Providence

In the early 2000s, the western corridor of Brisbane near the city of Ipswich was identified as a major population growth area for South East Queensland. Local authorities wanted to facilitate strategic infrastructure planning and create a framework for sustainable growth in one of the largest new city plans in Australia – Ripley Valley. As an instigator of the Ripley Valley Taskforce, members of our urban design and planning teams contributed to the development of an innovative Structure Plan for the Ripley Valley Priority Development Area (PDA), which includes the mixed-use master planned community now known as Providence.

Working with DPZ Pacific, Ipswich City Council, state government agencies, local communities and key landowners, we facilitated the documentation of transect planning and traditional neighbourhood design (TND) principles that would later be incorporated into the Ipswich City Council planning scheme. Since then, members of our urban design and planning team have been working with Amex Corporation, its consultant partners and statutory authorities, to implement and bring TND principles into life at Providence.