FORGE has extensive experience in the design and delivery of fully custom urban art installation and interactive public art structures, large and small. Our specialist in-house design team will collaborate with you and your creative partners to develop the ideal creative solution based on your project’s specific site, budget and aesthetic requirements. This includes full prototyping and material testing as required to ensure the best possible outcome.

The FORGE Methodology is built upon a wholistic and highly collaborative approach that has delivered many award-winning public art installations across Australia. From initial concept to final completion, our process seamlessly combines specialist in-house design and design verification, structural engineering, manufacturing methodology, risk mitigation, planning capability, pre-assembly, project management and construction expertise, all from one consistent project team.

We believe every art-integrated urban infrastructure project must be treated own its own merits. Central to this is gaining a deep up-front understanding of your unique aesthetic vision, and then overlaying this with key influencing factors such as your site, budget, timelines and aesthetic requirements. Time and again we see the most successful project outcomes when our team is engaged early in the development process.

All of the public art installations FORGE delivers are custom. This means we work with you and your creative partners to create the exact solution you require, tailored to your specific objectives, vision and budget. Blending freedom of creative expression with deep structural rigour, the FORGE Methodology allows us to successfully deliver public art installations of all sizes, mediums and intricacies.

Every urban art installation is unique. Typically, the most suitable materials and finishes will be dictated by a variety of factors including the creative vision itself, the scale of the artwork and characteristics of the site. Durability, maintenance and public safety issues must also be considered. FORGE brings decades of experience working with an extensive range of natural and composite materials for public art installations.

Yes. We find that integrating sound, lighting and other interactive elements can be an excellent way to further engage a local community and heighten the way they experience a public structure or art installation. Of course, as with all design decisions the secret is to use interactive elements in ways that are relevant to your overall creative vision - and not merely a gimmick.

Yes, we do. FORGE provides urban art installation services Australia-wide. Thanks to our national pre-assembly capability and highly mobile construction teams, we deliver projects throughout New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, the ACT and the Northern Territory. From major cities to regional townships and remote environments, we can build wherever your project is located.

FORGE partners with LGAs and developers across Australia each year, delivering urban art installations in communities everywhere from south-east Queensland and the ACT, to the suburban fringes of Sydney and the very heart of the Adelaide CBD.

Yes, we can. In fact FORGE has built a reputation for the award-winning delivery of large-scale outdoor community structures and custom public artworks in remote and regional areas—thanks to locally-based project delivery teams supported by a trusted network of specialist creative, manufacturing and logistics partners.

Like any outdoor structure, site conditions play an important role in the design and installation of urban artwork projects—particularly in terms of optimising their aesthetic design life and ensuring ongoing public safety. The site and surrounding conditions can have a very direct influence on the overall construction methodology and materials recommended, including ensuring creative and construction teams have all necessary access to complete the project as envisaged.

Yes, we are specialists at bringing pre-approved creative visions to life for public artwork installations. Many of our most successful projects involved other creative partners, who then engaged our team’s logistics and construction expertise to make it happen in the real world.

Blending freedom of creative expression with deep structural rigour, the FORGE Methodology successfully delivers public art installations of all sizes, and remains the same regardless of scale or intricacy. Every project is hand-tailored to its specific objectives, vision and budget.

Yes, in fact this is how we prefer to work. By collaborating closely with the artists and design team behind your public art installation concept, we are able to get a true understanding of their creative vision. We then overlay this knowledge with our structural and logistical expertise to identify the most effective ways to bring the vision to life—while always maintaining the creative integrity of the original idea.

Urban art installations offer unique opportunities to engage, inform and inspire local communities. When carefully planned and expertly delivered, they add compelling new dimensions to public spaces by connecting us with rich stories of our urban and natural environments. In doing so, they become much-loved social focal points—true community destinations and wayfinding landmarks that provide a deep and genuine sense of belonging.

The FORGE in-house team includes highly-skilled pre-construction managers, project managers, site managers and senior construction specialists who have successfully delivered literally hundreds of custom community structures in their careers, including numerous highly complex urban art installations. We’re also able to call upon long-standing relationships with trusted external service providers including crane and barge operators, transport businesses, riggers, helicopter operators and independent safety certifiers.

FORGE has partnered on numerous high-profile public artwork installations across Australia with many award-winning projects in our portfolio, including multiple collaborations with Indigenous artists.

The lifespan of a public art installation depends on a range of factors, including its location, scale, exposure to weather, construction materials, structural design and the level of ongoing maintenance. FORGE delivers both permanent and temporary installations, each tailored to suit their intended duration and environment. For permanent works, we work closely with clients to optimise design life and offer industry-leading structural guarantees to ensure long-term confidence.