Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept Design
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How do you imagine the future of Surfers Paradise?
The Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept Design for our tourist heart aims to rekindle the love for Surfers Paradise as a safe and attractive destination for locals and visitors. It has been created based on community feedback on the concepts and ideas in the Surfers Paradise Place Making Plan in 2019. The community told us the most important improvements to be made are:
- Family friendly
- Pedestrian mobility
- Public safety
- Shade/street trees
The Concept Design proposes how Cavill Avenue, Cavill Mall and The Esplanade can be reimagined both by day and night. As the city moves into a new era, this revitalisation will create fresh, memorable experiences for locals and visitors alike in recognition of Surfers Paradise as a place of global relevance and a world-class destination.
Watch this video to see the vision for Surfers Paradise Revitalisation explained.
We are seeking your feedback on the Concept Design for Surfers Paradise.
How you can have your say:
- Complete our online survey and go into the draw to win one of five $500 Gift Vouchers (terms and conditions apply), or
- Share your ideas on the Concept Designs
Community consultation is open from 29 August to 26 September 2023.
How do you imagine the future of Surfers Paradise?
The Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept Design for our tourist heart aims to rekindle the love for Surfers Paradise as a safe and attractive destination for locals and visitors. It has been created based on community feedback on the concepts and ideas in the Surfers Paradise Place Making Plan in 2019. The community told us the most important improvements to be made are:
- Family friendly
- Pedestrian mobility
- Public safety
- Shade/street trees
The Concept Design proposes how Cavill Avenue, Cavill Mall and The Esplanade can be reimagined both by day and night. As the city moves into a new era, this revitalisation will create fresh, memorable experiences for locals and visitors alike in recognition of Surfers Paradise as a place of global relevance and a world-class destination.
Watch this video to see the vision for Surfers Paradise Revitalisation explained.
We are seeking your feedback on the Concept Design for Surfers Paradise.
How you can have your say:
- Complete our online survey and go into the draw to win one of five $500 Gift Vouchers (terms and conditions apply), or
- Share your ideas on the Concept Designs
Community consultation is open from 29 August to 26 September 2023.
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Place Strategy 1: Open to all
10 months agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.Surfers Parking11 months agoParking needs to be improved. If we are looking at increasing dwell time and the number of people. parking infrastructure needs addressing
0 comment9RobLuxford11 months agoThe design does not match the words in the report.
The words in the report are mostly good and correct. The concept connecting Hota, the river and shore through a grand spine is fantastic. However the design lets it down. The Cavil Mall and Avenue design makes it look like any suburban mall. There is no unifying design theme to tie the built structures together. Along the esplanade the new edge treatment and grassy knolls look great but the rest of the design is clip art furniture, lights from the 80’s, mean shelters, clumsy pavilions and beige paving. The narrative of the river is a useful device for generating ideas and creating an organising principle. Sadly this seems either largely forgotten in execution or poorly translated on the ground.
0 comment5Pm11 months agoBars and Restaurants on the beach!
Beach bars and restaurants would give it more of a holiday feel. A sectioned off beach with sun lunges, beach volley, ice cream stands etc. to attract more people to the beach.
1 comment5Jody Veitch Hopo11 months agoEnhance wayfinding to Hopo Ferry
We need to ensure the Gold Coast highway pedestrian access is upgraded. Currently people cross the busy highway at end of Cavill Avenue and it is very dangerous. Please either upgrade pedestrian access or improve wayfinding to Hopo kiosk in Appel Park. Also wayfinding in the entire precinct for more public transport would be great. Hopo street signs are very small
0 comment1scubasteve11 months agoThe garden rooms are likely to be used as toilets
The garden rooms are likely to be used as toilets - better maintenance and access will improve the image of the place
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Place Strategy 2: Supercharge the experience
10 months agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.mgribble11 months agoAlternate emergency access and egress.
