Roberts Day worked in association with Studio LFA to deliver a response that resulted in a comprehensive urban sustainability package that includes one of Australia’s most ambitious compact, connected, mixed use, walkable urban settlements; water management targets; innovative resident stewardship environmental programmes; local employment and enterprise development strategies and mechanisms for housing affordability.

Googong is located in NSW just 8km south of Queanbeyan CBD, and only 20 km from Canberra’s civic heart. At 790 ha, this new town will be the largest urban development in the Sydney to Canberra corridor.

Roberts Day was engaged by CIC to craft a vision, lead the structure planning team and to drive the development agenda. Sustainable economic, social and environmental outcomes were central to the brief, as was the desire to approach the design from traditional neighbourhood principles.

The response resulted in a comprehensive urban sustainability package that includes one of Australia’s most ambitious water management targets, innovative resident stewardship environmental programmes, local employment and enterprise development strategies and mechanisms for housing affordability. A key feature of this site is a large public ‘common’ that reflects and preserves the natural and cultural heritage of the Monaro tablelands, which will serve as a major regional recreation destination.

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