Urban Design
Public space expresses a city’s cultural life. It should be dynamic and inclusive in its street design, pedestrian corridors, urban structures, and open space with a clearly expressed hierarchy.
We believe a balance of coherence and variety is essential, as are familiar patterns and a diversity of forms. We consider relationships between people and places to develop a nuanced response and restorative urban approach that reconnects us to nature.
Our Urban Design experience spans a range of portfolios including:
- Residential precincts
- Transport and infrastructure precincts
- Industrial precincts
- Public domain precincts
Project
Northern Beaches Bus B-Line
Project
Wilpena Pound Entry Precinct
Project
Byron Bay Transport Interchange
Project
Chatswood Transport Interchange
Project
Ultimo Public School
Urban design is all about amenity—it’s about social equity. My role is to bring that thinking so that everything we do is for the benefit of the most people, and that’s across age, across gender, across geography
Lynne Hancock
Principal, DesignInc
Urban Design Awards
YearAwardProject
2023
Finalist, Excellence in Social & Community Infrastructure, UDIA NSW Crown Group Awards for Excellence, Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW (UDIA)
Gujaga and McCarthy Reserve Precinct and Brighton Memorial Fields
2022
Winner, Infrastructure Award of Excellence, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (NSW)
Byron Bay Transport Interchange
2022
Commendation, Built Projects—City and Regional Scale, Urban Design Awards (NSW)
Byron Bay Transport Interchange
2022
Winner, Project of the Year Award, Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue’s Boomtown! 2022 Property & Infrastructure Awards
PHIVE—Parramatta Civic Hub
2022
Winner, Regional Achievement Award—Northern New South Wales, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (NSW)
Byron Bay Transport Interchange
2022
Shortlisted, Well Connected Communities with Quality Local Environments, NSW Government Premier’s Award
Byron Bay Transport Interchange
2021
Shortlisted, Excellence in Affordable Housing, Urban Development Institute of Australia (NSW)
Military Road Boarding House
2018
Shortlisted, Urban Habitat Award, Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat
Chatswood Transport Interchange
2018
Winner, Excellence in Affordable Development, Urban Development Institute of Australia (NSW)
Foveaux Street Student Housing
2015
Winner, Great Place Award, Planning Institute of Australia (NSW)
Chatswood Transport Interchange
2015
Commendation, Urban Design Award, Australian Institute of Architects (NSW)
Chatswood Transport Interchange
People
Lynne Hancock
Richard Does
Mary Anne McGirr
Dr. Michael Kahn
Richard Stafford
Mark Stolz
Megan Walker
Paul Wallace
Evy Anwar
Akshaisankar Sabu
Projects
Insight
Reconceiving Utilitarian Urban Spaces
From Burying Highways to Tactical Urbanism and the Impactful Stuff In Between. Our urban environments are layered—the result of decades or even centuries of private development, public infrastructure and incidental componentry yielding an often unwieldy, uncoordinated aggregation.
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DesignInc Sydney wins UDIA NSW Diversity and Inclusion Award
DesignInc Sydney is thrilled to have received the 2021 UDIA NSW Diversity and Inclusion Award. With high levels of cultural diversity, gender equity at Director level, a fully funded First Nations architectural scholarship, Nguluway DesignInc partnership and a range of progressive policies, we are proud of our achievements.
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Infrastructure and Urban Design
‘Infrastructure’ conjures images of transport systems and highways, water and electric distribution networks, tunnels and bridges: mega feats of engineering that make modern life possible. These engineered projects often lurk just out of consciousness in our day-to-day urban existence; that is, until something goes wrong, immediately thrusting our reliance on the infrastructure in question into focus.
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A Fine Balance—Transport and Infrastructure Projects
Transport infrastructure projects change lives. Yet they are complex to get right, requiring a balance of technical requirements with considerations such as heritage, accessibility, bushfire, landscape, urban and local community contexts.
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Biophilia and Place—Director Richard Does
Biophilic design creates architecture and urban spaces that are inspired by or imitate the natural environment.
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Getting to Know Lynne Hancock
Principal Urban Designer Lynne Hancock joined DesignInc Sydney’s urban design and planning team in 2019, bringing her wide range of experience and expertise.