There is much talk about resilient communities but we continue to design in the very hazards that make us more vulnerable and less resilient. As we have see numerous times in Orchid Ave, the creation of a narrow one lane one way street has caused significant delays in emergency vehicle access, especially when the first responding vehicle enters and 30 -40 cars queue up behind and the other emergency service agencies are unable to access the incident area.
0 comment0RobLuxford11 months agoA charmless and anonymous design for Australia’s number one playground.
Surfers Paradise, playful, fun, light, unpretentious. A place where people come to drop their cares, dig their toes in the sand, eat, smile and relax. A place Australia associates with bright sun and good times. A place where people live their dream. We bring the world’s best here and make it our own. Exciting, fresh, exuberant ideas. Bold playful, progressive unapologetic. The thumping, pumping heart of the Gold Coast – Australia’s truly modern city. Australia’s most optimistic city. For me Surfers Paradise is about joy. This mall design could be anywhere.
1 comment2Anon11 months agoAboriginal artwork or design?
Not one mention of traditional owners in concept information. Could add a unique sense of place through the incorporation of art and design features from local indigenous artists etc?
2 comments9RobLuxford11 months agoBuild in memorable moments
Proposed seating – joyless, hot, angular, hostile. Looks like 3D clip art. Needs to be more communal more flowing and welcoming. Take note of the very popular Surfers Paradise seat that people cheerily use for their family photos. Incorporate more of this. This is the Surfers Paradise people take home with them.
0 comment0JerryL11 months agoBring soul into the district by allowing buskers, street music etc. A permanent outdoor dance floor to encourage crowds & participation.
Permanent outdoor dance floor.
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Place Strategy 3: Grow the Green
10 months agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.misstoryjones10 months agoAim to re-create pockets of rainforest amongst the concrete jungle - we know that's possible from this 2005 council study
0 comment0RobLuxford11 months agoCan’t go wrong with more palms. Fabulous, exuberant, fountains of fun. Nothing says the tropics like palms, pandanas and frangiapani.
Too many of the plants look like they belong in the suburbs.
0 comment4SunshineState10 months agoQueensland not LA
Tall palms are not the answer and are unlikely to thrive on the Esplanade. The CoGC Placemaking report had it right with the strategy to re-establish historic native forests and provides a planting palette for coastal trees to provide shade and sense of place. Queensland kauri pines are columnar and leafy alternative to palms. Rejuvenated pandanus and casuarinas in the sand on the Esplanade would be lovely to see as well.
2 comments3RobLuxford11 months agoImagine a tropical arbor creating a canopy over the boulevard.
Shade during the day, a roof of light at night. Sized for major walkways, and smaller gardens. Imagine half sized ones for gardens, double and triple sized ones for the Boulevard. This could be a tropical encyclopaedia vaulting over head as a grand statement, and scaling down to gardens and lanes. Begins as a framework, becomes a lush paradise.
1 comment2adbabla11 months agoDementia Friendly community space needs addressed
look into guidelines as suggested by https://www.dementia.org.au/sites/default/files/NATIONAL/documents/Dementia-friendly-communities-toolkit-for-local-government.pdf
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Place Strategy 4: Amplify brand Surfers
10 months agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.Teeraze11 months agoLight Projection tied in with water play area
As per you concept of tying in all the spaces, imagine if the light projections on the parasols tied in with the water play area at night... with recorded music, lights and water.
0 comment0RobLuxford11 months agoSurfers Paradise, playful, fun, light, unpretentious.
