This award recognises an outstanding achievement in planning research.
It is awarded for a substantial piece of planning research which makes an outstanding contribution to the understanding of contemporary issues relating to planning in Australia. The award seeks to recognise work that extends planning debate and knowledge with emphasis on sound evidence as opposed to opinion. The research should have broad applicability to the ACG次元网 profession. Commissioned research which presents an impartial view of the research topic can be considered in this category.
The award will be given to research that is impartial and evidence-based. This may be part of commissioned research, academic research, or as part of a doctoral study (PhD).
Meet the nominees:
NSW Nominee: Unrealised Sydney exhibition
Joint Partners: Museums of History NSW and Professor Robert Freestone Contributors: Junior Major and Urbis
This project "Unrealised Sydney' demonstrates a major research-based public exhibition revealing planning as a major driver of urban development. The exhibition ran for three months in late 2022 at the Museum of Sydney, which provided a hands-on opportunity through an original visitor experience to assess the consequences and challenges of sustainable development. Unrealised Sydney presented insights into the future of the city as imagined in the past by exploring the origins and fate of ambitious post-war redevelopment proposal for precincts in Sydney CBD.
QLD Nominee: ACG次元网 for Housing Diversity
Martin Garred MPIA
ACG次元网 for Housing Diversity’ by Martin Garred MPIA is an exceptional example of cutting-edge, implementation-focused research. In preparing his report, Martin travelled to the UK, US, Denmark and Sweden as a Churchill Fellow, to investigate broad and varied approaches to delivering affordable housing. However, Martin’s work is much more than an intriguing investigation… it’s an outcomes-focused roadmap to achieving diverse, affordable housing outcomes in Queensland and Australia more broadly. Martin’s ‘ACG次元网 for Housing Diversity’ report is a call to action, which sparks meaningful discussions, at a critical time for housing in Australia.
SA Nominee: Walkable for Who? Applying a GIS-based Walkability Assessment Tool at the Metropolitan and Local Levels by Sex and Age in Australia with the Focus on the Greater Adelaide Metropolitan Area
Arsham Bassiri Abyaneh, Andrew Allan, Johannes Pieters, Sekhar Somenahalli and Ali Soltani
The research undertaken is the first of its kind to conduct a comparative strategic walkability analysis between different jurisdictions in all eight States and Territories of Australia. The research is comprehensive and thorough and is clearly a very sound and transferable piece of work. The research methodology provides a basis for additional research of this type to be conducted in the future to help inform evidence-based decision making, strategic planning and policy development.
VIC Nominee: Our home choices: how more housing options can make better use of Victoria’s existing infrastructure
Infrastructure Victoria
Infrastructure Victoria’s ‘Our Home Choices’ report expands discourse around understanding the housing supply and affordability crisis. The research has made a demonstrable contribution to the industry since its release earlier in the year and has proven to be a catalyst in shifting public attention toward the importance of planning in delivering inclusive, healthy and liveable cities.
WA Nominee: The HIGH LIFE Study: The policy and practice of designing healthy equitable apartments
Sarah Foster (RMIT), Paula Hooper (UWA), Alexandra Kleeman (RMIT), Clover Maitland (UWA) and Julian Bolleter (UWA)
The HIGH LIFE Study, guided by a stakeholder panel including architects and urban designers, assessed compliance of apartment design with state policies in Sydney and pre-existing policies in Perth and Melbourne. The outcome of this review provides a framework for including health-enhancing design principles when implementing apartment design policies across Australia. This research underscores the pivotal role of design quality and policy in enhancing public health and well-being, constituting a noteworthy stride towards more comprehensive and well-being-oriented urban environments.