Hodyl & Co

Yesterday, the Hodyl & Co team celebrated the end of 2024 with a visit to the stunning sculpture park at Pt. Leo Estate. A huge thanks to all of our amazing clients and collaborators for another year of your support. We’ll be taking a well-deserved break to relax and rejuvenate, returning on Monday 13th January. We wish you all a joyful and relaxing holiday season and look forward to seeing you all again in the new year!

Sharing our highlights of 2024! It's been a tremendous year of professional impact and personal milestones. Thank you to everyone who has helped make our year a success. We've loved working with you. Wishing everyone a rejuvenating and joyful summer break!

Recently, Hodyl & Co visited central Hobart as part of Council’s implementation program to deliver the 2023 Central Hobart Plan. This ambitious plan will shape development in the central city over the next 20 years. We are excited to be offering our expertise to further guide City of Hobart in the implementation of proposed built form controls, ensuring the controls deliver buildings and places that strengthen the distinct qualities of Hobart and contribute to a future city that is compact, vibrant and provides high amenity.

Our Managing Director, Leanne Hodyl, has been appointed as Chair of the inaugural Connected Places panel with Municipal Association of Victoria. Leanne will be bringing her expertise in urban strategy, design and planning, working alongside Marcus Spiller, Andrew Butt, Dr. Marjan Hajjari, Valli Morphett, Clifford Eberly, Simon McMillan, Dr. Rebecca Casson and Georgina Pikoulas to advise MAV on delivering a more sustainable and resilient Victoria. Congratulations to all on their appointments and to MAV on the launch of this important initiative!

Our Managing Director, Leanne Hodyl, recently participated in an important and timely discussion on the suitability of Floor Area Ratio vs ‘deemed to comply’ building height and setback controls in Victoria. Floor Area Ratio controls offer an alternative pathway to achieving well-designed buildings that are responsive to context and can avoid the potential pitfalls of ‘deemed to comply’ controls which don’t provide the certainty that they promise for either housing supply or design quality. Hodyl & Co have been leaders in Victoria in designing and implementing sophisticated and effective planning controls that deliver increased densities together with good design and broader public benefits. Leanne was joined on the panel by Kris Daff (Assemble) and Andrew Spencer (SGS Economics and Planning), and hosted by Patrick Fensham (PIA Victorian President and SGS Economics and Planning). Thanks to Urban Design Forum Australia and Planning Institute of Australia for hosting this enlightening conversation.

We are delighted to welcome Betty Liu to our team! This week Betty joined our team as an Urban Designer. Betty brings to the team a multi-disciplinary background that equips her with outstanding critical thinking and design abilities across different project scales. We look forward to working together with Betty and introducing her to our clients and collaborators.

The exhibition stage for the Macaulay Planning Scheme Amendment closes today. Covering parts of Kensington and North Melbourne, the Macaulay area is already experiencing significant development activity. Progressing the amendment is crucial to ensuring that there are robust development controls in place. This includes density controls to provide certainty on the amount of development while enabling design flexibility, along with development contributions to help fund public realm upgrades, open space and community infrastructure for existing and new communities. More information on the amendment is available on Participate Melbourne https://lnkd.in/esWxeqaB Image: View of Chelmsford Precinct, City of Melbourne.

Congratulations to the City of Port Phillip on reaching this important milestone in shaping the future of South Melbourne! Hodyl & Co have developed the built-form guidance that will lead to a more sustainable, efficient and liveable neighbourhood. This builds on our expertise in designing effective planning controls for activity centres. Read the full report here - https://lnkd.in/g6bn7TyB

We recently had the pleasure of attending Geelong Society of the Operatic and Dramatic Arts' performance of Little Mermaid. For close to a century, GSODA has nurtured young performers and a multi-generational community of volunteers. In 2022, this esteemed company lost its home, posing a significant threat to its continued sustainability and impeding its ability to pursue grants and external investment. Hodyl & Co have been working alongside Sibling Architecture to deliver a feasibility study that will act as a key advocacy piece in securing a new home for GSODA in Geelong. By 2041, there will be over 100,000 young people living in Greater Geelong. We need to balance the scale of positive investment in sports and recreation with investment in the arts. With ambitions to be a thriving cultural centre, creating welcoming, safe and joyful pathways for young people to experience the arts will be essential. Image 1: 'The Little Mermaid', Geelong Society of Dramatic Arts. Image 2: Total investment in community arts and community sports and recreation by the City of Greater Geelong over the past 4 years, including capital investment and community infrastructure grants.

We are seeking an outstanding Urban Designer to join our studio in a permanent position. If you are an open-minded, motivated, strategic and creative thinker who is seeking to make an impact through a diverse range of policy and design projects we strongly encourage you to apply. To find out more about this opportunity, please see the link below. Applications close 5pm Wednesday 7th August. https://lnkd.in/e5nhp5-7