Gold Coast Airport Existing Terminal Retail and Operational Optimisation
Gold Coast Airport’s (GCA) Departures Lounge is an ode to the passenger experience—a symbolic ‘welcome’ and ‘farewell’ for commuting tourists and residents. Cohesive wayfinding, enhanced visual clarity, and increased seating characterise DesignInc’s ‘Clarity, Visibility and Legibility’ approach led by an integrated architecture and interiors team.
Retrofitted retail infrastructure greatly expands passenger circulation and orientation, housing a combination of new and retained retail and food areas optimised for peak-hours. An open northern concourse, complete with cohesive finishes and new kiosk tenancies, carry GCA’s ‘Hinterland to Coast’ interiors strategy and palette.
Carbon-neutral carpet tiles, LEED-certified floor tiles, furniture reuse, and eco-friendly joinery materials underline a sustainability approach, aligning with GCA’s broader commitment to environmental responsibility. Designed for future works, a staged construction approach mitigates the impact on travellers in the operational terminal.
People
Transport
Better and more connections, in a travel experience that is enjoyable and humanising, is the hallmark of great transport systems.
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Nguluway DesignInc Celebrates Three Years!
It’s been three years since Nguluway DesignInc began, and we’re proud to have made a huge impact through our projects, our culture, our people and events. Projects In our first three years,…
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2023: Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Design Excellence
As we approach the end of the year, it’s a good time to reflect on the progress and accomplishments of the past 12 months. For DesignInc studios in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, it has been a year of community engagement, growth and celebration.
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Reconceiving Utilitarian Urban Spaces
From Burying Highways to Tactical Urbanism and the Impactful Stuff In Between. Our urban environments are layered—the result of decades or even centuries of private development, public infrastructure and incidental componentry yielding an often unwieldy, uncoordinated aggregation.
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Brisbane Joins DesignInc’s Reconciliation Journey
DesignInc Brisbane is proud to be the latest DesignInc studio to have our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan formally endorsed by Reconciliation Australia, marking our commitment to work towards the greater respect, understanding of and opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Redfern Station—Mist over the Landscape
After a number of years of planning, consultation, design and construction, the new southern concourse at Redfern Station is open. The precinct design is underpinned by a wetlands theme, with the concourse building described as the ‘Mist over the Landscape’.
