Master of Urban Development and Design 2012-2013 Beyond the Industrial Past Sustainable Urbanism: Bilbao | Barcelona | Wuhan | Sydney Never Stand Still
Faculty of Built Environment
Kingsford Smith Airport -33.94째 S, 151.17째 E Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Master of Urban Development and Design The University of New South Wales
The industrial revolution is one of humankind’s greatest achievements. However, post-industrial cities are now left with abandoned infrastructure, degraded land, industrial remnants and the challenge of generating a new urban landscape for the knowledge based city. The industrial past is not something to be forgotten, as it offers a rich potential for understanding how cities can re-shape their identity to generate new economic opportunities. Today’s new knowledge based economies provide cities with the possibility of transforming their economic, cultural and ecological landscapes once again. With more than half the world’s population now living in urbanised areas, and a rapidly changing environment, urban developers and designers must consider and balance a range of factors: from climate change, to social and ecological sustainability, to urban innovation and cultural diversity. Development of the post-industrial city is one of the many contexts that urban designers must critically engage with in order to create a sustainable future. These are among the exciting challenges that the MUDD18 students have faced in this year’s program: “Beyond the Industrial Past”. In studio projects spanning Bilbao, Barcelona, Wuhan and Sydney, students have experienced an intensive and rewarding journey. This folio and the accompanying exhibition presents the potential of the post-industrial landscape in today’s society.
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Message from the Dean
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Message from the Acting Directors
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Message from the Program Director
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Intelligent Territories: The 21st Century City in Europe and Asia
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Studies in Urban Forms
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Bayshore City - Studies in Urban Forms
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Randwick Knowledge Cluster
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Canberra - CAPITheticAL
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Spain and the Euro Crisis: The Importance of a Political Economy context in Urban Design
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Bilbao-Madrid International Studio: ‘From Next to Nexus’
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Barcelona International Studio: ‘Re-designing the Industrial City’
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Wuhan River Junction
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Bilbao-Madrid Student Experience
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Barcelona Student Experience
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Obituary: Professor John Christopher Haskell
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Communication in Urban Design
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Student Photos: “Urban Design is...”
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More Designs for LES
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Alumni Profile
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MUDD Alumni List
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MUDD Collaborations
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Acknowledgements
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Sponsors
Image: Besos CCGT Power Plant, Barcelona | See page 11 for project details
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Message from the Dean
Professor Alec Tzannes
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“ We are increasingly cognisant that the creation of well designed urban places and neighbourhoods underpins a more healthy, productive and culturally connected society”
Throughout the world the design of cities, including the integration of transportation systems, services infrastructures, landscape elements and built form, is emerging as a key factor relevant to the future sustainability of the planet. We are increasingly cognisant that the creation of well designed urban places and neighbourhoods underpins a more healthy, productive and culturally connected society. New technologies have also changed the tools used by urban researchers and designers as well as the way cities function. It is an exciting time to be studying urban design. The 2012-13 MUDD program was exceptional, undertaking projects in Barcelona, Bilbao, Wuhan, Canberra and Sydney. Within a theme titled ‘Beyond the Industrial Past’ questions around the revitalisation of urban fabric across a wide range of differing conditions and circumstances formed the basis of the studio. This catalogue can at best only partially demonstrate the vitality of the student experience of the many places examined and the completed studio work. I congratulate the MUDD graduating class and welcome you as alumni of our faculty. This year also saw the finalisation of the work done by faculty to create a new administrative structure to support the advancement of our interest in all matters urban. UNSW Built Environment has established the Australian Graduate School of Urbanism (AGSU), Directed by Professor Alan Peters, within which will be placed post professional degree programs including the Master of Urban Development and Design. Professor James Weirick continues to lead MUDD and in 2013-14 whilst he is on leave, Dr Paola Favaro will be Acting Director of MUDD working closely with Professor Karl Fischer, visiting from the University of Kassel. I warmly welcome Dr Paola Favaro and Professor Karl Fischer to their new roles in our faculty.
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Message from the Acting Directors
Dr. Paola Favaro
As Acting Directors of the MUDD19 Program in the year ahead we look forward to working together to bring a specific set of perspectives and sensibilities to the program, which are based on the experience of over 2000 years of urban development and design in Europe. These sensibilities date back to the social and design ideas of the Greek polis and the idea of a city with its boundary. Such boundaries define the urban limit in contraposition to the territory beyond, and tend to give the inhabitants a sense of belonging. Development and design have dealt with urban boundaries in very different ways from ancient Greece to our globalized world, with its increasing concern for environmental vulnerabilities. This is one of the themes dealt with in the travelling exhibition City Visions 1910|2010 Urban Planning in Berlin, London, Paris and Chicago. This exhibition will be hosted by BE as part of the 2013 MUDD19 program.
Professor Karl Fischer
City Visions will be the basis for theoretical and practical investigations in contemporary urbanism in Sydney and other Australian cities within the MUDD19 Design Studio 1, as well as the International Design Studio in November 2013 to be hosted by the universities of Hamburg (Germany) and Venice (Italy). We will have the opportunity to engage with the themes of the exhibition including Alternatives to Urban Sprawl; Urban Land Recycled, as well as New City Centre – Mirror of the City Region, among others. Urban design exhibitions have been an important vehicle for deepening awareness of past urban tradition and imaginative studies in the development of cities in the future. We also wish to acknowledge the support from, and collaboration with, Professor James Weirick and Professor Jon Lang, two of the founding members of the Program established nearly 20 years ago. Finally, we look forward to our MUDD19 students’ convincing and robust decisions in contemporary urbanism in the year ahead.
“We look forward to our MUDD19 students’ convincing and robust decisions in contemporary urbanism in the year ahead”
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Message from the Program Director
Professor James Weirick
“ We congratulate the MUDD18 students for the creative achievement of ‘Beyond the Industrial Past – Barcelona, Bilbao, Wuhan, Sydney’” 8
The MUDD18 theme, Beyond the Industrial Past brings together characteristic urban projects of recent decades – redevelopment of former industrial sites – with investigation of new forms of urban development and design encapsulated in the term ‘Intelligent Territories’, coined by Dr Alfonso Vegara Gómez, President of the Fundación Metrópoli, Madrid to describe 21st century city-making based on innovation, resilience and competitiveness. Dr Vegara will deliver the 2013 Paul Reid Lecture in Urban Design on this stimulating topic, which is augmented by the design work and essays presented in the MUDD18 Folio In 2012-2013, the UNSW Master of Urban Development & Design Program undertook projects in Barcelona, Bilbao, Wuhan and Sydney, each engaged with the challenge of shaping the post- post-industrial city, i.e. the city that has passed beyond the first shocks of structural economic change to establish competitive advantage based on a distinctive urban culture. In Barcelona we critically examined the waterfront projects of the past thirty years to propose an alternative approach to redevelopment of obsolescent infrastructure and port facilities at the Morrot Littoral, below Montjuïc, as a new form of working waterfront for trans-Mediterranean logistics industries, integrated with the adjoining urban district of Poble Sec. In Bilbao, we proposed a series of alternative futures for the former site of heavy industry at Punta de Zorrotza on the River Nervión based on staged development of innovative industries. In Wuhan we worked with the Wuhan Land Use & Urban Spatial Planning Research Center to investigate alternative metro line routes through Hankou in relation to redevelopment of the urban district at the confluence of the Han and Yangzi Rivers. In Sydney, we responded to a brief issued by the UNSW Campus Planning Group to investigate the development potential of the former Randwick Tramsheds as a catalyst for university-led investment in innovation as part of the Randwick Education & Health Specialised Centre proposed by the NSW Department of Planning. The introductory Urban Design Studios also explored the theme of ‘Beyond the Industrial Past’, with the first semester
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Studio undertaking studies in urban form, applying a standard program to former industrial sites in cities around the world, and the second semester Studio undertaking a provocative study of redevelopment of Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport as a new urban district on the shores of Botany Bay. The MUDD entry in the 2012-2013 CAPITheticAL Competition conducted by the ACT Government to mark the centenary of Canberra, produced by the Studio 1 class last year, was selected as a finalist in this two-stage competition. A dedicated team, led by Genevieve Blanchett, produced the second-stage entry in November 2012, extending the linear city concept of the first stage with a detailed proposal linking the former industrial areas of Eastlake to the new ‘airport city’ and the symbolic centre of the national capital. In all our Studio projects, we continue to seek the synthesis of three bodies of knowledge about the city: first, spatial political economy, the manifestation in urban form of global patterns of capital formation, investment and disinvestment; second, urban design principles and paradigms, normative models of ‘good city form’ grounded in aesthetic, social and environmental concerns; third, ‘urban design as public policy’, the intersection of public policy, design principles, the deal-making of the property sector and defence of the public realm. Our projects in Spain this year have been conceptualised within the political economy framework set by John Zerby in his background briefing on ‘Spain and the Euro Crisis’, included in the MUDD18 Folio. The depth of the current economic crisis in Spain, created in large measure by the structural collapse of the housing sector, is set against the resilience of the regional economies of Catalonia and the Basque Country. In the words of our Barcelona host, Dr Miguel Roldán, these projects ‘are not for today, or tomorrow but the day after tomorrow.’ As always, the International Urban Design Studios were the highlight of the year and we thank our hosts for introducing challenging projects to us - in Barcelona, Dr Miguel Roldán of Roldán + Berengué arqts. and Chairman, Barcelona Architectural Center; in Bilbao and Madrid, Dr Alfonso Vegara Gómez, President, Fundación Metrópoli, Madrid. We congratulate the MUDD18 students for the creative achievement of ‘Beyond the Industrial Past – Barcelona, Bilbao, Wuhan, Sydney’. This year, generous support for the MUDD Folio and Exhibition – and the Paul Reid Lecture in Urban Design – has been provided by Cox Richardson, JPW, UrbanGrowth, architectus, JBA & GMU (Gabrielle Morrish), BatesSmart, Colin Stewart Architects, Hassell, Architects Contempo - for this, we express our sincere thanks. - Professor James Weirick
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Intelligent Territories: The 21st century city in Europe and Asia A Case for Innovation
The 21st century city is marked by explosive population growth, territorial expansion, and the ubiquity of digital technology in the public realm, three trends which challenge the effectiveness of conventional models of city-making. Because of the massive scale, speed and diffuse nature of this 21st century urban explosion, top-down planning and project implementation become less viable and less apt for dealing with such dynamic conditions. Nonetheless, there is an emerging catalogue of new techniques and philosophies developing to deal with such dynamic urban challenges, and a new set of global references that showcase these techniques.
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The Mission of an Urban Think Tank
Intelligent Territories is the continually evolving design methodology of the urban think-tank Fundación Metrópoli, which offers a unique model for understanding and designing places(1). The Intelligent Territories model was originally designed during the Proyecto Cities research program, a continuing initiative of the Fundación Metrópoli for cataloguing the aspects of the city that spur innovation, resilience, and competitiveness. Among the central conclusions of this research, is the notion that the most successful cities are those that are able to create a contextually robust vision that is sufficiently flexible to maneuver unforeseen changes, sufficiently ambitious to create notable impact, and sufficiently contextual to be implementable.
A Framework for Urban Design
A city vision can be defined as a flexible language for sharing and augmenting the strengths of a place. It is a living body of work, resulting from inclusive urban analysis, civic participation, trial, error, and experience. A vision acts as a blueprint for the creative transformation of urban landscapes through specific, implementable, highimpact projects, all the while complimenting more traditional, problem-solution model of dealing with urban challenges. Most municipal governments employ almost exclusively the problem-solution model for urban management, distributing challenges among various isolated departments. Though cities are sufficiently complex to make necessary this distribution of management, the model makes prioritization and consensus-building difficult for city leaders, as the processes of decision-making are slowed by communication, administration, and accounting protocols. As a result, city governments are often under-equipped to creatively and nimbly respond to the demands of 21st century business and living standards, and are unable to produce the types of conditions that attract talent, visitors, businesses, and eventually, revenue. Rather than approach the challenges of global sustainability from a problem-solution perspective, a more agile approach bases development concepts on the identification and effective use on the strengths of a place or more appropriately, its components of excellence(2). In order to profoundly and comprehensively base its work on components of excellence, any given Fundación Metrópoli urban R+D project pursues various
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research themes to discover the essence of a place. These include the analysis of key urban indicators, global contextualisation, the analysis of leadership structure, cartography, civic engagement and public participation, the collection of historical narratives and opinions, urban typologies, and benchmarking(3).
The Territorial Model
The territorial model is a conceptual tool for communicating the design vision of a city. It is a diagram of the city vision. Often superseding administrative boundaries, the territorial model places the city in a new context – a context based on the larger systems that make up the city, like transportation systems, watershed, and ecosystems. It is within this larger context where current conditions can be evaluated alongside future proposals and priorities. This model goes beyond describing the current conditions of a conurbation. It is a roadmap for realizing the place-based potential of a city. In this sense, the territorial model becomes a hybrid of existing systems, territorial strengths, and catalytic urban projects for future urban resilience. With precision and deliberation, the union of existing competitive advantages and strategic projects for the future paint a never-before-seen picture of place based synergies, and create a vision for the future of a city. The Fundación Metrópoli territorial model has been exercised in over 50 cities around the world, including recent engagements like with the city of Penang and longer-term engagements like with the city of Bilbao.
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Conclusions
Information, people, businesses, money, and products are more mobile today than they have ever been. There is however, one thing that can’t move - place. Place is the original competitive advantage in the world economy, and continues to be the single most important factor for cities to be distinguishable, complimentary, and competitive throughout the future(3). The select, project-based model of the Fundación Metrópoli is wholly based on the strengths and potentials of each place that it works in, offering what has been proven as a repeatable design model for urban transformation(4). In the face of 21st century global challenges, the Fundación Metrópoli holds that urban innovation is the key to global sustainability, it is for this reason that the organization continues to develop and test its model in cities around the world.
