Big Space is a creative placemaking studio based in Melbourne. We have helped shape successful destinations and thriving neighbourhoods around Australia.
We work with developers and agencies to create welcoming public spaces and memorable visitor experiences.
Our goal is always to enrich quality of life and leave a valuable legacy for future generations.
What We Do
We enliven places through engagement and infrastructure development.
Our services include place life research, community and stakeholder engagement, public realm design, activation and interpretation, and creative projects.
Insights
We delve into local culture and everyday life, to find the best opportunities to boost vitality and visitor experience. Our research informs design and innovation and supports public engagement.
Engagement
We facilitate positive conversations with Traditional Owners, investors, specialists, authorities, users and communities to understand their perspectives, generate a shared vision and contribute to design. Our approach delivers better public outcomes while also building mutual understanding and shared ownership.
Strategy
We help deliver civic, cultural and commmunity spaces and infrastructure. Our strategic advice focuses on public realm experience and design, activation, interpretation and communications.
Projects
Working with specialist designers, historians, artists and artisans, we curate and produce memorable environments and experiences - heritage interpretation, wayfinding, public art, place naming and creative media.
Team
We are passionate urbanists committed to making our cities and places more accessible and enjoyable for all people.
Drawing on our foundations in architecture, heritage conservation and the arts, our practice has evolved through years of involvement in senior roles in urban renewal and cultural development, on many city-changing projects.
We have strong expertise in strategic urban design and planning, cultural development, heritage conservation and interpretation, facilitation and engagement, art commissioning, place activation and management.
Projects
We have enlivened cultural destinations, university campuses, community venues, heritage sites and neighbourhoods around Australia.
Recent projects include Co-designing a new Creative Industries Space in central Dandenong; Reviving the Public Experience of Fed Square; and a framework for township renewal in Nhulunbuy, in far east Arnhem Land.
Get in Touch
If you’d like to explore possibilities, let’s chat:
vanessa@big-space.com.au
