About studio MØN
Nau mai, haere mai
Manaaki whenua
Manaaki tangata
Haere whakamua
Care for the land
Care for the people
Go forward.
Welcome to Studio MØN.
a choreography of place
He Puāwaitanga
place-woven
- where visions are made into designed + deliverable realities -
Studio MØN brings together
Placemaking, Urban Design,
Urban Strategy + Urban Development Advisory
to provide integrated + specialist services,
place-by-place.
puāwai
:: to blossom
::: to bring to fruition
:::: to realise
Regenerative Design + Resilience
Studio MØN offers design frameworks, masterplanning and advice that results in sustainable, long-term outcomes. Strategically realised immediate, mid and long-term action-planning addresses the future of place regeneratively, and ensures the cross-benefits of integrating social, cultural, environmental and economic priorities comprehensively.
- Sustainable communities + green neighbourhoods
- Nature-based solutions + risk mitigation strategy
- Community, social + cultural co-design
- Intergenerational design
Urban Strategy + Spatial Planning
Aotearoa is a taonga to be well-cared for. Urban Strategy and Spatial Planning means addressing current and future need, and practically planning for and making decisions that leave our worlds and local places better for it. We take pride in creating and working with place, people and future-planning. We are specialised and passionate strategists, artists, designers, and creatives who share a common goal: in creating good places fit for everyone, shaping daily lives and growing healthy Aotearoa futures. We're dedicated to our craft and to helping our clients and partners achieve their aspirations.
- Reimagining city / macro-place + urban renewal
- Strategic framework planning
- Land-use strategy
- Integrated precinct planning
- Structure planning
- Urban strategy
- Resilient spatial planning
- Policy-to-place implementation + action-planning
- Development advisory + design guidelines
- Co-design with key partners, iwi/hapū and community
Masterplanning
Studio MØN offers masterplanning across urban development and renewal typologies from civic, to residential, papakāinga, community housing to mixed-use, precinct, town-centre, neighbourhood centre, streetscape, to commercial, educational, health, transport oriented + integrated, to open-space, recreational and public realm design and coordination. We aim to contribute to well-located, well-structured and well-serviced built-environments. Key factors in our projects are; resilience, relationships to nature + biodiversity, amenity + mixture of uses, connectivity, walkability, identity + expression, accessibility, safety, vibrant local economies and growing environments that celebrate the uniqueness, character, stories and histories of place.
Community, Iwi + Key Stakeholder Engagement
Fundamental to all great projects is great engagement into the project space. Providing participative communications, opportunities for equal engagement, strong facilitation and innovative, inclusive co-design is at the core of our practice. We understand how to listen well, create collaborative project teams and relations, manage complex stakeholders and coordinate wider design participation, technical and governance teams.
Kia ora!
Work with the Advisory + Artistry of Studio MØN
Haley Hooper, M.URB DES, M.Arch, BAS
He Kaiwhakapuāwai
Principal Placemaker, Urban Designer
+ Urban Strategist.