Research and Insights
Informed decisions start with deep understanding. Greenshoot brings extensive expertise in desktop and user research, diving deep into complex challenges to untangle critical components. We design tailored research methodologies that discover the insights that matter most. From exploring the meaning of places and community needs, evaluating programs or identifying emerging trends, our collaborative approach is focused on delivering real-world impact.
How can Greenshoot help set your project up for success?
Desktop Research and Literature Review
We synthesise existing knowledge to uncover what’s already known, identify gaps, and inform your project with credible, context-rich insights.
Uncovering the layers that shape a site or system. We draw on archival records, spatial analysis, community memory and local knowledge to build rich narratives that inform respectful, place-sensitive design and decision-making.
Context Mapping and Historical Research
Data Collection and Analysis
From surveys to in-depth interviews, we design and deliver fit-for-purpose research tools and analyse the results to generate actionable insights you can trust.
Stakeholder Mapping and Analysis
We identify who’s involved, what they care about, and where influence lies—building a clearer picture of your ecosystem to inform engagement and strategy.
We help you understand what’s working and why through tailored evaluation approaches that assess outcomes, impact and learning.
Program Evaluation
User Research and Experience Analysis
Understanding people’s lived experiences is at the heart of good design. We use interviews, observation, and participatory methods to uncover user needs, pain points, and opportunities.
Research and Insights
Featured Projects
Victorian Aboriginal Employment and Economic Research Project
Wangaratta Station Precinct Heritage Interpretation
Historical and Context Mapping
Understanding place means listening to its many layers—social, cultural, environmental, political—visible and invisible, past and present. Our historical and context mapping work uncovers pre-colonial history, knowledge systems, places of connection. We draw from archival research, oral histories, cultural knowledge and spatial mapping to build a vibrant picture of context—social, cultural, ecological, and political.
Greenshoot has provided historical and context mapping for all types of projects and scales, including:
Australian Grand Prix Corporation
Dandenong Hospital
University of Melbourne Fishermans Bend Campus
New Epping
Victoria Gardens Redevelopment
Eureka Stadium
Cherrybrook Station Precinct
Northland Shopping Centre
Connecting to Country Framework
Understanding your project’s proximity to places of cultural significance and connection for First Peoples is a critical starting point. We explore how colonisation has shaped the built and natural environment, and work with Traditional Owners to develop Designing with Country pillars that guide and ground the process. These pillars help identify opportunities to meaningfully embed culture into the design response, aligned with each project’s unique context, vision and aspirations.