Role: Project and Communications Coordinator

Building and implementing a city plan requires a lot of different government agencies, service providers, and community members to cooperate with each other. The problem is that different stakeholders may hold different interests and priorities for a given project site, and use both technical and non-technical languages when talking about their vision. Geodesign is a planning framework that drives stakeholder collaboration through workshop exercises and the use of simple maps and diagrams to communicate visions for the project site.

The City Futures Research Centre (CFRC) at University of New South Wales wanted to hold the first Geodesign workshop in Sydney.

I organized the 2-day workshop, sent email invitations and primers to workshop participants, coordinated with Geodesign experts, prepared all workshop materials, and co-authored project reports and peer reviewed articles based on the results of the workshop.

Click here to view the project report. You can also view CFRC’s official project page here.

Workshop participants on Day 1 making diagrams that presented their vision for the project site.