(1) Fundación Metrópoli is a think tank for urban design and development, working to inspire the creative and humane transformation of cities and landscapes around the world. (2) Vegara, A. Luis de las Rivas, J. Territorios Inteligentes. Madrid, 2004. Fundación Metrópoli, Telefónica, and Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias. (3) Vegara, A. Heir, S. et al. The Next Cities Lab: Bettering Our World, City by City. 2012. Fundación Metrópoli and Microsoft. (4) Including design projects in Bilbao and Penang, which were presented in detail at the 6th Annual Paul Reid Lecture in Urban Design at the University of New South Wales, 2013
Dr. Alfonso Vegara Gómez, an architect-planner, is the President of the Madrid-based Taller de Ideas Group, the President of Fundación Metrópoli, Visiting Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania (1997 to 2002), President of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (2002-2005). Vegara developed and directed the on-going Proyecto CITIES initiative, a study into the urban components of excellence of twenty participating cities from around the world.
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Studies in Urban forms
In Semester 1, 2012 the introductory studio further explored the method of investigating urban form developed with the MUDD17 students in 2011. Nine urban design proposals adopted different approaches to the challenge of redeveloping industrial sites across the world from Copenhagen to Buenos Aires. Each city served as a vehicle for investigation into urban landscape, the growth and change of urban form, and the evolution of distinctive urban types, the latter including built form, communication and transport infrastructure and open space systems.
Professor James Weirick
The studio was based on two inter-related modes of study: first, a research component, which introduced students to urban design history, theory, paradigms and precedents; second, a critical urban project aimed at relating the knowledge gained from the research component to the design of an urban precinct. The research mode involved in depth investigation of the urban morphology and climatic conditions of the nine cities. Historical investigations of urban design theories such as Cerdà’s General Theory of Urbanisation and Le Corbusier’s post-Athens Charter concepts for Chandigarh helped to develop a critical understanding of urban fabric and form.
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A rigorous graphic analysis of the settlement pattern of each city was undertaken, involving figure ground mapping at 1:200,000; 1: 20,000 and 1: 2000. The maps provided the opportunity to study patterns of built and unbuilt spaces integrated with the topography, street pattern, building types, climatic adaptations, open space networks and transit linkages. The information obtained from the mapping and associated background research was used in the second phase of the studio – the making of the urban project. To explore and test the theme ‘Beyond the Industrial Past’, the urban project was conceptualised as an innovation hub comprising a university with 40,000 students set within a new urban district of 40,000 residents and 20,000 jobs, equivalent to a fusion of the UNSW Kensington campus and the Green Square redevelopment in South Sydney. The design of each proposal responded to the distinctive characteristics of the cities under review based on considerations of climate, context, topography, heritage and social conditions using traditional urban design principles and paradigms, combined with new technologies and new thinking. The former brownfields sites were integrated with existing city-street networks with the aim of creating socially cohesive centres of innovation within the urban fabric.
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Studies in Urban forms 41023’ N Barcelona by Cuizhen Feng Jingchao The design concept of the new urban district is based on Cerdà’s city planning principles and the achievements of Barcelona urbanism in recent decades. The seafront design of Sant Adrià de Besòs extends the Barcelona seafront general plan initiated in the 1980s with the Moll de la Fusta and Olympic Village projects to the industrial lands north of the Besòs Riu. Through redevelopment and reform of the industrial zone centred on the Besòs Power Station, the project aims to create a new, mixed use eco-precinct of a low-carbon city, symbolized by closure and adaptive re-use of the power station complex as an exhibition centre for green industries. The university is sited as the central element linking the seafront and business centre with an existing district park. The project extends the theoretical and practical basis of the Cerdà planning tradition by fusing the Barcelona grid form with the new ideas based on the ‘collision’ of two grids with off-set alignments responding to existing conditions.
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Studies in Urban forms 34036’ S Buenos Aires by Guo Shijie Alec Gelgota
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Buenos Aires and the industrial barrio of Barracas, provide an opportunity to transform the existing grid according to past visions and present urban design theories, in a modern context. The creation of a university campus specialising in medical sciences, social sciences and fine arts takes advantage of the existing Moyano Hospital and artistic heritage of the area. Mixed-income housing spread throughout the site addresses ongoing issues associated with Buenos Aires’ slums and encourages equal socioeconomic distribution and integration. The community is further enhanced by the proposed combination of public transport infrastructure that efficiently connects the three existing modes and services the area. Moreover, a series of courtyards and plazas bring greenery back into the industrial site and re-establish the area as a livable community. Finally, the rehabilitation of the stadium and its surroundings, in addition to the central commercial axis, conform to the pre-existing grid and promote future development.
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Studies in Urban forms 30044’14 N Chandigarh by Li Ji Sim Sok Toeur Chandigarh is one of the great planned capitals of the twentieth century, however the rationalism of its urban form and the scale of its public spaces are challenged by the realities of life in India. The governmental institutions, intentionally placed in the design as a mediator between the rich and the poor and the artificial and the natural, are a representation of Indian democracy. Today, the symbolic centre of the city is an empty, high-security zone. To reinforce and reinvigorate the monumental presence of Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex, left unfinished by the master architect and compromised politically, its modernist spaces need new urban elements. This design proposes a new vision for Chandigarh, integrating Indian traditional life and western urban typology in a new ecoprecinct, anchored by a university extension of the Capitol Complex and extending to Sukhna Lake.
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Studies in Urban forms 55041’ N Copenhagen by Dai Wen Victor A. Aalund-Olsen
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The City of Copenhagen is facing population growth of 100,000 by 2025, an increase of almost 20 percent on the current population of 530,000. As such, the city must develop new housing, new jobs and new educational opportunities. Currently, Sydhavnen is an old industrial district in Copenhagen with no life and no attractions. Road and rail infrastructure impede accessibility to the site. With the inclusion of a new university, this design envisions Copenhagen as the educational centre of the Ă˜resound region. Old industrial elements of Sydhavnen provide character and help transform the area into an inviting inner city precinct with a diverse combination of residents, students and workers in a reinterpretation of traditional Copenhagen urban patterns. New entry points into the site facilitate accessibility for pedestrians, bicycles and motor vehicles, whilst green wedges mitigate the urban heat island effect. Sydhavnen will be transformed into an attractive community with walkable, active waterfronts, extensive green spaces and a creative city life.
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Studies in Urban forms 25017’ N Doha by Celeste Martin Caroline Pembroke Three paradigmatic scenes have informed the development of Doha in recent history: Pearling, Oil & Gas, the revenues of which lead to the third, Real Estate speculation. This has displaced many Qataris from the Old District and their traditional connection to the sea. This design proposes the reestablishment of this connection through the creation of a vital new centre on the site of an obsolete port in the Old Centre. The new centre will focus on higher education, commercial & traditional urban networks and housing that is responsive to climate. With a design that incorporates principles of Transit Oriented Development, the new precinct promotes an active city-life. Existing north-south streets are realigned to connect to and through the site to the foreshore, while narrow streets maximise shading and orientation to prevailing winds.
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Studies in Urban forms 35010’ N Nagoya by
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This new urban precinct adds to the polycentric pattern of the Nagoya metroregion through the creation of a series of neighbourhoods in the former industrial service centre at the Port of Nagoya. Regeneration of this extensive brownfield site augments and activates an isolated waterfront development of the 1980s, and includes the reconfiguration of the urban pattern to minimise risk from natural disasters. This design augment’s the city’s Biodiversity Strategy Plan, and creates a new ‘ekisoba’ - concentrations of urban life around a series of existing, but little-used metro stations. A new university campus along the historic Nakagawa Canal acts as a focal point in the surrounding mixed use development. A series of walkable neighbourhoods, linked by green corridors, provides residents with access to public amenities, public open space and a community safety network. The establishment of a northsouth boulevard acts as an escape route in the event of a natural disaster, and maximises resilience in emergency escape planning for the new community.
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Studies in Urban forms 40045’ N New York by
Shao Jing Wang Xinbo Integrating new university precincts with high density mixed used blocks, waterfront green spaces and a dynamic skyline, East River City is designed to transform the semi-abandoned, infrastructure-dominated waterfronts of Midtown Manhattan, Roosevelt Island and Long Island City, into a celebration of New York urban form and urban life. Utilising the Manhattan grid and its variation in Long Island City as a robust and resilient basis for new urban form, this design creates an integrated series of urban precincts along the East River, with a dramatic skyline, aimed at reinvigorating the New York City sense of place, and maximising the waterfront potential of the city. The existing radial pattern of public transport is extended to the site, comprising a circle of subways, ferries and bikeways. Based on streets scaled to the Manhattan grid, land uses are mixed within high density neighborhoods, providing active street frontages and high accessibility, aimed at improving the quality of city life.
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Studies in Urban forms 1009’ N Singapore by
Fa Zhenyu Duan Xiaochen This project aims to reform, redevelop and activate an old industrial area on the Straits of Johor, Singapore through the introduction of new multifunctional urban spaces and a new built form. The project is designed to implement and test new techniques of sustainable urbanism, twinned with the Sino-Singapore Eco-City in Tianjin, China. The site is a former brownfield district of heavy industry, logistics and warehousing that developed around the Senoko Power Station. The Power Station is retained, but updated with clean technologies. The surrounding industrial sites are redeveloped and integrated with waterfront green space, a new eco-island and an urban park system. The reformed urban district integrates a university campus with commercial and residential precincts served by a new loop on the Singapore metro system, contributing to the rebirth of the former industrial landscape.
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Studies in Urban forms 31022’ N Wuhan by Liu Xiaomeng Zhang Qinghong A cultural neighbourhood within the former industrial site of the historic Hanyang steel-works south of the Han River, this design emphasises mixed land use and landscape connections. The recent pattern of disconnected spot development in this part of Wuhan is integrated through the maximisation of green resources, the expansion of interlinked water bodies, and the consistent application of eco-block principles advanced by Professor Harrison Fraker, in a new pattern of residential development. The landscape axis is further enhanced by internal and external links through an expansion of the existing university site and riverfront green spaces along the Bund. A new central rail station for Hanyang is integrated with the city-wide metro system, currently in design development, and the nation-wide high speed rail network, to increase accessibility and proclaim the new identity of this postindustrial urban district.
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Bayshore City Studies in Urban Forms
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A city of 4.5 million people does not need two airports; it just needs one efficient airport. The studio advanced the argument that one large, efficient airport should be built to serve Metro Sydney at the site at Badgery’s Creek in Western Sydney; a plot of land purchased in the 1980s by the Australian Government explicitly for the purpose. It was assumed that the new Badgery’s Creek Airport will be similar in size and operational capacity to the most efficient airports in the AsiaPacific region, Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong and Incheon, Korea. To pay for the construction of the new airport, the studio proposed that Sydney’s Kingsford-Smith Airport (KSA) be closed when the new airport becomes operational, and its site redeveloped as a new urban precinct, BAYSHORE CITY. A 2012 study by Mrdak & Haddad, has found that Sydney’s Kingsford-Smith Airport (KSA) will reach its operational capacity by 2027, i.e. within 15 years. The inner-ring location within the suburban matrix of Sydney also imposes noise pollution on a large inner-city residential population. To partially address this problem airport operations are subject to a curfew. KSA closes down between 11.00pm and 6.00am every day. This is inherently inefficient, and limits the capacity of Australia’s principal international gateway. In addition, the site is physically constrained by Botany Bay, the Cooks River, arterial roads, railways and related urban infrastructure. Finally there are the environmental impacts on the sensitive ecosystem of Botany Bay. The Studio investigated the development potential, character and quality of the KSA site through a ‘companion city’ investigation, taking eight cities/city precincts from around the world as the point of departure for the design of eight schemes for BAYSHORE CITY. Schemes sit within a fixed site boundary and propose a range of different yields and urban qualities that are based on a considered response to existing urban districts or ideal city proposals.
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Forward planning for Sydney’s aviation services based on the current Kingsford Smith Airport (KSA) indicate:
Benefit 1: Formation of New Global Corridor New development at KSA will see it incorporated as part of the Global Corridor, and extend the corridor down to Penrith, through the new airport site at Badgerys Creek.
By 2035, KSA will need to be able to cope with more than 76 million passenger movements and 460,000 aircraft movements. From 2015, the capacity of existing road junctions at the entrance to the domestic terminal precinct will be exceeded, resulting in a near constant traffic jam on key roads to the CBD and the M5 motorway.
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Benefit 2: Bayshore city can help solve housing supply problems.
Barrenjoey Lighthouse Palm Beach Avalon Newport Mona Vale Narrabeen Beach Long Reef Beach Dee Why Beach
The airport has limits to its ability to handle passenger growth, not only because of the legislated cap on runway movements per hour, but also because of the physical constraints on runway length, constraints on taxiway, gate and apron development, and the commercial mix of services operating to the airport. The growth in demand and increasing capacity pressures will result in: increasing delays and costs for all operations; and increased congestion on the surrounding roads and surface transport system. Not acting to implement a long-term strategy will have adverse economic costs for Sydney, New South Wales and Australia.
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Benefit 3: Coastline Integrity Benefit 4: A facelift for southern city
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Bayshore city Precedent: City West, Berlin 52033’ N by Jun Long Bojiu Shen City West, Berlin, is characterised by its traditional five to six-story apartment blocks, which provide an ideal typology for mixed use development and offer an excellent example of compact urban form. During the 1900s, the housing reform in Berlin began and many innovative building approaches and concepts were developed, including the perimeter block, open and enclosed block layouts, and terrace and detached houses. However, it is the continuous street facades of Berlin’s traditional apartment blocks that display the uniqueness and elegance of Berlin’s urban form. This design for Bayshore City promotes the concept of Sydney’s “Global Economic Corridor” through the development of a new centre at KSA. The design incorporates a compact, walkable and ecologically sustainable community with extensive Berlin characteristics. Characteristics include continuous street facades, traditional mixed use apartment blocks (modified to adapt to Sydney’s climate), and the promotion of vibrant public spaces.
Sketches - Bayshore City Streetscape
Traditional courtyards in City West, Berlin
Urban Region of City west, Berlin
Urban District of City west, Berlin
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Sketches - Bayshore City Streetscape
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Bayshore city Precedent: Amsterdam South 52022’ N by Wang Xiaobo Zeng Cheng Amsterdam South is a compact urban district that supports a high population density. It is characterised by a combination of grid and radial street patterns, integrated with canals and renowned green spaces such as Vondelpark. Amsterdam South is mainly a mixed use zoned neighbourhood and adheres to new urbanist principles of walkability, connectivity and diversity. Due to the restriction on expanding KSA, this design for Bayshore City sees the airport site transformed into a new, urban district, with lessons taken from Amsterdam South. The design seeks to create a livable neighbourhood that supports high residential density, and incorporates the street layout, enclosed apartment style, and transportation systems of Amsterdam South. In addition, the design responds to forecast rising sea levels through the integration of a canal system and green spaces that function as remediation basins.
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Urban District of Amsterdam South
Canal in Amsterdam South
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Urban Region of Amsterdam South
Bird’s-eye View of the overall site
Canal in Amsterdam South
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Bayshore city Precedent: New Songdo City, Incheon 37028’ N by Zhang Chi Picharn Foongkiatcharoen New Songdo City is a 570 hectare, master-planned city under construction on the Incheon waterfront in Korea. A model of environmental, economic and socially sustainable planning, the design seeks to stop unchecked and uncoordinated development. Through designating the city as a free trade zone, the masterplan hopes to attract international business, highly skilled workers and encourage a global lifestyle community. In this redevelopment plan for Bayshore City, three key design principles from Kohn Pederson Fox’s design for New Songdo City have been incorporated. This includes a green space pattern influenced by Central Park, New York City, high density development, and a canal pattern taken from Venice, Italy. It is considered that a high density community will support the construction of efficient public transport infrastructure and enable short travel distances, promoting a sustainable lifestyle.
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Urban District of New Songdo City
View of Business Corridor
source: New Songdo City project
Urban Region of New Songdo City
Birds-eye View of Master Plan
Sky Line of New Songdo City
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Bayshore city Precedent: New Ningbo City, Ningbo 29089’ N by Xu Qiusi Ji Ziyu Ningbo is an old city in south China whose city centre dates back to 700 AD. Its unique character is epitomised by its river system, urban grids and building scale. As a member of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone, Ningbo has witnessed rapid economic development in recent decades. For this reason, it was decided that a new centre would be created, integrated with the existing centre by a landscape axis. It is proposed that the new development function as an ‘eco city’, utilising both contemporary technology and traditional Chinese methods of soil and water conservation.
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Taking lessons from Hassell’s design for New Ningbo City and adapting them to Sydney, this design for KSA, Bayshore City creates a green, livable and dynamic community. With a grid road structure and built form taken from New Ningbo, the design is a combination of a traditional Chinese water town and a highly functional community. Abundant waterways provide a variety of living experiences, with a focus on accessibility.
Urban Region of New Ningbo City
Urban District of New Ningbo City
View of Commercial Precinct
Bird’s-eye View of New Ningbo City
Birds-eye View of Master Plan
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Bayshore city Precedent: Shanghai -French Concession 35010’ N by Duong Hong Nguyen Ryan Smith The French Concession first came to existence in 1849 when 66 hectares of land were allocated to the French on Shanghai’s west bank. Over time, the concession grew, road networks followed, and the topography of the land and creeks provided a unique feel. The architecture of the Concession is influenced by varying styles including art deco and a unique mix of ChineseEuropean designs. Today, the Concession is a popular place to live, work and play. Taking inspiration from the design and cultural elements of the Concession, the Bayshore City site will offer memorable and exciting experiences to locals and visitors. The unique design elements of the Concession create unique public and private spaces that draw upon Chinese and Western influences. The French Concession is also famous for the Lilong, a mix of Chinese and Western Architecture creating a unique, private space with a strong sense of community.
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Urban District of Shanghai-French Concession
View from the Townhall in Kingsford Smith Avenue source: Shanghai Architecture - Anne Warr
Urban Region of Shanghai-French Concession
The runway transformed into the Kingsford Smith Avenue in the Bayshore city
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Huaihai Middle Road
Bayshore city Precedent:
Garnier’s Cite Industrielle, Lyon 45046’ N
by Salma Osman Nadia Shevila Thohari Une Cite Industrielle is one of the formative theoretical proposals of 20th Century Urban Design. It portrays a modernist, utopian vision that incorporates functionalist principles and a decentralised layout. Designed as a utopian form of living, Tony Garnier‘s proposal was for an industrial city of approximately 35,000 inhabitants, incorporating medium density living into compact urban blocks. Residential districts with gardens emphasise continuous pedestrian circulation, and the permeable nature of the urban block.
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This design concept for KSA, Bayshore City, takes its identity from its compact urban structure, pedestrian and cycle friendly streets, separation of functions, and proximity to the water. The project aims to create an environmentally sensitive precinct of mixed use neighbourhoods that maximises riverfront green spaces and expands and restores the health of existing waterbodies. The city’s light rail system is integrated with existing rail and planned light rail infrastructure promoting accessibility.
Urban Region of Garnier’s Cite Industrielle, Lyon
Main Road Perspective
Urban Region of Garnier’s Cite Industrielle, Lyon
Birds-eye View of Master Plan
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Light Rail
Bayshore city Precedent: Västra Hamnen, Malmo 52033’ N by Ruizhe Zhou Andrea Pittoni Västra Hamnen (Western Harbour), is a neighborhood of Malmo, Sweden, known as the City of Tomorrow. The city’s harbor was created through land reclamation and used as an industrial port until 1979. Planning of the Västra Hamnen area commenced in 1997 with the initiation of the Bo01 project. The vision for Bo01 was to create a new and modern mixed use neighbourhood, committed to principles of sustainability. In keeping with these principles, Västra Hamnen has established itself as the first carbon neutral district in Europe. Using Västra Hamnen as a model, this proposal for the redevelopment of KSA, Bayshore City will see the site transformed into a mixed use neighbourhood with high quality cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, good transit access and an exclusive car free area. The design commits to principles of sustainability and walkability and offers guidelines for differing waterfront treatments.
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Urban Region of Västra Hamnen, Malmo
Urban Region of Västra Hamnen, Malmo
Birds-eye View of Master Plan
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Boulevard View
Canal front at Västra Hamnen
Bayshore city Precedent: Back Bay Boston 4203518’ N by Ximena Toro Pasos Joseph Heng Beginning in 1857 and continuing until 1880, the Back Bay, the body of water separating Boston from Brookline, was filled, adding 182 hectares of land to the city of Boston. Today it stands as one of the City’s most prominent neighbourhoods. Marked by historic boulevards, it is home to the northern portion of the City’s Emerald Necklace, the green space threading its way through the city. The neighbourhood is also one of the busiest retail sections of Boston, with a thriving commercial centre. This design concept for KSA, Bayshore City is based on Arthur Gilman’s city plan and Frederick Law Olmstead’s Emerald Necklace design for Boston’s Back Bay. This proposal promotes an attractive urban precinct incorporating ecologically sustainable initiatives and provides a work/live environment. The city’s grid form allows for a convenient transportation network, whilst business parks offer high level job opportunities and green spaces deliver recreational facilities for residents and visitors.
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Urban Region of Back Bay Boston
Urban Region of Back Bay Boston
3D Diagram - Bayshore City Streetscape
Typical Brownstone Terraces in Back Bay
Birds-eye View of Master Plan
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Bayshore city Precedent: Garden City, Welwyn 51048’ N by Guo Beiyi Park Eunju Welwyn Garden City, England, was founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the 1920s. Designed to combine the benefits of the city and countryside, and avoid the disadvantages of both, the town seeks to create an environment where workers can enjoy a healthy lifestyle. This utopian suburban town is of limited size, surrounded by a permanent belt of agricultural land, and contains proportionate areas of residences and industry. As a satellite town of London, it is well connected to surrounding areas, with factories grouped in relation to transport facilities and easily accessible from residences. The development of a Garden City at KSA, Bayshore City will serve the existing industry surrounding the site and offer new residents a work/live environment. As with the Garden City, the precinct will be of a limited size in terms of both area and density, to ensure a high standard of living.
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Industrial Area
Urban Region of Garden City, Welwyn
Urban Region of Garden City, Welwyn
Town Centre
Typical Urban Pattern of Garden City
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Studio 2
Randwick Knowledge Cluster
Dr. Scott Hawken
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This studio considered the development future of the Randwick Tram-shed site which is owned by UNSW and currently the location of various educational facilities. Studio members looked at this and other UNSW property holdings within the Randwick Health and Education Special Precinct as part of a larger strategy to promote knowledge-based-urbandesign. The project was undertaken with real-life clients: the UNSW Facilities Management, Planning & Development Team and the Randwick City Council Strategic Planning Division. The studio addressed three primary development scenarios and their potential to contribute to the performance of the Randwick Knowledge Cluster: 1. Retaining and redeveloping the Randwick Tram-shed site as a sub campus for UNSW with the possible inclusion of the adjoining TAFE as part of that concept; 2. Retaining and redeveloping the Randwick Tram-shed site for UNSW student housing and relocating current university activities back to the main campus; or 3. Selling the Randwick Tram-shed site and relocating university activities back to the main campus and suggesting a new vision for the site with or without the neighbouring TAFE as part of that concept. Beyond these physical moves the studio critiqued the global knowledge cluster, both as a socio-economic strategy and as a three dimensional spatial precinct. The project was considered within the wider discussion of knowledge-based– urban- design that is taking place around the world. The project commenced through an analysis of established international knowledge centres, such as Silicon Valley, and local centres, such as Macquarie Business and Education Park, which are striving to achieve greater status and levels of productivity. Studio members attempted to describe the socio-economic mechanisms, which led to the concentration of service based and hi-tech industries as well as the spatial configurations of those precincts. The challenge of overcoming the inertia of current spatial and behavioural patterns was investigated through alternative development scenarios. The limitations of the situation of the major institutions of UNSW and the Prince of Wales Hospital, in a high value residential matrix, were considered and addressed through various urban strategies aimed at improving the performance of Randwick Knowledge Cluster.
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Studio 2 - 2012
Randwick Knowledge Cluster Innovation precinct by Alec Gelgota & Genevieve Blanchett
Characteristics of a Knowledge City:
International Best Practice in Knowledge-Based-Urban -Design:
- High levels of economic success.
The precedents studied have been grouped into six typologies, according to common spatial characteristics and functions.
- High levels occupations.
of
knowledge-based
- A diverse industry base including distinctive specialist niches. - One or more universities that have a mutually beneficial relationship with the city, leading to industries built on research strengths, transfer of knowledge to businesses and the retention of graduates. - Strong communications infrastructure and good transport links within the city and to other cities, including by air, rail and road.
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- A distinctive long-term ‘knowledge city’ offer to investors and individuals alike, created by public and private sector leaders.
Within these typological groupings, some are more successful than others. What is clear however, is that there are a number of common factors across the typologies that drive success; a clear identity and purpose, a variety of wellintegrated, related functions and often governmental support in the strategic direction. The American model tends to favour private funding source and independent governance structures. The European model tends to initialise with governmental control and funding, and progresses over time toward more public and private involvement. The Australian model appears to blend both the European and American approach.
- Strategies to ensure that all communities benefit from the economic success associated with knowledge.
TYPOLOGY 01 Health/Knowledge Plug-in • University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital • University of NSW and Prince of Wales Hospital • Columbia University, University Extension + Presbyterian Hospital, NYC
TYPOLOGY 02 Health/Knowledge Plug-in Hybrid Model • Macquarie University, Hospital and Research Park • New Karolinska Solna, Stockholm • St. Vincent’s Hospital Research Precinct
TYPOLOGY 03 Knowledge Region • MIT/Harvard, Cambridge, Ma. • Silicon Valley, San Jose • Edinburgh ‘Knowledge City’
TYPOLOGY 04 Knowledge Suburb • Aldershof City of Science, Media and Business, Berlin • One North, Singapore • St. Leonard’s and Royal North Shore Hospital
TYPOLOGY 05 Themed Commercial/Cultural • Sydney Olympic Park • Valencia City of Arts/Science and New Financial District • Cockatoo Island • Carriageworks, Eveleigh and Australian Technology Park
TYPOLOGY 06 Single Function Entities • Westmead Hospital • Norwest Business Park
Aveleigh Carriageworks & ATP , Sydney
Macquarie University, Sydney
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St. Leonard’s Health Precinct, Sydney
Sydney University, Sydney
Westmead Hospital, Sydney
Norwest Business Park, Sydney
Aldershof City of Science, Berlin
Columbia University + Presbyterian, NYC
Fair City Life, Milan
MIT/Harvard & Hi-Tech Precinct, Cambridge
New Karolinska Solna, Stockholm
Edinburgh + Quartermile, Edinburgh
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One North, Singapore
Silicon Valley, San Jose, Sydney
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Randwick Knowledge Cluster The Pond: A linked Chain of Three Knowledge/Innovation Centres by
Alec Gelgota , Genevieve Blanchett & Raynaldo Kurnioseputro The NSW Health and Education sector requires a strategic re-think of current service provision in order to stay ahead in a globally competitive market place. Using the UNSW Randwick Campus as an anchor, this scheme serves to strengthen, expand and rebrand the Randwick Education and Health Specialized Centre as the PONDS – a new globally recognized centre of excellence for education, research, and innovation. Each of the three sites within the PONDS has a clearly identifiable individual program and urban character, yet they are linked via new public domain connections and an integrated research agenda driven by UNSW and the Randwick Health Campus. Development priorities for the PONDS are grounded in research indicating the imminent expansion of Sydney’s service industry and the primacy of innovation as both a driver of and attractor to Global Cities.
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Ideas Box Section A - A
Ideas Box Section B - B
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Visions of Urbanity and Innovation Main pedestrian axis
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Racecourse One way mass transit route
Potential main boulevards axis
University Main pedestrian axis Pedestrian axis
Health Campus Residential transition zone
As universities compete for ever dwindling state funds, a revolutionary approach must be undertaken by teaching and research institutions to attract foreign and local human capital. Our proposition takes form in the integration of disparate, interrelated knowledge disciplines and its associated industry and research facilities within the Randwick locale. Funding may be provided by either public or private financial capital, or, emerging entrepreneurs sustained by the University knowledge cluster. The physical manifestation of the design is multi-modal, enhancing the urban ecology of the area, and is of an appropriate scale and function. It is innovative, sustainable, beautiful and friendly to its neighbours - the local, regional and international community. A strong spatial relationship among the knowledge clusters is created through a focus on quality of place and sustainability, forming a unique identity in line with good urban design and environmental performance.
Strategic plan: vision of urbanity & innovation
Steeple Hill Innovation Precinct
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Randwick Knowledge Cluster Innovation Sprout Sub-Campus & Business Park by
Cui Zhen , Fa Zhenyu & Guo Shijie The scheme is designed to encourage the integration of education and business. Specifically, the design involves the establishment of research institutions and a hi-tech business centre. These developments will act to accelerate employment opportunities in the area. Local training facilities will provide the technical skills necessary to support these institutions. Essential elements underpinning the design include residential accommodation to meet expected student growth, and a proposed light rail system, promoting site accessibility and improving connections between the University Of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Prince of Wales Hospital. Existing roads are modified to support pedestrian and cycle access, thus improving residents’ quality of life. New green spaces will serve the local area and address the current lack of open space between the UNSW Kensington and Randwick campuses.
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Sustainable Student Housing Precinct
A Local Ligament Precinct
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Campus Main Street Precinct
Randwick Knowledge Cluster Innovation Knowledge Cluster by
Duan Xiaochen , Liu Xiaomeng & Wang Xinbo The Innovation Knowledge Cluster promotes the site as a world class education and health centre, supported by districts with a variety of functions including business, commerce and recreation. The University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) current disconnection from its surrounding areas is addressed through the introduction of a tram line to enrich public transportation options, and dedicated off road bicycle lanes, designed to decrease car dependence. Street spaces are activated with a mix of commercial and residential functions. New investment and information exchange is encouraged through the consolidation of the UNSW Kensington and Randwick campuses. Existing heritage trees are enhanced through the development of attractive green spaces. Overall, this design seeks to enhance the identity of the knowledge cluster, through the creation of a unique character that will promote the area as a great place to live, study and play.
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POW Hospital Elevation B
POW Hospital R&D Centre Park
High Street Gateway Precinct
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Research & Development Precinct
Randwick Knowledge Cluster Biomedical+Multidisciplinary Campus by
Shao Jing , Wan Guyi & Zhang Qinghong
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This scheme embraces a vision of an integrated knowledge cluster focused on improving the connection between existing knowledge centres in Randwick. As a sub-campus of the University of New South Wales main campus, the project will transform the University’s Randwick campus into a collaborative, multidisciplinary, environmental research facility. This design will involve the adaptive re-use of a tram shed, whilst new residential accommodation will meet the demand for additional student housing. “Spine roads” within the precinct enhance connectivity and create links between different precincts, and a new bus route enhances accessibility throughout the area, supported by pedestrian and cycle friendly paths. Looking at existing developments in the area, a broader range of uses along the Randwick Racecourse High Street frontage will improve the venue’s longterm viability. When fully developed, this project will not only showcase best practice environmental performance, but also support job creation.
UNSW Randwick Campus propose 500 additional job by 2031 Kensington shopping centre
Randwick Royal Racecourse
Randwick shopping centre
Research Park propose 1300 additional job by 2031
UNSW Campus propose 600 additional job by 2031
Randwick Health Centre propose 1000 additional job by 2031
Kingsford shopping centre
Strategic plan: biomedical+multidisciplinary campus
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Transit Block Precinct Image name MUDD 18
Multidisciplinary Collaboration Precinct Image name
Randwick Knowledge Cluster Innovation Transplant Heart by
Dai Wen , Li Ji & Sim Sok Toeur This design supports greater public and private engagement through the introduction of entrepreneurial functions into the existing network of institutional facilities in the area. The framework designed to support this environment of innovation involves the establishment of specialized functions for the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Kensington and Randwick campuses. New functions include the integration of a commercialisation workshop and a culture and living centre. The existing tramshed on site will incorporate a mix of uses, including conference and exhibition areas to support public engagement activities. These elements will attract and encourage a vibrant and interactive environment. Additional research space on the periphery of the UNSW Kensington Campus and Prince of Wales Hospital will be used to strengthen the facilities of each organisation, placing them on the cutting edge of education and health research.
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Research Plaza & University Village Section A-A , Secton B-B
Tramshed Plaza Perspective Walkable Street and Cycle Track
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Pocket Park
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Sustainable Mixed Use Building - Landmark Sustainable Mixed Use Building Sustainable Apartments Elevation
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Canberra Competition
Canberra - CAPITheticaL
Canberra’s original geometries were laid to express the core values of the new Federation and Walter Burley Griffin’s own philosophies on democracy and civic life. However, in its subsequent implementation a cabal of influences from politics to the sweep of Modernism has seen the city fall short of its potential. In the 21st Century and beyond, Canberra faces challenges and circumstances that Griffin and the founders could not have foreseen – Climate change, financial crises, and the rise of the global city within a network society.
Professor Weirick
We offer a critique of the CAPITheticAL brief to hypothetically relocate Canberra. Great quantities of untapped social, material, and natural capital speak to the value of renewing, not abandoning, Canberra’s urban form. We suggest searching for the ideas of tomorrow, in the plans of yesterday. The Cuidad Lineal | Canberra Landscape concept operates in two different ways. At one level it is a self-contained city of fully functional independent neighborhoods linked together through a light rail system. At this level it is a “universal city” based on common principles of good city form typical of Lynch, Jacobs and Gehl. At another level it is specifically tailored to the topographic qualities of Canberra’s landscape; with its tree lined streets, ephemeral stream corridors and distant mountain backdrop.
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We present ten representative urban areas to demonstrate the effectiveness of our concept across a variety of contexts. After Cuidad Lineal principles have been applied, each precinct becomes a self-contained entity with all necessary functions of a community to service and increase the livability of surrounding suburbs. Each precinct is based on a 400m wide strip of land along a 2000m section of the new Light Rail system. Development is based on proportional representation of overall projected 2050 population increases of 5000 persons and 2500 jobs per precinct. Existing cultural monuments continue extant, many are reframed for better urban integration. The fusion of the linear city and the suburban Canberra landscape elevates the city of Canberra to a more dynamic, interesting, and livable whole.
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Design Competition
Canberra CAPITheticAL
Macarthur Avenue
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Team Members (in alphabetical order): 1. Genevieve Blanchett 2. Hao-Ting Chung 3. Avril Daniel Cravioto 4. Xin Fu 5. Jie Gao 6. Xusheng He 7. Tong Jiao 8. Li Li 9. Jing Li 10. Chengwei Li 11. William Robertson 12. Anthony Yan 13. Yanan Zhang 14. Boying Zhou 15. Liu Zhuoquin - James Weirick (Course Convenor), Scott Hawken (Course Convenor)
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Spain and the Euro Crisis: The Importance of a Political Economy Context in Urban Design The political economy of Spain and the Euro crisis can be viewed from two perspectives: from a global and communitarian level and the other from a national or sovereignist level. These viewpoints are often in conflict, but there may be occasions when bottom-up initiatives unlock the constraints on current consumption that have resulted from major shifts in the responsibilities of managing aggregate demand, as are normally assigned to one or more of the three pillars of neoclassical capitalism – business, government and households. Such a situation may exist currently and the opportunity for productivity enhancements from some of Spain’s autonomous communities may point to an ultimate resolution for the crisis. This possibility makes the international projects for MUDD 18 particularly interesting. John Zerby
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The global perspective of the European Monetary Union (EMU) began with the major change in communitarian attitudes that developed after 1945. In seeking a fresh start at the end of World War II, both Western and Eastern Europe failed to define a satisfactory forward-looking direction (read this as a vector or a compass bearing) other than insistence that it must be among the set of vectors of no return to the old demons of European political economy (unemployment, inflation, fascism, militarism, war and revolution). Fabio Libert identified three schools of thought for such an achievement through European integration (‘Why We Need the Council of Europe’, Le Monde Diplomatique, September 2012). Unionists sought as much cooperation as possible within the overarching structure of sovereign states. Federalists were sufficiently swayed by the ultimate intransigence of territorial integrity, which was a fundamental part of Westphalian sovereignty, to seek a European federation. Functionalists believed that increased economic and social integration would inevitably lead to political union as a result of a ‘locomotive effect’, presumably with political union as the caboose.
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As we now know, the unionists won the first round in achieving the Treaty of Paris in 1951, thus establishing the European Coal and Steel Community that was later converted to the European Economic Community in 1967 after merging with a number of other European institutions. The functionalist won the second round (if we can call it that) with the Maastricht Treaty that established the European Union in 1993. The prospect of bringing Eastern Europe into the Union after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 undoubtedly gave that school of thought a major fillip, but the role of the institutions of the European Union should not be undervalued. Institutionalists followed structural imperatives and delegated power to supranational agents who, in turn, devised new projects and mobilised coalitions to strengthen the institutions that granted the power. Such institutions may be the true ‘locomotives’ of the European Union, while increased economic and social integration may be more of an effect than a cause of community coherence. Europe’s current progress remains contingent more upon a strong, lingering desire to avoid revisiting its troubled past than it is upon a specific goal or
ultimate destination. The European public’s disenchantment with the EU in recent years is most probably based upon the increasing importance given to the economic and financial position of the monetary union and to the powers of the European Commission (with little or no answerability through democratic processes), during the steady pull of the ‘locomotives’ that finally brought an end to Europe’s immediate postwar mindset. But then there was no collectively determined place to go. Structural imperatives continue to set the agenda and the designated agents continue to apply Goldilocks solutions wherein each imperative is ‘tasted’ to find one that is neither too hot nor too cold, but rather is just right. This takes us to the second perspective. How was Spain affected by these Goldilocks solutions and how is this effect nudging the European Monetary Union from below? After the death of Franco in November 1975, Spain immediately began the transition to democracy, ending with a constitutional monarchy that is articulated through a parliamentary democracy. Of particular importance are the autonomous communities that were created by the Spanish Constitution of 1978. While the Constitution established the indissoluble unity of the Spanish Nation, ‘the common and indivisible homeland of all Spaniards’; it also recognised and guaranteed the right to self-government of the nationalities and regions of which it is composed, and the solidarity among them all.
When the global financial crisis engulfed most of the members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Spain was experiencing a substantial housingmarket bubble that arose from the seemingly irresistible temptation for Spaniards to borrow money at low interest rates to purchase a house. These rates were offered by EMU banks and were fully authorised by EMU institutions through a set of Goldilocks solutions that were intended, among other things, to maintain comparable interest rates throughout the monetary union. Risk factors among EMU members were trivialised, but the subsequent fall in housing prices to levels that were well below the amount of the respective mortgages was treated with great seriousness. Foreclosures, bankruptcies and high levels of unemployment resulted. The OECD was definite in its conclusion that in the longer term, sustained growth for Spain will require policies to increase productivity, encourage greater investment in innovative sectors and channel investment into human capital(1). This is what the Basque Country Autonomous Community and the Cataluña Autonomous Community did prior to the global financial crisis as part of their respective self-governance. The way in which this can feed into growth strategies for Spain, and subsequently for the entire EU, remains uncertain. Similarly, and perhaps with even less certainty, the way in which design projects in Bilbao and Barcelona could enhance the innovative and creative process in their local communities
remains elusive. A political economy context may identify opportunities, but rarely will it provide a roadmap for successfully capturing them. Karlyn Adams summarised research by cognitive psychologists on the sources of innovation and creativity and stated that one of the keys to individual creativity is a nonthreatening and non-controlling environment that is conducive to the combination and recombination of ideas in such a way that it forms synergistic thinking(2). This does not differ substantially from a broader objective of urban design, which is to facilitate human transit and/or interaction within a defined urban space. So perhaps we need not do anything new and different to enhance innovation and creativity. Except for one thing – to list it as a specific objective since it can then be subsequently evaluated in terms of its significant (or not so significant) contribution to that objective. Does this sound like a Goldilocks solution? Indeed it does, but sometimes that is all we have – until we labour to improve upon it. (1) ‘OECD Perspectives: Spain Policies for a Sustainable Recovery’, October 2011 (2) www.skillscommission.org/wp-content/ uploads/2010/05/SourcesInnovationCreativity.pdf
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Billbao-Madrid International Studio
From Next to Nexus
Urban Regeneration of Punta de Zorrotza, Bilbao
Bilbao is known around the world for its miraculous transformation after a period of serious environmental, social and industrial decline. This transformation is known as the “Guggenheim Effect” and recognised as best practice urban regeneration. Eighteen students from the MUDD program and the built environment faculty travelled to Bilbao to study this transformation first hand and to propose a development for the next phase of this project, which has been labelled “Bilbao Next”. This phase continues the city’s transition from a mono-functional industrial economy to a diversified service and tourism based economy.
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The catalyst for reform has been a comprehensive process of investment in modern port facilities, sparkling urban transport infrastructure, environmental remediation, urban renewal and cultural architecture. The emblem for this renewal, and in fact for post-industrial renewal globally, is Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum. The challenge for the students was to be inspired by the Guggenheim Effect while moving beyond it both programmatically and formally. The waterfront site, set as a development and design challenge, was the Punta de Zorrotza: a tongue of land reaching down from the iron rich hinterland to meet the confluence of the River Cadagua and Nervíon. The area is 31.61 hectares, and one of the last sizeable post-industrial areas available for urban regeneration in central Bilbao. After visiting Bilbao and the Punta de Zorrotza the students were hosted within the inspirational walls of the Eco-box; the environmentally innovative headquarters of the Fundación Metrópoli; an urban think tank based in Madrid. The Punta de Zorrotza studio researched and developed various urbane versions of the kind of “entrepreneurial garages” already taking place on industrial sites around the city. Rather than implementing knee-jerk austerity programs in the face of current dire economic forecasts, the Studio suggested effective urban innovations for continuing Bilbao’s regeneration. The class developed six visions and business models. Rather than leaving the industrial past behind, the studio investigated ways to bring it decisively into the digital age. Not Next but Nexus.
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Bilbao “From Next to Nexus” Bilbao Basque Cuisine
Research centre
by Liu Xiaomeng, Karl Desai,
Sok Sim Toeur
Set amongst the awe-inspiring backdrop of Bilbao’s natural landscape, this post-industrial site is a ‘diamond in the rough’, ripe for an urban transformation. This bespoke landmark will become a celebration of Basque culture, where visitors are absorbed in a haven of food – restaurants, marketplaces, learning facilities and urban farms. The location of public spaces along the riverfront and central Grand Boulevard are central to this scheme’s design, which sees the extension of Bilbao’s existing urban fabric to this ambitious new development. The project capitalises on Bilbao’s strong identity and world renowned Basque culinary culture, thrusting it into the future whilst at the same time preserving the cultural foundations on which it was built. The adaptive reuse of the existing warehouse, shipping and mill buildings into marketplaces, food innovation facilities and a wine museum, convey an economic shift from a trade to servicebased economy.
Tourism school and apartments
Corporate food
Urban agriculture innovation campus Fine grained residentials
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Source: www.e-architect.co.uk
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Basque Food Experience
by Karl Desai
Basque food culture is celebrated in this corner of the city where all the carnal senses are tantalised by the spread on offer – food, drink, nature, education, relaxation and enjoyment. The post-industrial context of the Punta de Zorrotza is rejoiced through adaptive reuse of the existing urban fabric and respectful building programming oriented toward the riverfront.
Urban Agriculture Innovation Campus
by Liu Xiaomeng
This scheme involves the design of a campus focused on research, education, exhibition and experimental plots all focused on food technology and urban agriculture. The campus sits within a larger precinct focused on developing and commercialising Basque food products and culture.
Basque Cuisine to the World
by Sok Sim Toeur
Bilbao is transforming its economic base from heavy manufacturing to culture and services. Basque cuisine is a globally celebrated cultural asset. This scheme involves the transformation of a post-industrial site into a service industry development designed to promote the Basque Country’s food cultureand export it to the world.
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Bilbao “From Next to Nexus” The Transformation Of Heavy Industry Into Green Services by Feng Jingchao, Gao Jie,
Zhang Qinghong
This scheme seeks to remediate the landscape and establish an iconic sustainable precinct showcasing green industry and livable neighborhoods. The design proposition is based on the 3 L’s, long life, loose fit and low impact, to achieve the greenest outcome. Its aim is to make Punta de Zorrotza the new international standard for green community planning in southern Europe, competing with model precincts in Scandinavian countries such as Malmo, Sweden. In addition, it is proposed that this model be applied beyond Bilbao, to other Southern European urban areas. Linking green growth and sustainable development may provide Spain with a way to address the current employment crisis. With this in mind, it is considered that an environmental policy aimed at protecting the global environment through a focus on reducing carbon emissions, will provide more opportunities for technological innovation and work opportunities for young people.
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Greening The Río Nervión
by Feng Jingchao
The concept of the scheme is to create a water cycle wetland system and green multifunctional building complex at the end of the ‘life line’ on the Punta de Zorrotza (peninsula). Therefore the site will provide ecosystem services, and green business services not only for the local area, but also wider Bilbao.
Green Grafts For Industrial Remnants
by Gao Jie
The project aims to create a new mixed-use eco-precinct, symbolised by the adaptive reuse of the past industrial structure. The town centre is the landmark of the new development. It integrates the landscape into architecture and architecture into landscape, creating community spaces that accommodate a large range of activities within different microclimates and during different seasonal times.
From Industrial Power House to Green Business
by Zhang Qinghong
This scheme proposes a design to attract and maintain “green business”. The new green business district will focus on the design and manufacture of sustainable urban products and services. The post-industrial site is transformed and converts the current polluted environment into a clean model of urban development.
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Bilbao “From Next to Nexus� Media City 1 and 2 by Derek Georgeson, Emma McGirr, Wan Guyi The media city team produced two masterplans. Both schemes were orientated along a central boulevard and comprised of various functional precincts. Both masterplans aimed to promote and support an economy centred on media and associated service industries. One focused on the development of various architectural types for the precinct and the other focused on the integration of water sensitive urban design and the development of a media and cultural strategy to promote the development. Water is collected and stored in underground tanks below courtyards, parks and ground level parking spaces. With the site’s four metre tidal range, the waterfront public space is designed to be highly accessible and provide locals and visitors with views highlighting daily and seasonal changes.
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Media City - Wharf District
by Derek Georgeson
This village of small towers caters to a variety of uses and clientele. Wharves provide a cultural district filled with shops, cafes and galleries, whilst the ground plane remains a dedicated public space. Above the noisy streetscape, a vibrant trading ground with flexible lot sizes promotes a range uses.
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This scheme uses a public art and cultural strategy to generate a fine grain cultural life to counter the often sterile feeling that accompanies new developments. It proposes an art incubation strategy and an incentive based contribution scheme for the arts. Five zones comprising five different policy frameworks structure the cultural program of the site.
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The waterfront precinct creates a work/live environment surrounded by the natural water landscape. Through a comprehensive water sensitive urban design strategy, the project builds a water treatment fabric linked by swale sidewalks, with collected water stored in underground tanks below courtyards, parks and ground level parking spaces.
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Bilbao “From Next to Nexus” Entrepreneur City by Cui Zhen, Dai Wen, Wang Xinbo Bilbao is currently facing challenges in transforming its industrial economic base into a service-based economy. This scheme proposes intimately linking large, powerful corporations with flexible and nimble startups. This will provide corporations with the capacity to respond to a rapidly changing business environment and benefit startups in accessing an established workforce and the finance and skill sets necessary for establishing new companies. This new corporate model envisages a precinct in which young, t-shirt wearing entrepreneurs, network, mingle, and innovate, with executives wearing suits. The design of this high quality business and employment precinct is supported through the development of quality residential neighbourhoods and a vivid waterfront. The development is also designed to support the city’s broad economic goals, planning framework and tourism and transport strategies.
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Traditional Urban Textures and a Modern Community
by Cui Zhen
The vision for the residential precinct is to establish a high quality residential community, an environment that facilitates employment, and a vivid waterfront that supports broad economic, planning, tourism and transport objectives. Small scale commerce will be developed and will support and facilitate the integration of the site with surrounding business precincts.
Start-ups & Corporations: a collaboration between T-Shirts & Suits
by Wang Xinbo
This scheme combines startup companies with corporations in a dynamic, high-density development of mixed-use buildings. The buildings are a hybrid of small-scale building annexes for startups and high rise towers for corporations. These annexes are entrepreneurial garages producing ideas that can then be taken up and developed by the corporations.
Zorrotza Point : Business Networking Environment
by Dai Wen
Zorrotza Point is the symbolic showpiece of entrepreneur city and provides auxiliary services for the main business centre to the south. It will provide an informal and dynamic business-networking environment for the entrepreneur, with a hybrid building that includes leisure facilities and professional services.
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Bilbao “From Next to Nexus” Digital and Design Manufacturing District by Guo Shijie, Shao Jing, Xu Qiusi
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After the dramatic industrial crisis of the 1980s, Bilbao was forced to rethink its economic foundations. In doing so, it transformed itself into a successful service city. Bilbao is home to numerous companies of national and international relevance, including two of which are among the world’s 150 biggest. This scheme aims to support this growth by creating a design and digital manufacturing district, including commercial, residential, light-industrial, cultural and work facilities to attract young people and attract a creative class. A diversity of open spaces support this approach, each of which consider urban patterns, the city skyline, building types and the waterfront landscape. The design proposes bars and retail spaces and culture parks to encourage a waterfront creative class. The scheme further provides cheap, expandable buildings and buildings of different scale to accommodate fluxes in operational demand.
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This site is desinged as a center of innovation and aims to attract a young talented workforce to the low-income neighbourhood.
This scheme creates an ideal environment for start-ups by providing flexible space and different scales of buildings for different scales of operation.
The digital factory district is developed to create an innovative and efficient digital manufacturing base.
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Bilbao Mill: From Industrial Remnant To Service City
by Guo Shijie
The design concept of the digital manufacturing precinct is to create a centre of innovation, attracting a young, talented workforce to transform the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lowincome neighborhood. This project focuses on the residential accommodation of the development and includes the provision of entertainment facilities to encourage migration to the area.
Start â&#x20AC;&#x201C; up Village: digital innovation
by Shao Jing
This scheme creates an ideal environment for start-ups by providing flexible spaces and buildings of different scales, to support changes in operational demand, and to support businesses as they grow. With a flowing contemporary landscape, the design includes elements of high-end architecture to offer new experiences of office space.
Digital Factory: High-tech Productivity
by Xu Qiusi
The development of the digital factory district supports an innovative and efficient digital manufacturing base. In order to enable the district as an important production base, whilst simultaneously facilitating development of other areas of the site, the project focuses on high efficiency linear buildings with courtyards providing both public and semi-private green space.
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• Whole Area FSR 2.33 Total site area 278,296 m2 Total Floor area 647,362 m2 Total Open Space 86,462 m2 Total Green Area 120,434 m2 Number of Dwellings 2,254 Number of jobs 26,392 Green roof space 109,281 m2
Bilbao “From Next to Nexus” Bilbao Art and Corporation by Duan Xiaochen, Fa Zhenyu, Li Ji This proposal is to create a new business model where international and local corporations support and interact with art and creative design industries. This mutually beneficial relationship will see artists gain sponsorship, and businesses gain visibility and social capital. A proposed light rail system travels along the west bank of the site, connecting Zorrotzaurre, Punta de Zorrotza and Barakaldo. The existing heritage and shape of the original road and railway leave a distinct imprint on the site. The proposal enhances this image and at the same time, moves beyond it. The south end of the site maintains this 20th century industrial character, whilst to the north, the site is more modern and 21st century. The design also seeks to support the development of a creative community through the inclusion of entertainment facilities and public spaces for recreation. The core space for public recreation surrounds a heritage building which will be converted into a cultural and entertainment centre.
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A Creative Community
by Duan Xiaochen
This site is proposed as the residential, commercial, retail and cultural centre for the Punta de Zorrotza, which provides housing for the artists and staff working in the business and art precinct. In comparison to the business and art precinct, this site is designed to be more public and active, with a mix of restaurants, cafĂŠs, shopping, theatre, and cinemas.
Small Scale BIG IDEAS
by Fa Zhenyu Retail shop & Transport Stop Artist Workshop
Art Gallery
This proposal is to establish a local business model that draws inspiration from business parks in Lujiazui, Shanghai, and Parc de La Villette, Paris. The idea is to construct a creative urban workshop that attracts artists and encourages them to come up with creative ideas that would complement the products and services of small scale local companies.
Global Innovative Business and Art Museum Park
by Li Ji
In this scheme, large corporations are paired with major Spanish and international artists in an innovative business model. Each corporation develops their own identity and prestige through association with specific artists. The corporations provide public galleries and studio space for the artists and consequently enhance the public realm through public galleries, public art and landscape spaces.
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Barcelona International Studio
Re-designing the Industrial city The Port of Barcelona, Spain
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The 2012/2013 Barcelona Studio, set within the overall MUDD18 theme, ‘Beyond the Industrial Past’, involved a critical investigation of the post-industrial transformation of Barcelona that has made this great city one of the outstanding centres of contemporary urbanism over the past 30 years. The Barcelona Workshop and the challenge of the site served as a unique laboratory for experimentation. We investigated and developed urban regeneration strategies for the 1960s extension of Barcelona Port along the Ronda del Litoral at the foot of the seaward cliff-face of Montjuïc. These port facilities, which include grain and potash silos and tank farms, are approaching the end of their useful life. Ambitious plans for housing, high tech industry and transport infrastructure have been advanced for this part of the Barcelona waterfront in recent years. However, the future of the site is still unresolved and challenging. Understanding this, the students prepared analyses, plans and designs that attempted to integrate multiple infrastructure networks, energy and environmental factors, socio-economic conditions, and the complex process of reclaiming an industrial port through urban design. In order to increase the value of this area, the students proposed a range of solutions to convert it to contemporary uses, and create a new urban district. The urban design investigation addressed a range of issues developing strategies to humanise the industrial port site and make it a part of the city Based on these investigations, conducted by significant exploration on foot in Barcelona, and through other documentation, the students generated informed ideas and future scenarios, resulting in six different schemes by the 18 students. Once back in Sydney, the work undertaken in Barcelona was extended through detailed individual design proposals, then worked back into a refined integrated vision for this spectacular site. The works were presented to a distinguished jury of local practitioners and urban design academics. The students’ work will be sent to the government agency Barcelona Regional as well as the City of Barcelona for their consideration.
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Barcelona - “Re-designing the industrial city” Stomata Creatiu by Alec Gelgota Nadia Shevila Thohari Wang Xiaobo This highly diversified site located within the Port of Barcelona, although complex, provides an opportunity to extend the water’s edge and integrate Montjuic with the urban fabric of the city, down to meet the Balearic Sea. Following the Catalan urbanists’ tradition, infrastructure guided the initial layout of this design, through the proposed extension of the L9 metro, connecting with the airport and providing the first direct link from the city centre. Next, experimentation with the Cerda block led to its re-imagination and eventual deconstruction. Inspired by Gaudi’s reverence for nature, the venation found on leaves helped to deconstruct the Cerda block and devise the design’s built form concept. Viewing the site as a series of superblocks, the street pattern was limited, and efforts to facilitate the use of public and active transport promoted. Adaptive re-use of the port facilities into creative based industry studios and offices, provide character and resilience to this mixeduse community.
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The wharf is geographically positioned not only as an entrance for locals coming from the south of the city, but to accept visitors arriving via cruise ship or ferry. Its proximity to the city centre, Montjuic, and the Balearic Sea, provides the opportunity to create a new precinct where both city and park meet the water. Master Plan of Individual Project
Port Indústria Creativa
by Nadia Shevila Thohari
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With consideration of Spain’s economic crisis, this development focuses on extending a corridor of art and culture into Barcelona, creating a new creative industry precinct to support Spain’s economy. Existing industrial buildings within the site are adapted and reused for movie production facilities, with minimal need for significant cash outlays. Master Plan of Individual Project
Growing City
by Wang Xiaobo
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Street Perspective
As cities grow, the need to balance the contents (the people) and the container (the city) becomes a big challenge. This project focuses on the role of block types in facilitating this balance. Imitating the organic system of the leaf, the design also showcases the differing level of connections of a growing city in a grid system. Master Plan of Individual Project
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Barcelona - “Re-designing the industrial city” Surpuerto by Duong Hong Nguyen
Salma Osman Zhang Chi
Over the last 20 years, Barcelona has lost 5 percent of its population, whilst the outer metropolitan region has grown at an accelerated rate. With more of the population living in low accessibility areas, Barcelona is experiencing problems in road congestion and related sustainability issues. In addition, an ageing population means the city must consider how to attract young people in a time of economic downturn. The expansion to the port provides the opportunity to rethink current activities on the port. This design maximises available land uses through the consolidation of cruise ship and ferry activity in the port. Creating a mixed use precinct, university and student facilities are combined with affordable housing. Through adaptive reuse of existing buildings, a range of cultural facilities are promoted, while a bus system and ‘bicing’ stations promote accessibility. In opening up the waterfront, a strong and coherent identity for the city is created, connecting with existing waterfront public spaces.
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Process is an important aspect of an urban design project’s feasibility, especially in a time of financial crisis. Through process, unexpected changes of form may occur. This scheme proposes a flexible process which can adapt to different economic scenarios. The proposal shown here depicts the first phase which involves the construction of a central neighbourhood complex for the new community.
“Streets come alive when you walk on them”
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With public streets forming approximately 30 percent of a city’s developed land, streets are the focus of a city, not buildings. In a city known for having great streets, this design seeks to consider how a hierarchy of streets inform the functions of the site, and contribute to the community’s vitality.
Community Design, Inner Street and Courtyard
Market Perspective
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The site consists of three line elements: the main street, waterfront and community pedestrian path. While the main street is more vehicle oriented, and the waterfront better serves tourists, this individual urban design project focuses on the design of the community pedestrian path and the building block courtyards.
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Barcelona - “Re-designing the industrial city” La Vall - A Neighbourhood Community by Long Jun Miller Sabina Zhou Ruizhe This design is an extension of the existing city, accommodating new housing and encouraging job growth. The design promotes medium density housing, respecting the site’s sensitive location between the Port and Montjuic. Allowing for this development, ferry and cruise ship terminal activities are partially relocated, continuing operations and contributing to the economic viability of the Port. The neighbourhood design provides a fine grain street network for active street frontages and ornate shop fronts, whilst accommodating commercial and light industrial uses to boost the local economy. Accessibility is provided through a tram network, which is extended to connect with the existing tram line along Barcelona’s waterfront. Strengthening the connection between Montjuic and the water, a valley on the site is created through two view corridors, supported by appropriate building height guidelines.
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Community and Retail Hub
by Jun Long
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The Container House
The community and retail hub is designed to serve the local neighbourhood by providing a shopping centre, local market, cafes, restaurants, library, church and community facilities. The design accommodates buildings with a mix of uses and functions to satisfy the needs of local residents, providing a setting for the activities of daily life.
Mixed Use Neighbourhood
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This design creates a walkable and livable neighbourhood through mixed use buildings promoting self-containment; public transport by way of a tram running along a green corridor; public courtyards; 3-7 storey buildings with higher densities along the waterfront; car parking located in stacks within walking distance of buildings; and a grid pattern inspired by Barcelonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gothic quarter.
Neighborhood Financial Centre
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Waterfront lands have the highest value but often have the least efficient use. The density of new development in this area will help to finance the replacement of the old port industry and create a vibrant, sought after lifestyle, promoting high land values. This development will accommodate a population of 2,000 and provide 25,000 jobs.
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Barcelona - “Re-designing the industrial city” Barcelona - Poble del Mar by Celeste Martin
Cheng Zheng Joseph Heng
The project site is located within one of Catalonia’s largest ports, the Port of Barcelona. It predominantly supports cargo shipping and tourism activities. Primary vistas onto the subject site are from Montjüic and frequent cable car services from Barceloneta. Montjüic comprises a steep terrain, most notably from its eastern elevation. This topographical form has posed a major challenge in developing a seamless and direct arterial connection from the subject site to the rest of Barcelona. The site does however provide potential to become a destination with opportunities for people to explore new ways of living and lifestyle options, exchange ideas and information for business, and be entertained by a rich leisure and cultural experiences. Additionally, it has the potential to provide innovative facilities and sensitive infrastructure design including water and sewerage recycling systems.
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by Celeste Martin
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The Barcelona waterfront is currently at odds with the rest of the city. Whilst the city has been carefully thought out, there seems to have been an adhoc development strategy of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s port. This project seeks to extend the waterfront for public use and provide opportunities for new and complimentary uses along the waters edge.
Water Sensitive Urban Design
by Cheng Zheng
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The project site will be transformed from an industrial port into a livable neighbourhood. A focus on sustainable development sees the inclusion of water sensitive urban design as a key strategy involving the use of a large number of rain gardens, roof gardens, permeable pavement as well as storm water and sewage water recycling systems.
Barcelona - Public Art & Landscape in Urban Design
Public Space Featuring Sculptures
by Joseph Heng
Pedestrain Thoroughfares
This design will use existing buildings for creative, adaptive re-use as part of the first stage of an all-of-a-piece urban design strategy. By commissioning site specific artworks that are culturally relevant and sensitively placed, a high level of local ownership and respect will be formed, creating a sense of place.
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Barcelona - “Re-designing the industrial city” Waterfront Neighbourhood by Ji Ziyu Guo Beiyi As the gateway of Barcelona and also the city waterfront, the Port is facing the paradox of competing demands from citizens for a fully integrated and public waterfront, with the city’s need for a functioning and economically viable Port. With the Port’s expansion to the southwest, it is possible to relocate industry off this portion of the Port and recover the waterfront for recreation and housing. Cognisant of the need to maintain the Port’s close relationship between ferry arrivals and the city precinct, this design proposes to move ferry terminals to the southern section of the site. The extension of the Metro line into the site introduces efficient public transport to activate this new precinct. Benefiting from the Cerda block design, the project creates urban spaces with a modern exterior and an inner green space. A network of pedestrian and cycling routes provide for convenient travel throughout the site, while a number of waterfront activities allow residents to enjoy a waterside lifestyle.
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Precinct A
by Ji Ziyu
As part of the waterfront neighbourhood, this precinct illustrates a livable community and provides a mix of residential, office and commercial uses, combined with an exciting, open waterfront. The ground floors along the street are mixed use, with office and retail, supporting an active street life. Master Plan of Individual Project
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Facing the waterfront and located at the heart of the port site, the design for this precinct aims to build a neighbourhood centre which provides appropriate and convenient community services. A highly developed recreational area combining retail with open space, promotes livability and allows residents to enjoy a range of activities.
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Barcelona - “Re-designing the industrial city” Port Seny by Genevieve Blanchett
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Spain’s constricted economy means any redevelopment of Barcelona’s industrial areas must be cognizant of high unemployment and housing and commercial vacancies. The Port Seny project proposes interventions prioritising immediate stimulation of economic activity with a minimum outlay of resources, followed by the laying in of a variety of public infrastructures, and the extension of waterfront public space. Economic equilibrium is found by matching relatively small numbers of new dwellings with higher numbers of new jobs. This plug-in approach enables a variety of development directions for the City/Port in the future. New ferry and passenger terminals facilitate clarification and consolidation of existing port functions, transforming the inner harbor into a new recreational & tourism zone, and freeing up new areas of valuable land. Creative industries are established in existing warehouse spaces, new mixed-use developments to the east and west create a seamless integration with the existing city, joined by a new gateway bridge.
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Closing the loop
by Genevieve Blanchett
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The Closing the Loop project establishes key new linkages, infrastructures and public facilities, seamlessly integrating new residential and port developments into Barcelona’s urban fabric. A new bridge connects Barcoloneta point back to the city and new sustainable Passenger Terminals, served by light rail and cycle ways complement a lively new residential precinct with total ocean frontage. Master Plan of Individual Project
La Nova Extensió
by Raynaldo Kurnioseputro
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An urban development with a series of mixed use buildings and adaptive reuse of buildings located adjacent to Montjuic, waterside, the Port of Barcelona, and the Old City. Key to this development is the provision of view corridors, continuous space linking to the city, and public space connecting to Montjuic. Master Plan of Individual Project
Port Seny Masterplan
by Ryan Smith
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This individual project focuses on infrastructure and the layout of the industrial uses of the port. The site is key in linking the city extension to new development on the port, and showcases the complete transformation of the existing bridge connection and the adaptive reuse of light industrial buildings. Master Plan of Individual Project
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Wuhan Studio
Wuhan River Junction Downtown Revitalization
In 2012, MUDD students were invited by the Wuhan Planning Bureau to prepare research, develop urban policy and make design propositions for the waterfront of Wuhan, in central China. Led by Visiting Professor Nigel Dickson, the students worked in Sydney and in Wuhan to produce a detailed publication examining the Hanyang and Wuchang districts of the city. This publication, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wuhan River Junctionâ&#x20AC;?, incorporated the summary of the research and design work and was presented in September 2012. The work has been well received by both the Wuhan Planning Bureau and the Wuhan Land and Spatial Planning departments of the Wuhan government.
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The Wuhan River Junction project examined one of the oldest, densest and culturally significant areas of the city, which consists of old retail lanes and thoroughfares, renowned in China. Today the area is stagnating, as growth is expanding to the west and northern sections of the city. The area has health and sanitation issues, and is occasionally ravaged by fire. The costs associated with improving the area are frustrated due to political intransigence and the high land values. The associated redevelopment cost is also high; the people who have lived there for many years do not want to be resettled. The aim of the studio has been to introduce students to difficult urban policy circumstances, where urban propositions need to be made with an appreciation of political, economic and social forces, and the different cultural settings in which those forces operate. The studio was part of an ongoing review of Chinese cities that the program has undertaken in recent years, in Hangzhou, Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai. The students worked in small groups to produce 5 designs for different portions of a 5 sq. km study area. The retention of traditional retailing and trading streets, as well as heritage buildings, parks and squares were hallmarks of the work. The recommendations were expressed in detailed designs and also summarised as new development controls, capital works projects, and infrastructure works, to be phased over a period of 5 to 20 years.
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Wuhan - “Downtown Revitalization” Overview This project explores Wuhan’s potential for future explosive growth, and how it may be integrated with the city’s urban fabric and transportation systems. In addressing this issue, an urban design approach structured on key indicators of design, i.e. function (land use and transportation), environmental quality and sustainability and economic viability, is taken. Based on an understanding of the quality of urban life, the design represents broad, bold concepts that evolve into more detailed resolutions. An evident need for a coordinated design implementation to revitalise the inner city is also considered. The project also provides the opportunity for riverfront redevelopment, with boulevards, business and entertainment precincts, supported by good quality housing, medical, education, and retail facilities.
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Wuhan - â&#x20AC;&#x153;Downtown Revitalizationâ&#x20AC;? Wuhan-Eastbank by
Anthony Yan , William H Robertson & Chung Hao Ting The EastBank Precinct is adjacent to existing active commercial areas in Wuhan and will be significantly altered by the impact of the line 2 and line 6 metro subway. The integration of a mass transit system and associated redevelopment activity will not only alter the existing urban form, but also incur a social impact due to the disruption in carrying out this project. This proposal provides a representation of urban renewal of a magnitude that caters for the existing community, while also enhancing the environment for future growth. In addition to the current urban renewal work, the riverfront (Bund) parkland that extends to the North, will be redeveloped and enhanced in a manner which envisages the activities of highrise development on the adjacent river front zone.
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Project 1 Mixed-use Development
Project 2 Urban Village
Project 3 Eastbank NueBund
View of Han and Yangtze River Junction
View of Upper Level Connections
Aerial View of Proposed Eastbank
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Wuhan - “Downtown Revitalization” Catalytic projects by
Gao Jie , Liu Zhouqin & Zhang Yanan
Catalytic Projects Master Plan Catalytic Projects Master Plan
Aerial View of Existing Built forms
Aerial View of Proposed Redevelopment
Catalytic Projects is a subway-oriented development as part of the Wuhan Downtown Revitalisation. The project involves the development of a business district, seniors housing and retail area, access to which is facilitated through a subway system, proposed to become the key method of transportation. The project site is divided into 3 precincts –four, five and six. The development of precinct four is focused on the establishment of a mixed-use business centre proposed at a major civic junction. Precinct five aims to enhance Zhongshan Park as a central park in Wuhan with the development of seniors housing, residential housing and a 5-star hotel overlooking the park. Creating a multi-level commercial precinct, the existing heritage pedestrian street of precinct six is combined with the new subway retail street.
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Project 4 Major Junction Centre
Project 5 Zhongshan Park
Project 6 Jianghan Heritage Retail
Aerial View of Project 4 Proposal
Aerial View of Project 5 Proposal
Aerial View of Project 6 Proposal
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Wuhan - â&#x20AC;&#x153;Downtown Revitalizationâ&#x20AC;? New Linear District by
Li Chengwei , Zhou Boying & Jiao Tong The project site for this design is adjacent to the Wuhan Conference Centre, ferry station and existing metro line stop 1 and approved metro line 6. Whilst land use is limited by a Floor Space Ratio of 2.5, the area lacks open space and the waterfront is a dead zone. This design proposes a significant linear district connecting the existing conference centre with a revitalised waterfront area, creating a livable and vibrant community in central Wuhan supporting business, commercial, and tourism activities. Specifically, it will provide retail, hotel, exhibition and restaurant facilities to support these uses. A new waterfront landscape with restaurants and pubs will be created to activate the new waterfront, as well as forming a major open space from north to south, creating a new image for the city.
Aerial View of Project 7 Proposal
Aerial View of Project 8 Proposal
New Linear District Master Plan
Aerial View of Project 9 Proposal
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Project 9 New Waterfront District in Hankou
Project 7 Convention Avenue
Project 8 New Subway Line 6 Retail & Residential Centre
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Wuhan - “Downtown Revitalization” Southbank Renewal by
Fu Xin , Li Jing & Li Li To revitalise the inner city of Wuhan, 3 projects have been designed along the Hanjiang River. In the Hanzheng Street area, traditional buildings will be rebuilt, supporting residential, commercial and recreational uses and forming the city’s pedestrian heart. In the Hanyang District, new neighborhoods are designed for both residential and business uses. An urban waterscape park serves as a focal point of the design, creating a new centrepiece for the area. An attractive riverside park with sport facilities, and an open stage and entertainment facilities, is included in the design. Residential development will vary between 1520 storey towers, and a landmark skyscraper of 350 meters will stand out across the skyline, providing retail and office space, serviced apartments and entertainment facilities.
