Gurner Avenue Austral

Liverpool, NSW

2024 Winner of the Australian Urban Design Awards. Jury comment:

"The Gurner Avenue Austral master plan project demonstrates that urban design innovation and excellence can be achieved in greenfield development. It addresses the pressing challenges of urban heat, canopy and community interaction by implementing best-practice, pedestrianised low-speed street design. While the streetscape was designed to comply with relevant Austroads standards, significant deviations from the ‘business-as-usual’ approach required the design team to undertake extensive stakeholder engagement with the Liverpool City Council, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment, and Transport for NSW. This engagement was critical to the approval process and has delivered much-needed innovation in greenfield street design, with potential for broader application."

e8urban led the team for a 58 hectare master plan with Landcom. Working closely with the client and consultant team we used the project as an opportunity to address issues of stormwater management, urban heat mitigation and the creation of safe community focused streets. Key to this approach was been the design of SharedZone streets where pedestrians and vehicles mix at very low speeds - 10 km/h.

The Master Plan DA was approved in 2023.