Nature Places & Spaces Workshops Proudly sponsored by Workshop One I Scoping and Assessing Tuesday 17th February 2015, 8:45am - 2:30pm Workshop Two I Designing Tuesday 17th March 2015, 8:45am - 2:30pm Subiaco Arts Centre, 180 Hamersley Road, Subiaco WA $155 (plus GST) PLA member per workshop $295 (plus GST) non-member per workshop Lunch and refreshments provided. The demand for Nature Play and the creation of play spaces using natural elements, has become the new standard. As a public space manager or design professional how do you create spaces that surpass expectations, within the available budget? What is the real benefit of nature play? How do you manage the perceived (and real) risk while creating a space that is stimulating? Will a nature play area create an ongoing maintenance burden? These are questions and more that will be discussed and answered during the 2 day workshop, Nature Places and Spaces. The purpose of these workshops is to engage industry in key principles for scoping and developing a nature space suitable for general public free access. Aimed at professionals and landowners engaged in designing and managing public open spaces. You will walk away with knowledge about why nature places and spaces are important to all of us; principles for scoping, designing, constructing and ongoing management of a nature place project. A work book for developing your project will provide you with checklists and references for key considerations, a resource list, case studies, inspiration and sharing of ideas. For more information or to register to one or both of the workshops please click Supported by on the workshop programs below or email [email protected] Places are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment. Nature Places & Spaces Workshops Sponsored by Workshop One - Scoping & Assessing (17th February) The morning will cover how to prepare to implement nature play that meets the relevant standards with full knowledge of the potential risks. Presenters will detail the intangible benefits of nature play and how it can be used to assist with consultation to the key stakeholders. After lunch a selection of presenters from Local Government will detail constructed projects from initial planning through to asset management and what lessons were learned from the process. The final presentation will include a walking tour of the recently constructed Theatre Gardens nature play area. 8:45am Registration 9:00am Welcome - Joanne Smith, PLA WA 9:10am Workshop Deliverables / Building the Case - Mark Jumeaux, PLA WA 9:20am “Why nature places are important to the community” - Griffin Longley, Nature Play WA 9:50am “Nature play and using the WALGA preferred supplier system” - Dale Chapman, WALGA 10:20am Morning Tea 10:40am “ Balancing the risks with the Australian Standards” - Andrew Reedy, Play Check 11:10am “Pushing the boundaries” - Tracy Blaszkow, Kidsafe WA 11:40am Nature play and asset management - Botanic Gardens & Parks Authority 12:10pm Lunch 12:45pm Case study: Enright Reserve - Andy Jarman, City of Cockburn 1:15pm Case study and walking tour - Martin Copeman and Blake Humble, City of Subiaco 2:15pm Recap and where to from here Click here to register for workshop one Workshop Two - Designing (17th March) Topics covered include the design process and scoping for a sites existing natural features that can be enhanced to create a more interesting play space. Presentations will be delivered on how a child reacts and responds to a play space that stimulates all the senses. The knowledge learnt will be reinforced with constructed case studies using Perth play spaces and series of group workshop exercises that will allow the participants to apply design skills to specific sites. 8:45am Registration 9:00am Welcome and Recap - Joanne Smith, PLA WA 9:15am Scoping the Project - Urbis 9:45am Designing for seven senses - Tobias Volbert, Playscape Creations 10:15am Morning Tea 10:35am Creative Design, What elements do we want to include? - Caine Holdsworth, Urbis and Mark Jumeaux, PLA WA 11:15am Case study: Belinda Foster, Urbis 11:45am Case study: Local authority 12:15pm Lunch 12:45pm Group design - workshop scenarios 1:30pm Presentation of group designs 2:15pm What have we missed? Click here to register for workshop two