Bark Architects and Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works (2017)
Logan Youth Foyer Stakeholder Engagement
Planning and facilitating stakeholder engagement to inform the design of a new Youth Foyer site in the Logan area.
Outcomes
- An enjoyable, productive engagement process that addressed the needs of all stakeholders.
- Almost all of stakeholders needs/requests from the first workshop were included in the preliminary design for the new Youth Foyer.
- Positive feedback was received in the second workshop due to the successful design response to the first workshop.
- Stakeholder engagement reporting provided quality feedback to Bark Architects to produce a design for the new Youth Foyer site.
key success factors
- Both workshops were highly engaging and well attended by numerous stakeholders.
- World Café style workshops allowed time and space for all stakeholders to have their needs heard.
- Interactive Mentimeter App provided a fun and innovative way of seeing live feedback on key issues.
- A responsive preliminary design from Bark Architects addressed the needs of stakeholders (particularly resident Young People)
Project Background:
- The Logan Youth Foyer provides social and emotional support and long term supported accommodation for young people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
- The Department of Housing and Public Works commissioned the project, which was led by Bark Design Architects.
- Our role in the design process was to facilitate two Stakeholder Design Workshops and undertake a Peer / Design review role on the project.
