Emma Hall is the Director of Placemaking at Village Well, and she brings her expertise in regenerating placemaking, community engagement and place-led development and operational frameworks. Coming from a background in Architecture, her work focuses on tapping into a place’s potential to inform future development and use.

Emma's work at Village Well reflects a strong focus on strategic thinking, capacity building and community development. Over the last four years at Village Well, she has developed trauma-informed placemaking and engagement, and brought to life their new Regenerative Placemaking approach, building on the 30 years of knowledge and strengthening with an evidence base and systems-led approach.

Her work at Village Well spans across many sectors, and includes place analysis, engagement, visioning, and strategic development. She has worked on projects both locally and globally, her recent work taking her to Mauritius to work across multiple smart city developments, the capital city waterfront, hotels and regenerative agrihood village. She has worked closely with multiple CHPs on specific projects or organisational placemaking frameworks, as well as developing a best practice engagement framework for CHIA Vic.

Emma's academic background includes a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from Swinburne University of Technology, where she received the University medal, and a Bachelor of Environmental Design (Architecture) from the University of Tasmania. A published author, she contributed a chapter to the newly published ‘The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Practice.’ Her commitment to community engagement is further exemplified by their role as the Community Street Soccer Melbourne Women's Coach (North) for The Big Issue, supporting opportunities for individuals facing homelessness and disadvantage.