Co-creating destinations and neighbourhoods
Big Space is a cultural research and design consultancy committed to creating better places for communities, visitors and future generations.
Working with custodians, developers, experts and communities, we help create environments for civic, cultural and creative activity.
Our work aims to deliver authentic, innovative outcomes and significant community benefits.
What We Do
We cultivate vitality and sense of place through research, collaborative design and creative projects.
We delve into places to understand their culture and potential. Our insights inform design and inspire ideas.
Research
Co-design & Community Engagement
We involve diverse experts and constituents in re-imagining and enlivening places, building relationships and a sense of ownership in the process.
Strategic Advice
We provide strategic and creative guidance regarding place design, management and programming.
Creative Projects
We curate and facilitate cultural and creative experiences in public places.
Our People
Big Space’s multidisciplinary team has recognised expertise in creative and cultural placemaking and over 20 years’ experience working with communities around Australia.
We bring a curious, creative and collaborative mindset to placemaking projects, combined with experience at both ends of placemaking - strategic planning and design as well as place management and curation.
We draw on our skills and networks in community engagement, cultural development, urban design and creative production.
Selected Projects
We have worked with communities, custodians, and developers on projects around Australia. Read about some of our favourite recent projects:
Creative Industries Space Co-design, Dandenong
City of Greater Dandenong, 2024
CDU Centre for Better Health Futures, Darwin
dwp, 2023
Fed Square Experience Framework, Melbourne
MAPco, 2022
Get in Touch
If you’d like to explore possibilities with us, let’s chat: hello@big-space.com.au
