SERVICES

Insights

We examine the histories, cultures, conditions and potential of places and communities. Our insights provide a solid foundation for community-centred design and development.

  • Place life & visitor experience

  • Creative ecologies & industries

  • Infrastructure needs & opportunities

  • Best practice case studies

  • Placemaking & activation opportunities.

Co-design & Engagement

We facilitate collaborative place planning and design to harness the intelligence and creativity of experts and communities. Our enriching engagement methods align with international best practice, including IAP2 and the International Indigenous Design Charter.

  • First Peoples, community & stakeholder engagement

  • Visioning 

  • Co-design

  • Strategic partnerships

  • Communications.

Strategy & Planning  

Drawing on deep insights and broad engagement, we define a shared vision and devise strategies and interventions to cultivate local vitality.

Big Space contributes to business cases and structure plans as well as place design, management, activation and evaluation.  

To enable holistic, integrated placemaking, we use our 4D Place Experience framework, which focuses on 4 primary domains of change - Environment, Story, Activity and Management. We deliver strategic guidance and support in:

  • Public realm & community infrastructure design

  • Place activation

  • Place identity, interpretation & wayfinding

  • Public art & creative media

  • Place governance & management.

In collaboration with artists, custodians, designers and storytellers, we produce exciting, memorable experiences in public places. 

We plan and curate projects and provide comprehensive procurement advice to ensure high quality outcomes.  

  • Public art & design projects and commissions

  • Cultural interpretation & storytelling projects

  • Creative wayfinding & digital media projects.

Creative Projects