Excellence in Planning Award – Master of Urban Planning

Sponsored by: ADP Sponsor Pool

School: School of Architecture, Design and Planning

The Excellence in Planning Award celebrates a student graduating from the Master of Urban Planning who demonstrates outstanding creativity, innovation, and technical skill in their final year, setting a benchmark for quality and originality in their field.

Biophilic Urbanism- A Living Infrastructure solution for SEQ

by  Reshma Gopal

SEQ is growing rapidly—3.3 million people today, rising to 6 million by 2046—while facing intensifying heat, floods, and ecological decline. These pressures demand climate-resilient, nature-led planning. Biophilic Urbanism treats nature as infrastructure, cooling places, reducing risk, improving health, and shifting SEQ toward a resilient, inclusive future.