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Camphill Ghent Elder Care Initiative

Dirtworks Landscape Architecture P.C / Campus, Community, Healthcare

Camphill is an innovative model of community-based elder care that creates an open and welcoming environment desirable to a wide community of elders and their families. Following an interactive dialogue with residents of a nearby Camphill Village, Dirtworks developed a site plan strategy to minimize site disturbance, capture the great views of the Hudson Valley landscape, and provide a framework for future expansion.

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Afghan Bazaar Cultural Precinct

Hassell / Community, Laneways + Streetscapes

Dandenong’s Afghan Bazaar is the only recognised Afghan precinct in Melbourne, Australia. It has evolved naturally over time into a community hub centred around Thomas Street, home to a high concentration of Afghan businesses, ranging from cafés and grocers to social support service providers.

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Croydon South End High Street

Hassell / Community, Laneways + Streetscapes

Together with creative agency We Made That, we transformed a vacant property into the ‘The South End Ideas Shop’, a community hub for local residents to tell us their concerns and ideas. The community’s vision for the high street included more green spaces, a celebration of the street front’s heritage and a more accessible precinct.

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