OUR SERVICES
Urban Design & Strategic Planning
Community Infrastructure Planning
Design Review/ Expert witness
Project Management
Research & Teaching
Urban Design & Strategic Planning
Director, Marie Claire O'Hare is an award winning architect with over seventeen years of professional experience in the design and delivery of a diverse portfolio of project types in a career spanning America, Europe and Australia. She has most recently successfully lead several large complex projects including the Elizabeth Street Master Plan, Elizabeth Street South Streetscape Plan and Flinders Street Station Precinct Plan for City of Melbourne. Urban design, architecture and strategic thinking form the complimentary suite of our core professional services. We can assist with:
- Design development concepts, urban context reports and capacity studies
- Design briefs and guidelines
- Frameworks, structure plans, precinct reports and built form reviews
- Policy research and development
- Streetscape design and master plans
- Public space strategic opportunities and action plans
Community Infrastructure Planning:
Building upon leading research undertaken for City of Melbourne, we have developed a program of robust quantitative analysis techniques which focus on the interdependent relationship between walk-able neighbourhoods and community infrastructure provision. The research findings and implementation of recommendations continues to assist key decision makers to be more strategic when planning for and implementing existing and new future community infrastructure needs within Melbourne's growth areas.
Design Critique/ Expert Witness:
We provide independent review and critique of development proposals, plans, strategies, policies and frameworks. Marie Claire O'Hare has appeared on numerous occasions as an urban design expert witness. Within the last year, she has also provided critical design review to inform key urban design principles underpinning some of the Victorian Government's most significant transport infrastructure projects and redevelopment areas in Melbourne. She previously contributed to The Flinders Street Station International Design Competition representing City of Melbourne as a member of the technical panel.
Project Management:
Project management is one of our core strengths. All our projects are meticulously planned and delivered with a view to exceeding our clients expectations. Our unique strength is in our truly collaborative design approach which recognises the critical importance of valuing and integrating diverse thinking from a range of industry professionalsfrom inception to completion. We excel at establishing diverse expert collectives, tailored specifically to meet our clients budget, timing and delivery needs. We also work with existing teams, providing project management leadership for projects of all scales and complexity.
Research & Teaching:
Marie Claire is a regular attendee at the University of Melbourne as guest lecturer and contributor to design studio critiques. Currently she is a member of the external advisory board for the Urban Design Masters Course at the University of Melbourne and has previously represented the Planning Institute of Australia in the evaluation and formal accreditation of urban design courses within Melbourne.
Phlosc's current research topics include defining new data collection techniques to better inform the planning, placement and uses of community infrastructure within Victoria's growth areas.