Australia's greenfield suburbs face mounting pressure: car dependency, housing uniformity, and delayed or inadequate social and physical infrastructure. This panel shares preliminary design directions from a new interdisciplinary research program tackling these challenges head-on. Bringing together social science, urban design, architecture and landscape architecture expertise, the discussion will explore early concepts shaping a new Reference Design for the next generation of Australian suburbs, and invite dialogue on how integrated, design-led approaches can drive meaningful suburban transformation at scale. Moderator Dr Ben Milbourne is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Urban Design. Ben’s research focuses on utilising the […]