Keys to Thriving Centres in a Post-Pandemic World, Construction Industry Coronavirus Recovery, COVID-19 Buildings Guide
Three Keys to Thriving Centres in a Post-Pandemic World
30 Apr 2021
Rebecca Spencer & Harold Perks
Opportunities for people to connect have been limited since work, school, holidays, and all other usual activities ground to a halt over the past year.  Little did we realise that walking down the street, exercising, shopping, or going out to eat (even if alone) involved so many chance interactions with others that benefited our mental health and overall well-being.
For many of us, a severely limited roster of activities has also involved masking up, restricting our usual smiles and chats with friends, neighbours, and acquaintances.
In this new world we are facing, the value and opportunity retail and town centre developments contribute to a wide cross-section of our community to interact, many times a week (and even daily, such as at a regular coffee spot) becomes abundantly clear.
Hames Sharley?s design process for centres and precincts focuses on responding firstly to local and the broader context, socially and physically. We then layer the considerations of maximising the built form potential with what the customer base needs and wants, together with owner/operator aspirations. This approach involves inputs, iterations and design reviews with professionals across our research and analysis, planning, interior design and architecture portfolios. We wo...