Rebuiding Mogo | NSW
Ethos Urban and Eurobodalla Shire Council
All the judges acknowledged that with climate change there will be a significant increase in disasters, and the impacts on communities and individuals last a long time past the event itself. The significant bushfires in 2020 demonstrated that our planning system and procurement processes are not set-up well for agile responses.
The judges reflected the significant impacts on the Mogo community and recognised the “Rebuilding Mogo Study” was a collaborative project between the Mogo community, Eurobodalla Council and Ethos Urban (who provided pro-bono assistance) to develop guidelines to facilitate re-building.
The benefits are both direct, in expediting the physical and economic rebuilding, and immediate through reinforcing community cohesion and wellbeing through the planning process itself, and long-lasting in terms of recreating their community specific place.
The project is innovative in providing a flexible framework for a number of different building typologies that were developed in consultation with the community. This not only allows for streamlined assessment of proposals, but has also supported the short re-building timeframe to get facilities and services to support the community wellbeing again.