City Building Seminar - October

Presented by Nathalie Ward, Director, Lat27, Registered Landscape Architect and Fellow of The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (FAILA)

The Green Grid is a strategy to increase the quantity, quality and interconnectedness of central Brisbane’s open space to sustain the city’s liveability, preserve natural systems within the city and build in resilience to the impacts of climate change.

Globally, cities recognise the importance of green city strategies in terms of defining city image and creating sustainable urban environments that support community health and provide positive places for people to live and work. Brisbane’s unique balance between urban and natural, fusion of indoor and outdoor is a key celebration of its subtropical climate. It influences daily life and is critical to the city’s image and future liveability.

With projected densification, it is important that the natural systems around Brisbane work in parallel with infrastructure to support the goal of a sustainable city into the future. The Green Grid provides the shift in thinking required to move towards sustainable practices.

Nathalie Ward FAILA Bio
Nathalie is a Director of Lat27, a creative practice that delivers solutions grounded in the realities of place, time and people and the practical application of innovative thought. She is passionate about the role that design can play in creating sustainable and meaningful places that inspire the people who use them and demonstrate a longer-term view. Her experience working in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Australia over the last 25+ years has given her a deep understanding of culture and context that enhances the projects she is involved in.

Date: Thursday, 25 October 2018

Time: 12:30pm presentation

Venue: HOTA, Home of the Arts - 135 Bundall Rd, Surfers Paradise

RSVP: oca@goldcoast.qld.gov.au