Designing for airports motivates me as it involves so many layers; dealing with intensely technical complex transport environments that are also workplaces, commercial centres and cultural statements.
Cathryn has over two decades’ experience leading integrated design solutions across transport, aviation and defence portfolios. With a passion for creating vital, coherent and enlivened spaces, she guides highly collaborative design processes, contributing deep insight and understanding of complex user operations and systems.
Cathryn is a highly persuasive communicator—a delivery agent that prioritises strong client relationships and stakeholder alignment to achieve project goals. Cathryn’s skills in master planning, project management and design has seen her deliver air, mass-transit and defence infrastructure throughout Australia and the UK. Leading large multidisciplinary teams, she champions innovative, commercial and sustainable solutions.
Transport infrastructure projects change lives. Yet they are complex to get right, requiring a balance of technical requirements with considerations such as heritage, accessibility, bushfire, landscape, urban and local community contexts.
For the last few years DesignInc Sydney has been on a journey to increase female representation across all levels within the company.
DesignInc Sydney is thrilled to announce the launch of our first ‘Innovate’ Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), committing to practical actions to strengthen relationships, create mutual respect improve the opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.
Defence is a dynamic, challenging and technically complex sector. Fortunately, our designers enjoy solving difficult problems.
Research continues to demonstrate that inclusion and diversity in the workplace benefits not only the internal culture, but also outcomes such as creativity, strategic thinking, productivity and profit. In other words it’s a win-win for teams, clients, projects and the business.
