Mark Gazy’s 25 years of transdisciplinary experience spans mixed-use, residential, commercial, education and urban design. With previous design roles at BVN, Tzannes, SJB and AJC, he is looking beyond “traditional typologies” to solve some of Australia’s most complex societal, cultural and economic challenges. 

“Could we solve our housing crisis, and supply and demand pressures, by integrating our social infrastructure and precincts with key worker accommodation and amenities? This could reinvigorate the market and create deeply integrated environments that enable social, economic and cultural systems of influence to thrive in their own right.” 

Mark will champion HDR’s global Regenerative Design Framework to support designers move beyond basic high-performance design goals towards net-positive impacts and metric-driven targets for carbon, water, nutrients, air, biodiversity, social and health. 

Cate Cowlishaw, HDR’s Regional Managing Principal says Mark’s appointment will “enable us to further diversify and integrate our markets and services so we can elevate the communities we serve and co-design resilient, equitable and regenerative places and precincts that support and define our future”.

Mark joins recently promoted Education, Science and Community Principal Graeme Spencer, Design Principal Simon Fleet, Melbourne Studio Leader Karen Curtis, and Associate Managing Principal Rob Wright.