The project needs a vision brief. Surfers Paradise is a place where people come to drop their cares, dig their toes in the sand, eat, smile and relax. A place Australia associates with bright sun and good times. A place where people live their dream. We bring the world’s best here and make it our own. Exciting, fresh, exuberant ideas. Bold playful, progressive unapologetic. The thumping, pumping heart of the Gold Coast. Surfers Paradise is about joy. Joy is about round things, pops of bright colour, symmetrical shapes, a sense of abundance and multiplicity, a feeling of lightness or elevation. The Surfers-paradise-place-making-plan told us what the issues are. We need to fold that information back into a brief that sets a vision for where we want to take Surfers Paradise. Something fabulous, flamboyant, stylish and fun. Something that treats Cavill not as a mall but as one of the world’s great boulevards that includes the Esplanade and river connection as part of whole, not just adjacent locales. We need unifying design elements to run right through the boulevard from river to shore. Ideas that give us hero vistas, exquisite glimpses, unique experiences and sense of connection. We need stories to walk with us as we soak in the natural wonders. New stories and ancient ones that make our connection more memorable and more meaningful. We can do fun and food for the soul at the same time.
1 comment2SunshineState10 months agoA big unifying idea
Look at other big ideas that have become synonymous with place, and use innovative materials or structural design to shade and cool, like: - The Metropol Parasol, Seville designed by Jurgen Mayer, 2011; - The Mercat del Encants, District 22 Barcelona - metallic mirror cladding of the overhead structure reflects and street life below as well as greenery and light. The materials take corrosion prevention into account. - Dubai Expo 2020 - Giant tensile structures forming funnel-like columns and connected canopies structures inspired by the geometry of a scaled up date palm shaded the streets. Hopkins Architects - South Beach Green Spine and Shade Canopy, Singapore, Foster and partners and Arup 2016 - The Climate Ribbon by Swire Properties Inc at The Brickell Centre, Miami Florida. Designed by Hugh Dutton Associes and Arquitectonica.
1 comment1SunshineState10 months agoAdd seasonal art-and-design inspired installations into the mix
Seasonal or less permanent structures in smaller spaces or marking specific places would keep the place 'fresh' and colourful. - For example in Portugal, Agueda’s Umbrella Street Project began in 2011 as part of the city’s annual Art Festival. Each summer, canopies of colourful umbrellas shade narrow streets and alleys. - At Surfers this could take inspiration from HOTA Gallery’s exterior geometry and feature multi-coloured Voronoi pattern to engage the public in shared experience of light colour and form and maybe linked to HOTA's program. - Or floral and foliage could be the theme of quirky installations in intimate gathering spaces, inspired by combinations of plants and structure, like the dome-like vine-covered huts and towers designed by Jean Nouvel for Parc del Centre del Poblenou 2008.
0 comment1Chelcy Carrabino11 months agoOrchid Avenue Nightclub Strip Upgrade
Coming from a young woman who has grown up on the Gold Coast and experienced the Surfers Paradise nightlife I would love to see Orchid Avenue be upgraded. Unfortunately overtime this place has become a dangerous and scary place for young people due to the increasing youth crime, so it would be so nice to see this area transformed into a luxury oasis (still including the clubs & bars) where young people feel SAFE to go out to at night. It would be amazing to see Orchid Avenue included in these new plans for Surfers.
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Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept Design
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Surfers Paradise Place Making Plan (2019)
Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept Design has finished this stageEngagement concluded, feedback used to shape the current Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept Design.
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Community consultation (2023)
Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept Design is currently at this stageThis consultation is open from 29 August to 26 September 2023.
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Under Review
this is an upcoming stage for Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept DesignContributions to this consultation are closed for evaluation and review. The project team will report back on key outcomes.
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Final report
this is an upcoming stage for Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept DesignThe final outcomes of the consultation are documented here. This may include a summary of all contributions collected as well as recommendations for future action.
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Stage 1A (Cavill Mall) : Delivery
this is an upcoming stage for Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept DesignExpected to commence mid 2025.
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Stage 1B: Delivery
this is an upcoming stage for Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept DesignDelivery date is pending outcomes of this consultation.
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Stage 1C: Delivery
this is an upcoming stage for Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept DesignDelivery date is pending outcomes of this consultation.
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Stage 2: Delivery
this is an upcoming stage for Surfers Paradise Revitalisation Concept DesignDelivery date is pending outcomes of this consultation.
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