Welcome to the fold!
Our people are our strength.
Multidisciplinary experts - and specialists in placemaking - we are experienced in tackling the urban issues and regional challenges of today, while making sure your place is resilient for tomorrow.
Experts in built environment strategy, activation, planning and governance, we execute world-leading participatory design practices to keep people at the centre of problem-solving for a more human approach to placemaking at scale.
Brooke Williams
Founder and Director
Fourfold Studio founder Brooke is an expert in facilitating human centred solutions to complex urban issues and economic renewal.
Brooke is a highly sought-after industry thought-leader and innovator in curating vibrant, self-sustaining cities and has the knowledge to make it happen. She aligns the internal systems of clients with the local knowledge of the end users, developing alternative governance models to build sustainable activity.
With over 14 years industry experience, Brooke has been an active champion of the placemaking movement. Her extensive list of achievements includes launching CoDesign Studio’s Queensland office, co-founding UR{BNE} Collective, co-host of Australia’s first Diner en Blanc, and current member of Brisbane City Council’s Independent Design Advisory Panel.
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Harriet McKindlay
Associate Director
Harriet is an expert in locally-led placemaking bringing community and stakeholders into the design process to enable greater social impact.
Harriet is an Urban Planner with extensive experience in community and stakeholder engagement delivered both digitally and in-person. She is well known for facilitating high-energy workshops that encourage dynamic collaboration between participants. Her strength in placemaking strategy, includes the development of Place Plans in partnership with the local knowledge holders, comprising the community, stakeholders and decision makers. She excels in project management and best practice delivery. In 2020 she co-founded Placemaking Action Week, a global movement encouraging placemaking action to foster community connection.
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Sophie Gwynne
Senior Placemaking Consultant
Sophie is a placemaking and place branding professional with a focus on strategy, place and creativity.
Sophie has a vast experience in writing place brand strategies as well as strategy, narrative and curation for placemaking activations across the UK. She has spent time working with communities to deepen her understanding of how to thoughtfully, meaningfully and empathetically engage with people. Sophie brings her knowledge and experience to help build strong places and communities that are locally-led.
A significant body of Sophie’s work was undertaken at marketing and multidisciplinary agencies, working primarily with public sector clients across design, in any form, with a specialism in place, people and purpose – taking on work across regeneration, and branding for cultural organisations and arts festivals.
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Liz du Plessis
Placemaking Consultant
Liz is a strategic thinker with a passion for locally-led action.
With a background in brand strategy, graphic design, digital design and marketing Liz has a passion for strategy, creativity and engagement. She loves connecting with communities and stakeholders to conceptualise and execute successful human-centred placemaking. Liz loves to find bespoke solutions that resonate and help people to feel a sense of ownership and connection with their communities, spaces and places.
After studying project management she developed a love for planning and executing high-quality projects. Her work at Fourfold allows her to bring together all of her diverse skill sets.
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Georgia Bergin
Junior Placemaking Consultant
As a keen emerging planner, Georgia is enthusiastic about connecting communities to place through authentic engagement.
As a recent graduate of a Bachelor of Urban Development (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning), Georgia is fascinated by the principles of placemaking and human behaviour; seeking to tailor the built environment to promote social and physical wellbeing. Her combined love for big-picture thinking, public speaking and collaborating with others has primed Georgia for her role as a Graduate Placemaking Consultant here at Fourfold Studio.
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David Symington
Junior Placemaking Consultant
A fresh face in the placemaking space, David is eager to apply his university studies to the practices of placemaking and community engagement.
David is a passionate young planner, in his final year of a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Honours) (Urban and Regional Planning) degree at the Queensland University of Technology. David is particularly interested in understanding how places and spaces in communities can facilitate social interaction and foster community cohesion. David’s prior studies and interests are complemented by his upbringing in regional Queensland from which he developed his intrigue for a professional career in planning.
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