Format
Brief
City
Currumbin
State/Province
QLD
Country
Australia
Metro Area
Gold Coast
Project Type
Planned Community or Resort
Location Type
Outer Suburban
Land Uses
Agricultural Land/Farm
Conservation Zone
Hotel
Industrial
Mixed Residential
Museum
Office
Open space
Parking
Retail
Keywords
Community collaboration
Community-oriented facilities
Energy-efficient
Low-impact development
Place making
Site-led planning
Sustainable development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner
Water-efficient
Site Size
272
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2002
Date Opened
2007
A brief is a short version of a case study.
The Ecovillage at Currumbin is an innovative 110-hectare (272 ac), 144-unit residential community that showcases best practices in ecologically sustainable residential development. Conceived and implemented with minimal resources by a small group of individuals who wished to inspire improved practices in land development, the project is being developed on degraded farmland on the exurban fringe of Gold Coast City, a major resort city on Queensland’s Pacific Ocean coast. The project site is seven minutes from the shore. The developer, Landmatters Currumbin Valley Property Ltd., has rehabilitated the site and is protecting its environmental integrity and biodiversity by preserving 50 percent of it as an environmental reserve, netting 80 percent of the property as open space.
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Format
Brief
City
Currumbin
State/Province
QLD
Country
Australia
Metro Area
Gold Coast
Project Type
Planned Community or Resort
Location Type
Outer Suburban
Land Uses
Agricultural Land/Farm
Conservation Zone
Hotel
Industrial
Mixed Residential
Museum
Office
Open space
Parking
Retail
Keywords
Community collaboration
Community-oriented facilities
Energy-efficient
Low-impact development
Place making
Site-led planning
Sustainable development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner
Water-efficient
Site Size
272
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2002
Date Opened
2007
Developer/Owner/Master Planner
Landmatters Currumbin Valley Property Ltd.
Currumbin, QLD, Australia
Architect
Graham Davis Architecture Office
Toowong, QLD, Australia
Site Engineer
Bligh Tanner Property Ltd.
Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
Town Planner
Humphrey Reynolds Perkins
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Landscape Architects
John Mongard Landscape Architects
South Brisbane, QLD Australia
SPLAT
New Farm, QLD, Australia
Principal Author(s)
Julie Stern
ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner