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“...Prior to European arrival in 1788 it was the tidal meeting place of fresh and salt water, and the Darug meeting place which gave Parramatta its name, the place ‘where eels lie down’...” -Parramatta Heritage Centre
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Fig 01: VIEW OF FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL Source: http://arc.parracity.nsw.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/a1313036r.A-view-of-Partof-Parramatta-1796-1809.-first-female-factory-was-located-on-tne-right-side.jpg 5
Executive Summary The key objective of this report is to facilitate the Parramatta North Historic Sites to connect the urban structure with the historic parklands. Parramatta North Historic Sites are places of exceptional heritage significance to Parramatta, the people of New South Wales and Australia.
historic uses of the PNHS are no longer viable. The physical condition of the colonial buildings and historically significant places are underused or vacant. The cultural landscape of PNHS is deteriorating. The PNHS makes up a substantial part of the Parramatta North Urban Transformation (PNUT) area. The PNUT Parramatta has a rich Aboriginal history project is a State Government initiative to of more than 20,000 years. Parramatta/ facilitate the conservation and adaptive Burramatta was known as the land of the re-use of the significant buildings and Darug Clan. Aboriginal people continue cultural landscapes to provide for their to participate as a community and holds a ongoing conservation. Any changes within strong connection to the place. the PNHS, as part of the PNUT project, will need to be carefully managed to avoid The Parramatta North Historic Site are also or minimise impacts on the significant places of colonial significance associated heritage values of the PNHS. with early farming endeavours (including Charles Smith’s farm), the first Government Despite of having urban transformation water-powered mill on mainland Australia strategy and the lot of economic interest and Marsden’s Mill. The PNHS contain from the developers the precinct lacks the sites of the first purpose-built Female to create a connection with the urban Factory in Australia (later Parramatta structure and water. The precinct lacks Lunatic Asylum, Hospital for the Insane, in permeability of streets and laneways Mental Hospital, Psychiatric Centre and to connect to the Parramatta river. Cumberland Hospital), Parramatta Gaol Connecting Parramatta North Heritage to and the Roman Catholic Orphan School the Historic Waterfront is the urbanism (later Parramatta Industrial School for Girls report prepared to give an understanding and Norma Parker Centre). (Tanner Kibble the accessibility to the waterfront through Denton Architects, 2017) PNHS. This report portrays some examples of activation of river promenade and The PNHS’s heritage values are both accessibility strategies to the PNHS. tangible and intangible. Due to changing community attitudes and approaches, the
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Fig 02: VIEW OF FIRST FEMALE FACTORY Source: http://arc.parracity.nsw.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/a1313036r.A-view-of-Partof-Parramatta-1796-1809.-first-female-factory-was-located-on-tne-right-side.jpg 7
Acknowledgement I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude towards my supervisor Dr. Dallas Rogers for guiding me through the journey of wrtiting this report. Without his encouragement and support this report would not have been possible.
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LITRETURE REVIEW
PNUT PROPOSAL
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INTRODUCTION
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Fig 03: PARRAMATTA NORTH HERITAGE PRECINCT AERIAL VIEW Source: Google Earth Pro
Background Parramatta one of the fastest growing cities in Australia. The Parramatta is
a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 23 kilometres west of its central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the City of Parramatta and is often regarded as the second CBD of Sydney.
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agencies such as the New South Wales Police Force and Sydney Water have relocated to Parramatta from the centre of Sydney.
Demographic features of Parramatta had a population of 25,798 according to the 2016 census conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. About 24.3% of people were born in Australia. The next Parramatta, founded by the British in 1788, most common countries of birth were the same year as Sydney, is the oldest India 29.8%, China 12.0%, Philippines inland European settlement in Australia 2.2%, South Korea and Nepal with 1.5%. and the economic capital of Greater Western Sydney. Since 2000, government
Purpose of the Project The Parramatta North Historic Sites are places of exceptional heritage significance to Parramatta, the people of New South Wales and Australia with more than 20,000 years of Aboriginal history. Not only has a connection with Aboriginal people, Parramatta was the second city found by British and shows the Colonial heritage. Its contribution to the Parramatta’s growth has been tremendous in the 19th and 20th Century. Due its Central River City status in Metropolitan Sydney, the Parramatta lacks in space to develop new facilities and infrastructure with in their CBD region. To accommodate the space crisis problem,
the government of NSW have sold the PNHS to the developers for $1. This makes a controversial topic to look upon. After starting the project planning in 2011, the UrbanGrowth NSW and their subsidiaries have submitted many plans and policies for Development Application. Till now from the urban design perspective, the Parramatta North Urban Transformation project lacks in connecting heritage site to the waterfront and to the historic parklands. This project is concentrating on developing an extensive plan to connect Parramatta North Heritage site to the Historic Parkland and waterfront. 14
Relationship with other plans and policies Connecting Parramatta North Heritage Sites to the Historic Waterfront and Parklands, is created as an overview design report to be read in conjunction with the Parramatta North Urban Transformation Strategy, Parramatta Walking ways strategy and Green Grid Policy and Parramatta North Urban Transformation Public Domain strategy. The Connecting Parramatta North Heritage Sites to the Historic Waterfront
and Parklands incorporates the preliminary design policies and guidelines created for Parramatta North Urban Transformation strategy. This urban design report also viewed PNUT Riparian Corridor Strategy to achieve an appropriate balance between the significant natural and cultural heritage values of the riverfront.
Parramatta North Historical Sites The site is in North Parramatta, a sub urban neighbourhood with a population of 13,248. Parramatta has many heritagelisted on the Register of the National Estate. The PNHS are one among them which is located to the north-west of the Parramatta CBD.
The combined PNHS area is broadly delineated by the Parramatta River to the west, Darling Mills Creek to the north, O’Connell Street, New Street and Fleet Street to the east and an extension of Grose Street to the south.
Fig 05: CONTEXT COMPARISON MAP OF PNHS
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PNHS IN COMPARISON TO CIR
Contextual Analysis Parramatta North Historic sites is like the Sydney’s the rocks Heritage precinct and Bondi Beach in comparison with area. The Parramatta North Historic site and The Rocks Sydney share the similarities of heritage and historical values from the aboriginal ages to the colonial settlement in Australia. Parramatta North Heritage Site located north of Parramatta CBD and East of Parramatta Park. The Site is surrounded by natural features like Parramatta river and Parramatta Lake. The Westmead Medical precinct is located with in the walkable distance from the PNHS. It also surrounded by many public spaces like Prince alfred park, Parramatta Stadium, and old Government house. The site will be connected with the new lightrail line from Parramatta CBD to Westmead Hospital Precinct by the year 2023.
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Fig 04: CONTEXT MAP OF PNHS Source: PNHS CMP
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Fig 06: A plan of the Parramatta North Historic Sites showing the current ownership boundaries for the PNHS (blue line) and the study area boundaries for each site (red line). Source: TKD Architects, 2016. 17
Ownership and Site Uses The PNHS are owned and/or managed by more than one government agency and accommodate a range of different leaseholders and other site users. The PNHS consist of three separate but adjacent sites being:
CUMBERLAND HOSPITAL
PARRAMATTA GAOL
The south part of the Cumberland Hospital (East Campus) site is owned and managed by Health NSW. It continues to provide mental health services and is occupied by the Western Sydney Local Health District and many of allied mental health agencies and other agencies that support both the Cumberland Hospital and wider health services across New South Wales. The north part of the Cumberland Hospital (East Campus) site and the main complex of Parramatta Gaol are in the ownership of Corrective Services NSW. This area is unoccupied apart from a compound that accommodates the Parramatta branch of the State Emergency Services. While this land currently remains in State government ownership, it is in the process of being transferred into the ownership of the Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council.
NORMA PARKER CENTER
124-124A O’Connell Street and 128-130 O’Connell Street also form part of the Parramatta Gaol site. The former, which features the residences of the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Gaol, is owned and managed by Corrective Services NSW—the site now accommodates the Parramatta Transitional Centre for Women. The latter, which features a carpark and the residences built for the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent of the gaol, most recently accommodated women offenders needing mental health care. The Norma Parker Centre/Kamballa site is currently managed by Property NSW. The Norma Parker Centre buildings are currently vacant. The Kamballa facility accommodates the Parramatta Female Factory Precinct Memory Project and Parramatta Men’s Shed. (PNUT CMP)
Past to the Future In 1857 government proclamation was made by the first NSW Parliament to set aside at least 200 acres for the health and well-being for the people of Parramatta. The land is now largely operating as Cumberland Mental Health Hospital adjoining World Heritage Listed Parramatta Park and contains many of Australia’s most wonderful colonial buildings. The 30-hectare of PNHS catered the largest Female Factory, the first Roman Catholic Orphanage and infamous Parra Girls home.
In 2014, The State Government is now proposing to parcel up and sell 20 hectares of public land to developers. While the government says, it will retain some of the heritage buildings, it is getting rid of more than 50% of the buildings arguing they do not have sufficient merit and instead proposing to introduce a high-rise urban precinct. This includes 3,000 + high density residential units and commercial facilities. In 2017, the government budgeted $310M to revamp this historic riverfront site. 18
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Historical Overview
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Fig 07 DARUG ARTWORK BY MURU MITTIGAR Source: http://www.murumittigar.com.au 21
BURRAMATTA HISTORY
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BURRAMATTA
THE HOME OF THE DARUG
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Background The Parramatta North Historic Sites have a rich and varied past. The sites have Aboriginal connections to land up to the present day and can tell us much about the early development of Parramatta, New South Wales and Australia. They also illustrate the changing community attitudes to moral and social reform, welfare and the treatment of mental illness. Parramatta is the second oldest British settlement on mainland Australia. During 19th Century, the Parramatta north historic site area was occupied by the three significant institutions namely Parramatta Female Factory, Parramatta Gaol and
Roman Catholic Orphan School. These three institutions were defined by walls that divides the sites into a variety of precedents. The Parramatta North Historic sites have historical and visual associations with adjoining sites linked by the Parramatta River including Old Government House and the Parramatta Park which is of State, National and World Heritage significance. Collectively this broader assemblage of historic sites represents one of the richest cultural heritage areas in Australia.
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Parramatta Chronology
Fig 08: Parrmatta North Chronology Source: Urbangrowth NSW 25
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Fig 09: PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY RIOT Source: https://www.weekendnotes.com/im/001/08/hawkins-gate1.jpg 29
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Fig 10: PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY Source: http://www.parramattafemalefactoryfriends.org.au
PNHS Heritage Context: The Parramatta North Historic Sites are places of exceptional heritage significance for the people of Parramatta, New South Wales and Australia. Together they are a unique and evocative place that powerfully tells stories of colonial settlement and changing community attitudes to welfare, moral and social reform and mental health care in NSW from the colonial era to the present day. (Tanner Kibble Denton Architects, 2017) The Parramatta north historic site area was occupied by the three significant institutions namely Parramatta Female
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Factory, Parramatta Gaol and Roman Catholic Orphan School. The PNHS have great social significance historically and for present day Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal communities because of the children and adults that were confined within the various institutions across the site and the ways that they were treated. Together the Parramatta North Historic Sites represent the extent to which attitudes to social welfare and reform have evolved since the early nineteenth century to the present day. (Tanner Kibble Denton Architects, 2017)
Fig 10: PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY CLOCK TOWER Source: Parramatta Heritage Center 32
Fig 11: NORMA PARKER CENTER Source: UrbanGrowth NSW 33
PNHS Historic Context:
Aborigional Connection
Roman Catholic Orphan School
First Water Powered Mill in Australia
Parramatta Female Factory
National & World Heritage Significance
Parramatta Industrial School for Girls
Parramatta’s Economy in 19th & 20th Century
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PNUT Proposal
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Fig 12: ARTISTIC IMPRESSION OF PARRAMATTA NORTH PRECINCT Source: UrbanGrowth NSW 37
“will deliver Australia’s best Heritage Redevelopment.”
-Michael Brodie, CEO of Urban Growth NSW
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Fig 13: ARTISTIC IMPRESSION OF PARRAMATTA NORTH PRECINCT Source: UrbanGrowth NSW
Parramatta North Urban Transformation: In 2013, the NSW government had proposed a renewal of government owned land in Parramatta North, recognising it as a significant site. NSW Government collaborated with Urbangrowth NSW, Parramatta City Council and other stakeholders to achieve the best outcomes for the people of Parramatta and the future of greater Western Sydney.
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Planning for the Parramatta North Urban Transformation Program began in 2013. The Rezoning works have been started in 2015 to accommodate various uses. The
zoning allows for a mix
of uses, including residential, commercial, retail, recreational and community. The rezoning considered stakeholder and community feedback. This led to reduced building heights on some parts of the site. UrbanGrowth NSW is working closely with NSW Health. Existing health services on site will be progressively relocated to other suitable facilities. The Metropolitan Sydney will face a huge population rise with in next 20 years. The residential need and housing infrastructure for the
future technologies should be adapted Greater Parramatta and to its own rich and throughout the city for the better life. As per complex history. report from Greater Sydney Commission, the one – third of the population will live in the central river city. The PNHS became the significant site to create residential community with needful amenities and five-minute walk to the Westmead Health Precinct. UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation is laying the groundwork for an iconic, vibrant inner-city neighbourhood, intimately connected to its landscape, to
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Fig 14: ARTISTIC IMPRESSION OF PARRAMATTA NORTH PRECINCT Source: UrbanGrowth NSW
What is Proposed?
The UrbanGrowth NSW have proposed some of the necessary key deliveries in their first development application in 2016. In 2018 they have proposed with another set key deliverables with most of the content are same with the initial proposal.
2016 - provide infrastructure and utility services - undertake extensive landscaping and new tree plantings - create new cycleways, pathways and playgrounds - retain heritage buildings and landscape elements which are of exceptional and high significance - rehabilitate Parramatta River foreshore - create about seven hectares of open areas - create masterplan lots - demolish some lower and moderate significance buildings
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• conserve important heritage buildings and landscapes • protect around one third of the site as open space • restore the precinct’s parkland quality with extensive landscaping and new plantings • build new cycleways, walkways and children’s playgrounds • restore access to Parramatta River and rehabilitate the foreshore • protect the habitat of the grey-headed flying fox camp • create a vibrant mix of retail, residential - approximately 1600 apartments west of Fleet Street, commercial and community uses.
Future character of PNUT The Parramatta North Urban Transformation (PNUT) will be realised as a mixed-use renewal precinct located adjacent to the Parramatta CBD within a unique heritage, landscaped and river setting. The precinct has a long history of Aboriginal, early colonial and later government institutional uses. This legacy will be preserved and interpreted through the conservation and adaptation of heritage buildings (and other structures), the retention and interpretation of significant archaeology, the retention
and enhancement of the key landscape characteristics of the site, including significant trees and implementation of interpretive opportunities. (Parramatta DCP, 2011) The precinct will facilitate the long-term preservation and interpretation of the Historic Core, which contains the key built and landscape elements of the sites that previously included the Parramatta Female Factory, Lunatic Asylum, Roman Catholic Orphanage, Parramatta Industrial School for Girls, Norma Parker Centre and Kamballa. (Parramatta DCP, 2011) A network of connected Neighbourhood and open spaces to support new mid-rise and high rise buildings proposed in the front of O’Connell Street. Large open spaces in the existing precinct will accommodate new structures and public domain. The Precinct will be connected by the planned Parramatta Light Rail, which provide opportunities to the employment, education, recreation and health precincts. New network of bicycle lanes and pedestrian lanes to improve the easy accessibility to the river promenade.
Fig 15: Proposed Plan of Parramatta North Historical Site Source: UrbanGrowth NSW 42
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Literature Review
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Fig 16: ARCHIVE IMAGE OF GRANVILLE ISLAND Source: Vancouver Archives - City of Vancover 45
Overview The Literature review for the connecting Parramatta North Heritage site to the historic water front and Parklands include two international case studies and one academic case study. The International case studies are - Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Charlestown NavyYard, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Fig 17: GRANVILLE ISLAND PUBLIC MARKET ENTRANCE Source: Google images 47
GRANVILLE ISLAND
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.
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Fig 18: SKETCH OF GRANVILLE ISLAND MAP Source: http://www.mappery.com/maps/Granville-Island-Map.jpg
Overview Granville Island is heralded the world over as a sanctified public realm and as a triumph of planning, urban design, and preservation. The image of the precinct comes to our mind is the huge colour sign boards and industrial sheds which reminds us the industrial past of the Vancouver. Today the Granville island is the home for all age groups and backgrounds by
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promoting local businesses in the public market. The area’s historical uniqueness hidden beneath a bridge in the centre of downtown Vancouver. Now this precinct became the most visited tourist destination of the City. This memorable impression is the outcome of the plan initiated by the Canadian Government in 1970s.
This has been achieved through the execution of the urban design strategy that upheld the industrial character of the area, both in physical preservation and in design guidelines. Nearly forty years old, the island, a peninsula, is still extremely successful, both economically and in its role as a haven for Vancouverites and tourists. This case study is examined to reveal
how a mix of uses, federal intervention, and preservation of existing buildings contributed to an urban place unlike any other. (Donofrio, 2007)
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Fig 19: GRANVILLE ISLAND SITE PLAN Source: http://www.destination360.com 51
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The intimate connection of industrial and domestic life, the weaving of the old and new into a rich pattern, rather than the wholesale development of a currently fashionable architectural stereotype is the intended planning strategy. - INTERIM TRUST REPORT, 1976
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Urban Design The government hired consultants Hotson Bakker Architects to create the urban design guidelines for Granville Island. The firm produced a plan in 1977 that came to be known as the Reference Document for Granville Island, False Creek – Area 9, which served as a handbook for the development of Granville Island. (Donofrio, 2007) Till Today the development in the Granville island are still function according to the original principles created in 1977. This is considered as one of the finest urban redevelopment and waterfront projects in the world.
to management, design and mix of land uses. The Mixture of these attributes make the place unique, where we cannot find anywhere in the city. In Vancouver, that meant access to a public market, a place for artists, families, children, tourists to congregate, and a place that was reminiscent of Vancouver’s industrial past. (Donofrio, 2007)
This appealing aesthetic that creates a strong, unmistakable identity of place could only be a result of a comprehensive, well-designed and executed plan. The preservation of form and memory, and Today the Granville Island functions the foresight of the urban designers as a vibrant market city and source of responsible for its inclusion, is what employment and living. The 1978 plan makes Granville Island the admired place was implemented with perfect guideline it is today. The patient tenant selection, of preserving the Industrial past of the unshakable development principles, and city. Currently, Hotson Bakker is during favourable leasing agreements would likely an updated plan for Granville Island, be unfeasible and impractical for a private looking at alternatives for sites that were developer to support, either in the 1970s never developed and improved access. or the 2000s. This is not a vindication, but Notwithstanding its great success, planners a fact. Granville Island is a success because are still looking at ways it can be improved of the medley of visionary urban design, and sustained. responsible governmental intervention, and long-term management. (Donofrio, Apart from its success of having many 2007) visitors, Granville Island is attributable
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Fig 20: ARCHIVE IMAGE OF GRANVILLE ISLAND Source: Vancouver Archives - City of Vancover 55
Fig 21: ARIEAL IMAGE OF GRANVILLE ISLAND Source: Vhttps://i.pinimg.com/originals/a7/7d/09/a77d09c2b491ce2430fe490544e33162.jpg 56
Fig 22: CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD AT SUNSET Source: www.pintrest.com 57
CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
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Overview
The Charlestown Navy Yard, also known as the Boston Naval Shipyard, is a former federal naval yard turned mixed-use development in downtown Boston. Lying on the north side of Boston Harbor, the site is most well-known as the final resting place of the USS Constitution, a ship of Revolutionary War fame that was built and repaired at the shipyard during its heyday. This landmark is the last stop on the Freedom Trail, Boston’s arterial footpath for all things historic, and includes a national museum on naval history. Although this
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site attracts over a million visitors per year, what most visitors do not realize is that these attractions comprise only a fraction of the historical footprint of the Navy Yard. The majority lies beyond the well-barricaded National Park Service gates, and is a separate site not only by ownership, but by its different approach to the preservation of naval heritage. The parcel is owned and managed by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), a quasi-public local agency that handles planning and economic development for the city.
Fig 23: CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD AERIAL VIEW Source: Google Earth Pro
The preservation strategy on this end is adaptive reuse, and encouraging of new uses for the old naval buildings, but with guidelines to ensure that their historic integrity is not lost. Regulations derived from an agreement between the city and the United States government direct developers to maintain the image and significance of the site’s naval heritage, while allowing new uses that will allow the buildings to be economically viable, and thereby retained. One of the only sites in the country to be managed in this way, the Charlestown
Navy Yard provides many lessons for redevelopment, especially pertaining to the delicate balance between promoting preservation and precluding development opportunity. (Donofrio, 2007)
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Fig 24: CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD SITE PLAN Source: http://navy.memorieshop.com/Atlantic/Boston-Yard.gif 61
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�‌I am convinced that this combination of historical interpretation, creative programming, open space design, and Harborwalk improvements will result in a network of engaging and interesting yearround destinations for multiple and diverse audiences, including the residents and workers of the Charlestown community, visitors to Boston, and the greater public.� - Phillip Griffiths, Undersecretary
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Ex ecutive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, April 2008
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Urban Design Charlestown Navy yard has been closed
components
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after Vietnamese war. After the post war through multiple mayoral administrations, time the Boston city came up with an
regardless of their agenda. Items were
idea of redeveloping this navy yard as a added to the guidelines, but nothing was public domain. Today the Navy yard is
taken away. The guidelines remained
successful due to its various character throughout all the market ups and downs, of conservation, adaptation, economy,
and through the many changing of hands
public domain, tourist location etc. The
among developers. Because they were
Docks are still preserved for showing the
binding guidelines that were to be enforced
significance of the war periods. The site
through the issuance of building rights,
accommodates the cultural, Heritage,
they were followed. They are responsible
residential and mixed use. The piers are
for the current feel of the Navy Yard. The
now getting converted for recreational
tenant mix neither influences nor responds
use and residential use. The urban design
to the feel of the Yard. They simply coexist.
execution was commenced in three phases
Preservation and the sense of naval history
to deliver better quality of redevelopment.
is the only real physical force acting upon the Navy Yard. One can get a sense of
Ultimately, the urban design and the
history without really knowing what was
preservation component of the Navy there, or needing to. (Donofrio, 2007) Yard’s development are the only elements that withstood the test of time. These
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Fig 25: CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD AERIAL VIEW Source: Google Images
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Fig 26: CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD AERIAL VIEW, 1925 Source: https://fedora.digitalcommonwealth.org/fedora/objects/ commonwealth:cn69mt53n/datastreams/access800/content
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Proposal and Conclusion
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Fig 28: PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY CLOCK TOWER Source: UrbanGrowth NSW 69
Lessons learnt from the Literature Review -
Preserving the History and heritage will provide an additional character to the
precinct.
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Creating a Unique Character for the precinct will lead to the focused urban
planning and execution.
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Adaptation and conservation of industrial building will protect the heritage
building from decay.
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Well Connected Precinct will encourage people around the city to visit.
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Giving opportunities to the Local Businesses.
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Creating people centred precinct will increase liveliness
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Protecting Flora and Fauna plays a significant role in characterising the precinct.
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Good mix of land use should be proposed in the urban design level will help to
sustain the needs of the development.
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Activating the waterfront will act as a public domain in the precinct.
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Increasing Economy by maintaining the significance and heritage of the place.
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Buildings to be retained C52 Life Skills/Transcultural Mental Health Centre/Psychologists (former Male Admissions Ward 7)
C107 Wards 2 and 3, Spinal Range (c1876) high heritage significance
(1909) high heritage significance
C109 Ward 2 including Annex (1895 + later additions) high heritage significance
C53 Administration Block (1909) high heritage significance
C110 Male Asylum Shelter Shed (c1860) exceptional heritage significance
C55 Female Admissions Ward/Ward 7 (1909) high heritage significance
C111 Female Factory – North East Range (c1821) exceptional heritage significance
C57 Nurses’ Quarters/Jacaranda House (c1900) high heritage significance
C112 Visitors and Administration Block (c1910) high heritage significance
C59 Female Asylum Kitchen Block/Ward 9 (c1881-1883) high heritage significance
C114 Dead House (c1870s) high heritage significance
C59a Female Asylum Shelter Shed (c1910s) high heritage significance
C115 Female Factory Solitary Cell Block Perimeter Walls (1839) exceptional heritage significance
C60 Assistant Medical Officer’s Cottage/Pine Cottage (1880s) high heritage significance
C116 Female Factory/Asylum Compound Walls (1880s) high heritage significance
C63 Male Asylum Hospital and Day Room (Late 1890s) high heritage significance
C117 Asylum Wall Remnants (1850s-1890s) high heritage significance
C65 Male Asylum Kitchen, Bakehouse and Store (c1878) high heritage significance
C118 Asylum Pricy and Wash House Remnants (1870s) high heritage significance
C66 Male Asylum Shelter Shed/Cricket Pavilion (1880) exceptional heritage significance C70 Staff Dining Room and Kitchen (1909) high heritage significance
N01 Main Building (Administration Building) (1844 with 1867, 1882 and 1980s additions)
C75 Recreation Hall and Chapel (1886-1892 + 1967 additions) high heritage significance
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C83 Nurses’ Home No. 1 (c1928) high heritage significance
N02 Covered Way (c1858) exceptional heritage significance
C100a Female Shelter Shed and Store (c1860s but significantly modified) high heritage significance
N03 Southwest Range (1850s with 1858 and 1882 additions) exceptional heritage significance
C101 Male Asylum Ward 1 (1883-1885) exceptional heritage significance
N04 Interior of the Chapel (c1864) exceptional heritage significance
C102 Male Asylum Ward 1 Dining Room (1883-1885) high heritage significance
N05 Laundry Building (1882) exceptional heritage significance
C103 Female Factory – South East Range (c1821) exceptional heritage significance
N06 Bethel House (1862-1863) exceptional heritage significance
C104 Asylum Main Kitchen (1892) high heritage significance
N07 Gate Keeper’s Lodge (c1858) exceptional heritage significance
C104a Ward 9 and Bathrooms (c1892) high heritage significance
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Buildings proposed to be demolished C51 Bunya Unit (1997) – Little significance
C82 Figtree Cottage/TMHC (c1964) – Little heritage significance
C52 a, b, c, d Life Skills/TMHS/Psychologists additions (c1933/ c1960s) – Moderate/Little heritage
C82a Car Shade Structure (c1960s) – Little heritage significance
significance
C84 CHIPS Cottage No. 6 (c1960s) – Little heritage significance
C54 Gardener’s Store (c1960) – Little heritage significance
C85 CHIPS Cottage No. 5 (c1960s) – Little heritage significance
C55 a, b
C86 CHIPS Cottage No. 4 (c1960s) – Little heritage significance
Transcultural Mental Health Centre additions (c1962, c1933) – Little heritage significance
C56 New Street Adolescent Services (1937) – Moderate heritage significance
C87 CHIPS Cottage No. 3 (c1960s) – Little heritage significance
C58 Gardener’s Shed and Substation (c1928, c1960) – Little heritage significance
C88 CHIPS Cottage No. 2 (c1960s) – Little heritage significance
C61 WSAHS Interpreter Services (c1880s) – Moderate heritage significance
C89 CHIPS Cottage No. 1 (1910) – Moderate heritage significance
C62 Area Cashiers/HR/Smadac/ESU (1934-1935) – Moderate heritage significance
C90 Community Forensic Mental Health (1892-1895) – Moderate heritage significance
C63 Male Asylum Day Room additions – Little heritage significance
C90a Bridgeway Centre Annex – Little heritage significance
C63b Toilet Block (1930s) – Little heritage significance
C91 Community Cottage/Craft Cottage (c post 1943 - c1960) – Little heritage significance
C64 Wirrabilla Education and Training Services (1934-1935) – Moderate heritage significance
C113 Public Toilet (c1955) – Little heritage significance
C67 Palm House (1955) – Little heritage significance
C121 Gas Bottle Storage (1980s) – Intrusive
C68 Gungarra/Kalindyi (c1947-1950) – Little heritage significance
C123a Storage Building (c1935-1943) – Moderate heritage significance
C69 Wattle Cottage (c1910) – Moderate heritage significance
P33 Binya former Gaol Deputy Superintendent’s Residence (1970-1975) – Little heritage significance
C71 Recreation Department Store (c1955) – Little heritage significance
P34 Binya former Gaol Superintendent’s Residence (1970-1975) – Little heritage significance
C72 Bridgeway Centre (c1950) – Little heritage significance
P35 Sandstone retaining wall and steps (1960s) – Little heritage significance
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N11 Kamballa Staff Development Centre (c1934) - Little heritage significance
C78 Gardener’s Cottage (c1899) – Moderate heritage significance
N12 Industrial School Block (1967) - Little heritage significance
C79 WSAHS Human Resources Demountable (c1970s) – Intrusive
N13 Shed (1961-1970) - Intrusive
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Vision “Connecting Heritage of the Past to the Future� With the natural and colonial heritage, the Parramatta North Urban Transformation will be an forefront of well connected precinct by celebrating its heritage and fostering new sustainable community protecting the ecological resources of the site.
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Key Issues
Natural and Heritage Assets The Precedent has a rich aborigional and colonial history. This makes the place unique to develop an waterfront which portrays the heritage and ecological quality of flora and fauna.
Open Spaces Bat Colony Heritage Buildings
Large Ownership The Precedent has three large ownership which becomes as a barrier to create equal number new developments with in the precedents by retaining the maximum potential heritage buildings.
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Undergoing
Growth
and
Development Parramatta
North
Heritage
Precinct
is
undergoing a massive transformation after the implementation of PNUT CMP. This plan have started their works of restoring the heritage buildings in the precinct. The Parramatta Light rail connection between the Parramatta CBD and Westmead provides a Potential Growth Areas
huge impact in developing the site.
