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
8 months agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.Michelle Hawthorn9 months agoA designated area for bikes/escooters
Would love to see a designated area for bikes/e-scooters etc or restrictions around the use of these - especially e-scooters. The amount of times I've seen other peoplr or been in a position myself where I've nearly been collected by one walking along the esplanade is crazy.
0 comment2Vln9 months agoAppreciate names of surf clubs visible from beach
0 comment0Bianka8 months agoWould be greate to have beach bathing aria with shark and jellyfish nets similar to Sydney.
Safe bathing areas
0 comment3David Howarth9 months agoAMAZING BUT ONE THING... (PLEASE!đ) Close 200m of road on the Esplanade and make it 100% for the people!!
Amazing plans, wow! Love it. However, PLEASE, the whole plan/project needs just ONE overriding improvement - NO CARS from Surfers Paradise Surf Club (corner of Hanalan St) to at least roundabout at Peppers. Even further to the end of Elkhorn Ave would be perfect. When this happened for the Air Show, people LOVED IT. This is a GAME CHANGER for the plans. Please MAKE IT HAPPEN. I know many will say 'it's can't be done' but I'm a firm believer in 'where there is a will, there is a way' and the positive change and the safety for our children on the Esplanade would be the best decision for the people and visitors. The people will love it!!! (Oh and my girlfriend says you need a good fish and chip shop there too!)
6 comments46MSGA8 months agoIntegrated resort and casino- an anchor tenant to embellish what Surfers is (accom, bars, entertainment etc) and bring it back to life.
Lean in to what Surfers is and forget trying to make it something that itâs not. Itâs a tourist hub (at least itâs supposed to be) and an entertainment precinct. We have parks, playgrounds etc. all over the rest of the city. Rebirth the integrated resort and casino (needs to be included to ensure the moneyâs there to make it something special) in the heart of Surfers. The place needs a significant anchor to bring life back to Surfers, instill a truly 24hr economy (which it should have) and avoid the sea of âfor lease signsâ that dominate it these days. Look at what Crown did for Melbourne in the 90âs and the development thatâs since followed in Southbank. Surfers is bars, clubs, restaurants, entertainment and accommodation- package that into a destination development and the whole place will start buzzing again.
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Place Strategy 2: Supercharge the experience
8 months agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.Shantelle Musgrove8 months agoadd a ferris wheel like the one in southbank
0 comment1RobLuxford8 months agoBuild in memorable moments
Proposed seating â 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 comment0JerryL9 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.
0 comment5Teeraze9 months agoWater Play Area with Music and lights at night
Please make sure you don't waste this opportunity to create a safe water space for all children to enjoy and to be a draw card to this new area. So many other towns in Australia have amazing water play areas with no need for life guards that are an attraction and a safe playing area to draw families. Please check out the possibility of incorporating the water area to be choregraphed to music and lights on the hour at night. The riverfront at Rockhampton has a fantastic example of this.
0 comment1Alan Spears8 months agoIncrease police visibility
A âPolice Beatâ kiosk manned 24 hours in the middle of the mall. Uniformed police mingling with the crowd gives a great sense of security.
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Place Strategy 3: Grow the Green
8 months agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.Jesse978 months agoOne way traffic
Cannot have a one way road through surfers along the esplanade. I think the recent air show which had it closed is a good enough example of what happened of an afternoon with people heading south from north of surfers. A lot of local commuting traffic goes along the esplanade to get home. It took 1hr from main beach to Miami
0 comment2RobLuxford8 months agoThe design does not match the words in the report. I read lush and lofty. I see concrete and bland.
Harsh furniture, lights from the 80âs, mean shelters, clumsy pavilions and beige paving. Needs a unifying design. Its a bunch of fixes. It does not gel. In Cavill It does not bring joy. This visual already looks messy and lacking in unifying themes, and yet might still need to add flood lighting and security poles.
0 comment4adbabla8 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
0 comment1RobLuxford8 months agoSeating â Joyless, hot, angular, hostile. Needs to be more communal, flowing and welcoming. Maybe a living garden.
The "Pebbles" in the design look like mean bus shelters. Instead imagine sitting under a giant Monstera leaf. The leaf could be supported by a sculptural element which could be part of a theme running through Cavil Boulevard to the pavilions on the Esplanade.
0 comment1WalesMum8 months agoPalm trees do NOT equal âlarge mature shade treesâ!
In the Concept Plan, under âGrow the Greenâ, the bullet point âShade and Shelterâ states âincreaseâŚthe amount of large mature shade trees⌠To achieve this it states ââŚwith new palm treesâŚâ Palm trees do NOT equal large tree canopies⌠that provide shade and cool the air circulating underneath. If, for some stereotypical tropical IMAGE, you insist on planting palms at least plant Queensland native species and plant canopy trees AS WELL
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Place Strategy 4: Amplify brand Surfers
8 months agoCLOSED: This ideas has concluded.W9 months agoInclude some of the old elements of Surfers with a modern but still unique design
This could include neon signage, synonymous with Surfers Paradise. Other âretroâ elements to ensure that the redevelopment looks unique to the area and not like every other modern redevelopment
1 comment2SunshineState8 months agoEnliven the shade and shelter with light and form
Shade canopies can take different forms and use different materials. For example, contrast between transparency and solidity, while providing shade and shelter. The designs for the Serpentine Pavilion by Toyo Ito and Cecil Belmand in 2002, and by Frank Gehry in 2008 both did this in different ways.
0 comment0Chelcy Carrabino8 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.
0 comment1RobLuxford8 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 worldâs 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 worldâs 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 comment2SunshineState8 months agoMore imaginative shade structure design
A combination of foliage and built structures is commendable, but designs depicted are predictable. And static. The Esplanade pavilion design is way too heavy-handed, and Mall shade structure design way too underdone, kind of lifeless. 4 ideas: (1) think differently about materials, form, light and shade - eg Take inspiration from the elegant curved line of The Sands balconies, or recall the breeze blocks of 1960s houses on Chevron Island and use as roofs and let a filigree of light through. (2) be inspired by the big gesture - eg The Metropol Parasol, Seville, or South Beach Shade Canopy, Singapore. (3) Bring less permanent, seasonal installations into the mix - eg The Umbrella Street Project Agueda, Portugal coincides with summer and an annual arts festival. (4) make these structures self-sustaining as collectors of energy for lighting and water for plants.
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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
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Stage 2: Delivery
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