Southbank Renewal Master Plan
Aerial View of Hanzheng Street Renewal
Aerial View of The Golden Junction
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Project 12 Liveable Waterfront Neighbourhood
Project10 Hanzheng Street Renewal
Project 11 The Golden Junction
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Photos by Fa Zhenyu and MUDDers in Bilbao-Madrid studio
Bilbao-Madrid Student Experience
MUDDers of the Bilbao-Madrid studio in front of the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum
The Bilbao/Madrid studio visitting three cities in Spain, including a stop-over in Barcelona. The studio visited places such as Bilbaoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guggenheim, Barcelonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Forum, the Madrid Rio Project and the Matadero, to gain an understanding of Spanish architecture and urban form. The students worked in the inspirational and sustainable space of the eco-box, where art lined the walls of the design studio and urban design professionals assisted the students with their design concepts.
A cozy dinner together
Visiting industrial sites
Research by walking
With our host Dr. Alfonso Vegara at Ecobox, Madrid
European cities that MUDD18 students travelled to beside main cities of the international studios.
Map by Duong H. Nguyen
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Photos by Duong H.Nguyen
Barcelona Student Experience
The two professors and MUDDers of the Barcelona studio after our last dinner at Casa Mila, Barcelona.
‘Research by walking’, days and nights of working in the BAC studio, design charettes and presentations, insightful comments from local experts, Gaudi and Cerda, Montjuic and La Ramblas, Barcelonetta and RESA residence hall, merkats and plaça, sangrea and pasta, hola and ‘¿cómo está, ... these places, people and experiences will never be forgotten by each MUDD18 student.
“Wish we spent the whole semester in Spain” Salma Osman, MUDD18
Unforgettable moments of us in Barcelona: with mates, professors, hosts and the elegant city
A happy moment captured by Prof. Neuman
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Obituary
Professor John Christopher Haskell ARIBA ARAIA FRTPI FRSA
John Haskell was born in London, England in 1931 and attended the Royal Grammar School in Guildford. Even as a small boy, John demonstrated great talent for drawing, one that led him to study architecture at the Kingston College of the Arts and would flourish and become his hallmark throughout his life, and career. Upon graduating he won the Rome Scholarship and studied at the British School in Rome for the following three years where he also met his wife Janetta. Following his return to England, John studied Town Planning at London University where he won a Ford International Scholarship and left for the USA to study under Kevin Lynch at MIT in Boston. He then moved to South Africa where he obtained a Master of Architecture degree at the University of Natal and was appointed as Senior Planning Officer in Durban.
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Having worked on a number of projects with the noted planner Lord Holford, also a Rome Scholar, who had been invited to Australia to advise on the planning of Canberra and set up the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC), Haskell immigrated to Australia to work on the planning of Canberra and was appointed as the First Assistant Commissioner (Architecture) of the NCDC in 1972. In 1975 he was appointed as Professor of Architecture and Head of the Department of Graduate Studies at the University of New South Wales where he remained for close to 20 years, eventually becoming Head of the Graduate School of the Built Environment (GSBE) from 1981 to 1989. During this period he was also the architectural correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald. His advocacy for the establishment of advanced studies in urban design at UNSW during his term as Head of GSBE laid an important foundation for the establishment of the Master of Urban Development & Design Program in 1994, developed by a committee chaired by Professor Alexander Cuthbert with Professor Jon Lang, Professor Bruce Judd, Professor Paul Reid and Professor James Weirick, and the support of the then Dean, Professor Ray Toakley. John Haskellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marvellous drawings of Sydney adorn his book Haskellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sydney published by Hale and Iremonger in 1983. His passion for urban design and drawing remained with him throughout his career and retirement, as did his support for the Faculty of the Built Environment at UNSW through his regular attendance at Faculty events and where the John Haskell Scholarship proudly bears his name. Though Professor John Haskell passed to his rest on the 11th of January 2013, his love of the city and contribution to urban design will long be remembered. - Professor Bruce Judd
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The info is drawn from a number of sources including a biographical entry in the Encyclopedia of Australian Science. The picture was provided by Catherine Brown from an archive.
Communication in Urban Design
The concept of a yearbook and a public exhibition was initiated in 1995/6 the first year of the MUDD Program. Since then, the yearbook and exhibition have been produced to an increasingly higher standard. Each annual event is a significant accomplishment for all involved. The material presented in the yearbook and exhibition has documented the intellectual content of the MUDD Program and advanced key ideas on the urban development of Sydney, and other cities we have investigated in Australia and around the world - and as such, makes a critical contribution to the design debate in Sydney. The yearbook is important in presenting the MUDD Program and the Faculty to the wider university and professional community in Australia and overseas it has been distributed internationally and annually to some 200 destinations by Professor Jon Lang, and by Faculty staff in trips to many countries. The yearbook gives current students a personal folio to show future employers, and our enthusiastic alumni a record of our latest work and latest thinking. In the early years of the Program, the yearbook and exhibition were produced as part of the International Design Studio. However, as the scope and scale of our work expanded, UDES0010 was established as a separate 6 Credit subject, with its own goals, teaching methods and assessment tasks.
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urban design is
Fa Zhenyu (Farrel) China
Wan Guyi (Victor) China
Dai Wen (Daisy) China
Liu Xiaomeng (Mona) China
Sim Sok Toeur Cambodia
Duan Xiaochen (Steven) China
Shao Jing (Fiona) China
Raynaldo Kurnioseputro Indonesia
Wang Xinbo China
Genevieve Blanchett Australia
Zhen Cui (November) China
Alec Gelgota USA
Celeste Martin Australia
Guo Shijie (Louis) China
Feng Jingchao (Deo) China
Zhang Qinghong (Zoey) China
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urban design is
Wang Xiaobo (Ella) China
Zeng Cheng (Emily) Australia
Ji Ziyu (Zoey) Australia
Ryan Smith Australia
Guo Beiyi China
Salma Osman Australia
Zhang Chi (Alex) China
Joseph Heng Australia
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Xu Qiusi (Josie) China
Zhou Ruizhe (Stella) China
Nadia Shevila Thohari Indonesia
Duong Hong Nguyen Vietnam
Venetin Aghostin-Sangar Australia
David Wolski Australia
Sabina Miller Australia
Long Jun China
Concept by Salma Osman and Ryan Smith. Art direction and Photographs by Duong H. Nguyen, except Guo Shije’s, Xu Quisi’s and Venetin’s Location: MUDD18 studio, level 4, Red Centre, UNSW.
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MORE DESIGNS FOR L.E.S. William Robertson
In the Lower East Side (LES) of Manhattan Island, New York City, lies a remnant of the powerful ambitions of modernist urban thinking. The remnant is not a stark monumental piece of architecture, but a simple expansive 6 acre (2.5ha) carpark, representing the unfinished result of modernist renewal projects championed by Robert Moses. Here the modernist visions never eventuated and the site remained undeveloped for 47 years as economic, social and political cycles battered Manhattan. In December 2012 the Bloomberg led New York City Council approved a mixed use scheme with “business-as-usual” imagery “consistent with local neighborhood character”. In the past the abortive redevelopment of the area, known officially as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA), has been a ground for fertile creativity. Numerous luminaries in the design profession have communicated their visions for activating the LES. Paul Rudolph proposed a futuristic motorway spanning megastructure, Archigram evacuated Manhattan with its walking city, Arquitectonica presented a more sobering neo-traditional interpretation, the MoCCA Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art proposed a minimalist glass box and in 2011 Barasch and Ramsey proposed a subterranean park nicknamed the “Low-line”.
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The MUDD 17 International Studio, led by Professor Jon Lang and Dr. Scott Hawken in 2011/2012, undertook an exploration of urban types and paradigms. Various paradigms and urban programs were suggested for the area such as a neo-traditionalist university, a commercial mega-structure, a business-as-usual residential development, and a high rise commercial development within an urban forest. These combinations communicate the myriad possible visions for a future New York. Despite the official business-as-usual proposal for the site, architects continue to produce conceptual schemes for it. A “Manhattan Mountain” (see illustrations) superstructure is the latest: a scheme which could have come directly from the MUDD17 studio. Considering the unpopularity for the current scheme, it will be no surprise if authorities remain open to design alternatives for the site.
William is a MUDD 17 graduate. He participated in the Lower East Side New York studio and currently practices as an urban designer.
Image References: Manhattan Mountain Ju-Hyun Kim, www. archdaily.com
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Alumni Profile Cai Zhenbo (Kelvin Cai) was a member of the MUDD class of 2008-2009. He came to UNSW with a degree in urban planning from Guangdong University of Technology. His studies in the MUDD program enabled him to develop his design skills. While in the program, he participated in the international design studio held at the Sinan Mimar Fine Arts University in Istanbul. The studio focused on the redevelopment of abandoned shipyards on the Gold Horn and new suburban development on the edge of the rapidly developing city. The speed of development taking place in Istanbul with its vast rural-urban migration patterns mirrors the situation in China. Like many Chinese graduates of the MUDD program his first job at home was with a government agency – the Guangzhou Planning Institute – before turning his interest into the more international perspective he acquired at UNSW. His work with the Institute included new town projects (such as the Waterfront new town in Wangcheng, Changsha), master planning, detailed regulatory planning, and urban and landscape design. Zhenbo is now working for Parsons Brinckerhoff a global consulting practice with offices in many cities around the world. The company is best known for its work in infrastructure design and construction management. He believes that the MUDD program’s concern not only for good, multi-faceted design but with getting good designs implemented has been a vital part of his education and is helping him move ahead rapidly as a professional.
Shyamika Silva, a graduate of the Colombo School of Architecture, was a member of the second batch of MUDD students (1996-1997). She participated in the Jakarta international studio addressing the development of the city’s waterfront. Shyamika remembers her year in Sydney as ‘one of the happiest of my life’. She is still in touch with a number of her MUDD colleagues including Khom (Sompatsorn Punyaratabandhu nee Bamrungsak) in Thailand , Len (Leonard Kelly) in Canberra and Lu’Lu Muhammad in Indonesia. With Christine Wallbeof, Shyamika heads SWPlus Architects, the only whollyfemale headed architectural firm in Sri Lanka. The highly prolific practice was established in 1999 with about half its work consisting of new buildings and about half renovations. Its works are located not only in Sri Lanka but internationally. The projects range from residences to hotels to commercial buildings and, occasionally, urban design work. An active member of the Fort branch of Rotary International about 15% of Shyamika’s work is conducted pro bono for charitable institutions. This work includes an ongoing project for Buddhist nuns. Shyamika believes that firm’s work is much enriched by her urban design education at UNSW. It gave her a new perspective on architecture and the built environment. Shyamika won the Geoffrey Bawa Trust Award for architectural excellence in 2008 for the design of the Nalin Indrasena House. The award is the highest for architectural design in Sri Lanka. SW Plus in regarded as one of the top ten practices in Sri Lanka. Biograpahies by Professor Jon Lang
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MUDD Alumni List Afghanistan
Tashi Wangmo (2003-2004)
Mohammad Nadir Omar (2005-2006)
Australia