Light Rail
Disconnected Urban Structure The Precedent with the area of 30 hectares have just 2 connection from the urban structure. The Alber street in South and Board street in the North are the existing connection to the PNHS. The site looks isolated without the maximum connection to the existing residential communities in the Connected Streets
Parramatta North.
Terminating Streets
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Flooding The PNHS has listed in the flooding zone in every 20 year flood and 100 year flood.
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Design Strategies
Well connected Urban Structure The Precedent should get connected to the existing street patterns and urban structure by creating maximum entries to the site. All the streets will get connected to the river front to create a oppurtunity to use the river promenade as a public domain.
Connected Urban Structure
Maximising Public Domain The Precedent should make use of the open spaces with various activities. By connecting the Colonial Heritage buildings and the openspaces will create a good open space with rich history and heritage of the precedent.
Potential Public Domain Heritage Buildings
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Activating the Waterfront Waterfront is the most important catalyst of the site. This has a potential to connect the Parramatta CBD to the Norther sub-urbs. The Parramatta River is known for its history and its natural heritage, this makes the river more unique to celebrate. Implementing the Public Domain in the open spaces of the river promenade will activate the water front from internally and externally.
Connected Public Transport The Precedent has a newly approved Parramatta Light rail which connects the site to the Parrmatta CBD. Apart from light rail with 5 min walk we have O’Connell Street Bus Stops which has a high frequency to CBD and to the neighbourhoods. The precedent will have well connected Active Light Rail Light Rail Stop Bus Stop
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Transport network with Integrated Bike Sharing systems .
Concept Plan
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Fig 29: ARTIST IMPRESSION OF PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY
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Fig 30: ARTIST IMPRESSION OF PARRAMATTA LIGHT RAIL AND PUBLIC DOMAIN IN FLEET STREET
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Fig 31: ARTIST IMPRESSION OF PUBLIC DOMAIN IN FLEET STREET HERITAGE PRECINCT 85
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Existing Site Photos of Artist Impressions
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Conclusion The Report “Connecting Parramatta North
UrbanGrowth NSW subsidiaries to find
Heritage Site to the Historic Parkland and
out what lacks in the design. The report
Waterfront� has provided a conceptual
provided an intensive analysis of the site
analysis of the site and conceptual ideas
and masterplans to find the key issues
to develop. Parramatta North Urban
faced. The Plan also provided a conceptual
Transformation project will turn out to be
plan which includes all the design strategies
wide successful redevelopment project
which needs to be provided during the
for the central river city. The PNUT initial stages of the redevelopment. From development applications are not yet
that conceptual plan, we can see various
approved by the government to start the
layers of design strategies which breaks the
construction of the proposed mixed use
barriers in the site and provides a solution
and residential developments. The PNUT to connect the existing urban structure to Strategy have been revised many times to
the waterfront. This new urban structure
include many significance objectives to be
will provide a well-connected network
achieved during the redevelopment of the
of active transportation, bike sharing
site.
systems, increase in public domain and open spaces.
In my redevelopment idea, I have analysed the
PNUT masterplans
provided
by
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Fig 32: Vocational Training Unit in Fleet Steet. Source: Google Maps 89
References (2017). Activation of the Charlestown Navy Yard Waterfront & Water’s Edge. Boston. (n.d.). Development in Parramatta City and the Impact on Old Government House and Domain’s World and National Heritage Listed Values, Planisphere, 2012. Donofrio, J. T. (2007). PRESERVATION AS A TOOL FOR WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION. University of Pennsylvania. Greater Sydney Commission. (2017). Central River City Strategy. Greater Sydney Commission. (2017). Three City masterplan. NSW. (2016). Green Grid Strategy. Parramatta DCP. (2011). Draft Amendment to Parramatta DCP 2011. Sydney. (2017). Parramatta North Historic Sites Consolidated Conservation Management Plan. (n.d.). Parramatta North Urban Transformation Public Domain Plan. (2017). PARRAMATTA WALKING WAYS STRATEGY. (n.d.). PNHS Heritage Interpretation Strategy. (n.d.). PNUT Riparian Corridor Strategy. Tanner Kibble Denton Architects. (2017). Consolidated Conservation Management Plan. Sydney: UrbanGrowth NSW. UrbanGrowth NSW. (November 2017). UGDC Fact Sheet.
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