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Leading Cultural Design in Partnerships with First Nations People
Sym Studio has embarked on partnerships with First Nations Cultural Curators and Designers in leading best practice whilst designing with culture in mind. Sym Studio has formed new partnerships with First Nations Cultural Curators and Designers including; The...
Biophilic Design – more than just plants
I N N O V A T I O N.........Biophilic Design is more than just introducing more plants, it's about our human need for connection to all of nature. Inside Ageing lists some design opportunities for bringing Biophilic Design into Retirement Living: Indirect experiences...
An app to help landscape architects track the climate change impacts of projects
A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y.... AILA (Australian Institute of Landscape Architects) have declared a 'Climate and Biodiversity loss Emergency' acknowledging that humanity has just 12 years to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.....
North Ryde Dementia Friendly Sensory Garden wins Gold
Big congratulations to the team at Carl Gilmore Landscapes for winning Gold at the 2018 LNA Master Landscapes in the category 'Commercial & Civil Construction up to $250,000'. It was a pleasure working with the team at Carl Gilmore Landscapes to see our design...
Tour the Ultimate Dementia Friendly Garden
Our Dementia Garden for Dementia Australia (previously Alzheimer's Australia) at their North Ryde Dementia and Memory Community Centre has just finished construction this week. Another success all round after our Dementia Garden in Port Macquarie last year, both...
How to Create a Dementia Friendly Garden
Alzheimers Australia has released tips for 'How to create a dementia-friendly garden' based on our recent research and design in dementia sensitive gardens at both Port Macquarie and North Ryde. The design thinking is also reinforced by the findings of Dr Theresa...
Port Macquarie Dementia Friendly Garden in the news
Our Dementia Garden for Alzheimer's Australia in Port Macquarie Dementia Friendly Garden was recently featured on ABC News, Port Macquarie and NBN news and mentioned as "the first of its kind in Australia"! You will also see a video of Alzheimer's Australia NSW chief...
Port Macquarie Dementia Garden featured by Cultivate NSW for ‘Dementia & Wellbeing’
Our latest work as 'alliance partners' to Alzheimer's Australia NSW on designing their Port Macquarie Dementia Friendly Garden was recently featured by Cultivate NSW as part of their winter issue on 'Dementia Awareness'. The sensory garden will be used by people...
Avalon Beach Vision featured as Case Study for Place Leaders Online Magazine
Sym Studio are thrilled to have our work for Avalon Beach Place Vision featured as a Case Study in the inaugural issued of 'In Place', an innovative online magazine published by Place Leaders Asia Pacific. The inaugural issue is titled ‘Connected in Place’ and...
Avalon Beach Youth Cultural Mapping Project
The Avalon Beach Cultural Mapping Project is focused on celebrating and documenting Avalon Beach’s rich cultural assets and at the same time providing a tool for future planning and development. This innovative project includes a Youth Mapping Project that provides...