
Oct 28, 2015 | Creative Cities, Design
Last week I joined a panel for IxDA Sydney titled ‘Design as Disruptor’. The event was organised as part of the University of Sydney Architecture, Design and Planning Thursday night lecture (TNL) series and was positioned around the following question:...