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Jorge Alvarez (2005-2006), Tracey Bentick (2004-2005), Genevieve Blanchett (20122013), Adrian Bonanni (2005-2006), Emma Booth (2010-2011), Jillian Bywater (20072008), Gilead Chen (2005-2006). Irene Hiu Wah Chan (2004-2005), Anthony Charlesworth (2008-2009), Laurence Cheung (2008-2009), Jacqueline Connor (2007-2008), Jaclyn Cowen (2011-2012), Carlo Di Giulio (2009-2010), Glenda Marie Dunn (1999-2000), Greg Dyson (19992000), Mathew Egan (2010-2011), Duncan Fraser (2005-2006), Sylvia Georges (19992000), Shaheer Gobran (2005-2006), Marika Hahn (2005-2006), Joseph Heng (2012-2013), Amanda Higgins (20062007), David Hunter (2011-2012), Nick Jonmundsson (2010-2011), Leonard Kelly (1996-1997), Kuo Felix Chein-Peng (20002001), Vincent Shie Yue Lam (2000-2001), Marc Yves Lane (2009-2010), Cindy Sin Yee Lee (2008-2009), Evelyn Kin Wah Lee (2009-2010), Lei Pei (2004-2005), Louis Louis (1998-1999), Amelia Lynch (20042005), Samir Mahmoud (2004-2005), Carla Mamaril (2006-2007), Peter Mann (1998-1999), Celeste Martin (2012-2013), Peter McManus (2009-2010), Sabina Miller (2012-2013), Clement Miu (2005-2006), Richard Mullane (2006-2007), Andrew Napier (2001-2002), Sally Ng (1996-1997), Carmel Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor (2006-2007), Salma Osman (2012-2013), Trevor Patton (19961997), Glen Rabbitt (1996-1997), Mark Raymundo (2007-2008), Brett Roantree (2008-2009), William Robertson (20112012), Venetin Aghostin-Sangar (2012-2013), Lorraine Sarayeldin (2003-2004), Eden Shepherd (1999-2000), Ryan Smith (20122013), Jason Taylor (2007-2008), Ludwig Tewksbury (2001-2002), Vanessa Trowell (2006-2007), Kirrily Vincer (2007-2008), Stephen White (2001-2002), David Wolski (2012-2013), Ada Wong (2005-2006), Peter Woodley (2005-2006), Howard Yu (20022003), Bonnie Kin Yi Yue (2011-2012), Jess Yue (2007-2008), Karen Wang (20072008), Zhu Weijun (2006-2007)
Bangladesh
Anis Uddin (2000-2001), Mohammad Omar Sharif (2009-2010)
Bhutan
Latha Chhetri (2004-2005), Karma Dorji (2003-2004), Tshering Dorji (2011-2012), Chhado Drukpa (2008-2009), Sailesh Humagai (2006-2007), Tashi Penjor (20082009), Karma Wangchuck (2000-2001),
Botswana
Nchunga Kanyenvu (2005-2006)
Brazil
Ana Cristina Lage (2000-2001)
Cambodia
Chanritthy San (2008-2009), Sok Toeur Sim (2012-2013)
Canada
Anthony Ferri (2009-2010), Sean Galloway (2000-2001), Wan Gilbert Pui Ban (19992000), Su-Jan Yeo (2004-2005)
China
An Jing (2008-2009), Bai Fan (2009-2010), Bi Lei (2007-2008), Bu Jinbo (2009-2010), Cai Zhenbo (2008-2009), Chang Lulu (20112012), Chen Weilun (2001-2002), Chen Li Wen (2006-2007), Chen Xiaofeng (20042005), Chen Haifeng (1999-2000), Chen He Ying (2007-2008), Chen Jing (20102011), Chen Ping (2010-2011), Chen Wei (2009-2010), Chen Wei (2011-2012), Chen Xi (2010-2011), Cheng Pengfei (2004-2005), Chu Ting Ting (2002-2003), Cui Zhen(20122013), Dai Wen (2012-2013), Duan Yan (2010-2011), Duan Xiaochen (2012-2013), Fa Zhenyu (2012-2013), Feng Jingchao (20122013), Feng Xiao (2007-2008), Fu Yuan Yuan (2002-2003), Fu Xin (2011-2012), Gao Fei (2007-2008), Gao Jie (2011-2012), Ge Qiaoying (2010-2011), Gong Li (2006-2007), Gu Bing (2006-2007), Gu Yan (20032004), Guo Beiyi (2012-2013), Guo Shijie (2012-2013), He Jun (2008-2009), Hu Min (2002-2003), Hu Xin (2003-2004), Huang Luohua (2008-2009), Huang Po-Chun (1999-2000), Huang Wen-Ying (20062007), Jia Liyang (2008-2009), Jiao Tong (2011-2012), Jiang Xiao (2010-2011), Ji Ziyu (2012-2013), Lai Disi (2008-2009), Lei Gangrong (2005-2006), Lei Gao (20052006), Li Chengwei (2011-2012), Li Ding Qing (2008-2009), Li Jian (2001-2002), Li Jing (2011-2012), Li Li (2011-2012), Li Weiwang (2003-2004), Li Weiwei (2011-2012), Li Yi (2008-2009), Li Yue (2006-2007), Li Xiang (2010-2011), Liu Fan (2007-2008), Liang Jin (2006-2007), Lin Zhijie (2006-2007), Ling Yun (2008-2009), Liu Jian (2006-2007), Liu Liya (2011-2012), Liu Shuyi (20032004), Liu Ting (2006-2007), Liu Xiaomeng (2012-2013), Liu Zhouqin (2011-2012) , Long Jun (2012-2013), Lu Xijun (2011-2012), Ma Jiting (2009-2010), Ma Qiao (2008-2009), Ma Xiayang (2004-2005), Ma Xinzheng (2011-2012), Ni Yun (2003-2004), Qi Zhifang (2010-2011), Qiu Xiaojing (2004-2005), Ren
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Jingya (2010-2011), Sang Xiaojing (20042005), Shao Jing (2012-2013), Shen Licen (2010-2011), Shen Jun (2011-2012), Sun Bing (2009-2010), Su Zhi (2003-2004), Tang Hao (2008-2009), Tao Yueshan (2010-2011), Wan Guyi (2012-2013), Wang Bo (20022003), Wang Chao (2002-2003), Wang Geng (2008-2009), Wang Jian (2011-2012), Wang Mengya (2010-2011), Wang Sheng (2006-2007), Wang Shu (2007-2008), Wang Yan (2004-2005), Wu Han Qing (2005-2006), Wu Hao (2010-2011), Wu Qi (2008-2009), Wang Xiaobo (2012-2013), Wang Xinbo (2012-2013), Wu Yifei (20032004), Wu Yue (2004-2005), Wu Zhi Yong (2005-2006), Xie Hong (2002-2003), Xie Xiaopan (2003-2004), Xie Qin Yi (20062007), Xie Yan (2004-2005), Xing Yan (2001-2002), Xu Hanbing (2005-2006), Xu Jiaoni (2011-2012), Xu Ke Fei (2001-2002), Xu Pian Pian (2006-2007), Xu Qiusi (20122013), Xu Shan Shan (2009-2010), Xu Ying (2010-2011), Xu Zhiyuan (2007-2008), Yan Jia (2004-2005), Yang Fan (2010-2011), Yang Ke (2001-2002), Yang Lei (2002-2003), Ye Chen (2007-2008), Yin Yin (2002-2003), Yu Lechuan (2003-2004), Yu Rong (19961997), Yu Xiang (2007-2008), Yu Yehang (2010-2011), Yu Zhi Zhe (2001-2002), Yuan Zhe (2001-2002), Zeng Cheng (2012-2013), Zhai Xiaoling (2008-2009), Zhang Chi (2012-2013), Zhang Chun (2002-2003), Zhang Detong (2003-2004), Zhang Meng (2011-2012), Zhang Minjie (2010-2011), Zhang Qinghong (2012-2013), Zhang Wei (2010-2011), Zhang Yanan (2011-2012), Zhang Xian (2008-2009), Zhang Xiao Chen (20102011), Zhang Xin (2009-2010), Zhao Ruyun (2009-2010), Zhao Jiuzhou (2009-2010), Zheng Yufei (2011-2012). Zeng Xin (20042005), Zhen Bo (2004-2005), Zhou Boying (2011-2012), Zhou Ruizhe (2012-2013), Zhou Yimin (2006-2007), Zhu Chao (2010-2011), Zhu Wen (2011-2012)
Colombia
Carlos Frias (1997-1998)
Eritrea
Gabriel Tzeggai (1996-1997)
France
Pascal Bobillier (2005-2006)
Germany
Vera Graefin Von Schwerin (2004-2005)
Hong Kong
Chiu Chi Yeung (2005-2006), Louis Hok Man Lee (2002-2003), Lee Mo Yi (20042005), Sum Wing Sze (1999-2000), Phyllis Wong (2003-2004), Yu Lap Kei (1998-1999)
India
Srikanth Adigopula (1999-2000), Jahnavi Ashar (2007-2008), Nidhi Bhargava (20052006), Guru Prasanna Channa Basappa (2006-2007), Amitabha Choudhury (19981999), Devaki Darshan Bubbar (1995-1996), Niladri Dutt (1997-1998), Shalinee Dutt (2005-2006), Jude Fernando (2000-2001), Deepak George (2003-2004), Leslie Thomas Jacob (2001-2002), Neha Lala (2009-2010), Vikram Mathew Ninan (2000-2001), Jagdeep Oberoi (2001-2002), Ashutosh Vadnere (2004-2005), Kashyap Rangan (19992000), Munir Vahanvati (2004-2005)
Indonesia
Maria Adriani (2006-2007), Ari Arwin Aldrianzah (2000-2001), Esa Anugerah (2007-2008), Evy R Anwar (1998-1999), Ira Astriani (2000-2001), Agus Surjawan Batara (1997-1998), Diah Piyaloka Citaresmi (20022003), Mario Daenuwy (2004-2005), Agem Dendihardo (2004-2005), Ary Ediyanto (2005-2006), Novi Rozana Gantaman (1997-1998), Felicia Gunawan (2011-2012), Aloysius Iwan Handono (1996-1997), Yennie Hartawan (2001-2002), Irene Irma Hendranata (2002-2003), Buddy Indrasakti (1996-1997), Andri Irfandri (2000-2001), Busono Wibowo Isman (1997-1998), Firsta Ismet (1997-1998), Raynaldo Kurnioseputro (2012-2013), Puri Advanty Indah Lestari (2005-2006), Handi Limandibrata (20022003), Yolanda Louhenapessy (1997-1998), Febriane Makalew (2004-2005), Lulu Muhammad (1996-1997), Akbar Nusantara (2005-2006), Windiani Octavia (20002001), Tiyok Prasetyoadi (1997-1998), Doni Priambodo (1999-2000), Yudhie Prastowo (2001-2002), Fachri Dwi Rama (20062007), Dian Erliana Sari (2000-2001), Monik Setyaningsih (2001-2002), Sibarani Sofian (1998-1999), Realrich Sjarief (2009-2010) Purnama Hadi Sunarya (1996-1997), Achmad D Tardiyana (1998-1999), Gunarti Tanudjaja (1996-1997), Wiranti Teddy (2006-2007), Nadia Shevila Thohari (2012-2013), Francisca Ira Tjahja (2000-2001), Susanti Widiastuti (2002-2003), Dyah Titisari Widyastuti (2000-2001), Ichsanna-Samba R Widyastuti (1996-1997), Virendy Wijaya (2007-2008), Annisa Yumaladini (2010-2011)
Iran
Mahmoodreza Vahidi, Sahar Rahmanynejad (2010-2011), Lili Halimian Avval (2010-2011)
Ireland
Sarah Rock (2001-2002)
Japan
Tsuyoshi Otawa (1996-1997) Takeshi Suzuki (1999-2000)
Malaysia
Lee Ling (1997-1998), Leong Siew Leng (1999-2000), Ooi Li Jou (2009-2010), Krisada Sungkram (2009-2010), Tan Boon Loke Johnson (2001-2002), Yong Chenhow (2004-2005)
Maldives
Ibrahim Rafeeq (1997-1998)
Mexico
German Castillo (2009-2010), Rodrigo Ochoa Jurado (2006-2007), Gerardo Ortiz (1998-1999)
New Zealand
Paula Costello (2008-2009), Kuhu Gupta (2009-2010), Michael Kemeys (2010-2011), Feng Hui (2006-2007), Liu Yu-Ning (20012002), Szeto Chi Wah (1998-1999), Imogen Williams (2007-2008), Timothy Williams (2008-2009), Charles Wang (2010-2011)
Pakistan
Amna Majeed (1995-1996), Waqas Jamil Afridi (2006-2007)
Papua New Guinea
Gilo Goro Henao (1997-1998)
Philippines
Herman Calangi (1999-2000), Roberto Evangelio (1998-1999), Anthony Yan (20112012)
Singapore
Ahmad Kamal Abdul Ghani (2002-2003), Choo Hin Yin (1995-1996), Foo Kai Kiat (2005-2006), Lee Fook Ngan (1999-2000), Loh Chin Hui (2001-2002), Malvin Soh Keng Chuan (2002-2003), Wong Yen Nee (20092010)
South Korea
Jue Hee Nam (1997-1998), Jang In-Taek (1998-1999), Jung Jinmo (2004-2005), Kim You Jung (2005-2006), Kwak Kye-Bong (1998-1999), Lee Yuntai (2002-2003), Shin Woo-Hwa (1998-1999)
Sri Lanka
Janaka Dharmasena (2002-2003), Shyamiga Silva (1996-1997), Nadira Yapa Mendis (2002-2003)
Taiwan
Chiu Kuo-Wei (2001-2002), Grace Hu (2005-2006), Hao-Ting Chung (2011-2012), Kao Min Chun (2009-2010), Ko Chuan Hsin (1998-1999), Ni Ming-Te (2001-2002), Tsai
Chicheng (2000-2001), Tsai Hui-Chu (20092010), Stephanie Wang (2000-2001), Wu Ju Fang (2004-2005)
Thailand
Suphot Chaisilprungrueng (1999-2000), Nattakarn Chompootep (1999-2000), Piyachat Kangsdal (2003-2004), Pochara Kittisakdi (2000-2001), Thanong Poonteerakul (2003-2004), Sompatsorn Bamrungsak (1996-1997), Sirat Wattanavijarn (2000-2001)
Turkey
Urun Demir (2003-2004), Duygu Ince (2005-2006)
Ukraine
Oleksandra Babych (2001-2002)
United Kingdom
Clare Billingham (2002-2003), Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien (1995-1996)
David
United States of America
Erik Adams (2010-2011), Ryan Andersen (2005-2006), Gabe Bayram (2002-2003), Nathaniel Bettini (2009-2010), Kevin Brake (2002-2003), Nick Chapin (2001-2002), Pasqual Contreras (2009-2010), Alec Gelgota (2012-2013), Peter Hinteregger (1995-1996), Maggie Hoi (1998-1999), Russell Kosko (1998-1999), Shihomi Kuriyagawa (20112012), Kathleen McDowell (2007-2008), Susan McLaughlin (2007-2008), Geoffrey Morrison-Logan (1997-1998), James Shelton (2004-2005), Max Stember-Young (20112012), Erica Tinio (2009-2010), Reginald Wheeler III (2002-2003)
Venezuela
Giancarlo Cerutti Di Ludovico (2003-2004)
Vietnam
Dao Chi Trong (1997-1998), Huynh Hung Kiet (2011-2012), Khuc Thi Thuy Ngoc (20102011), Duong Hong Nguyen (2012-2013), Thai Tran Nguyen (2001-2002), Truc Anh Nguyen (2000-2001), Thiu Thu Huyen Pham (20062007), Tuan Anh Tran (1999-2000), Phu Duc Tu (2000-2001), Anh Vo (2007-2008)
2012-2013 Graduating Class in yellow Graduating class and former graduates are listed according to the International Studio year.
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MUDD Collaborations 1. Picharn Foongkiatcharoen, Master of Sustainable Development, UNSW
3. Francis Shen Master of Planning, UNSW
2. Andrea Pittoni Master of Architecture, Exchange program between UNSW and Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
5. Karl Desai Master of Sustainable Development, UNSW
4. Long Jun Master of Planning, UNSW
7. Derek J Georgeson Master of Architecture, UNSW
6. Emma McGirr Master of Urban Planning and Design, UNSW
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The Master of Urban Development and Design Program welcomes students from a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines, which adds to the richness of the program. In 2012-2013, MUDD welcomed a number of outstanding students from other Built Environment programs to complete studios as elective components of their particular degrees. These students have proved valuable members of the MUDD program and have contributed a great deal to the studio projects they have participated in, and to the learning and development of their fellow students.
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Acknowledgements The MUDD18 staff and students would like to thank a long list of generous personalities who have made, and continue to make, the program an outstanding success. The list below includes many, but definitely not all, of a large cast of intellects, developers, administrators and designers, who have contributed to the education of the MUDD18 students in Sydney and around the world. On behalf of the Bilbao studio Dr Scott Hawken would like to thank the following people. In Bilbao: Kattalin Aurtenetxe of Fundación Metrópoli; Pablo Otaola, Manager of the Zorrotzaurre Management Committee and Gemma Rojo of Bilbao International, for providing guidance and insight into the sparkling and gritty city of Bilbao. In Madrid: the talented and very gracious staff of the Fundación Metrópoli, for a series of dynamic lectures and support throughout the initial design process. A special thankyou goes to the following members of the Fundación Metrópoli: Mark Dwyer, Aaron Kelley, Kattalin Aurtenetxe, Paloma Díaz, Artemio Fochs, Guillermo Sánchez, María Díez, Maki Kawaguchi and Dr Alfonso Vegara Gómez for hosting and making the Bilbao students stay so stimulating and pleasurable. Thankyou to Professor José Luís Esteban and his students from the European University of Madrid for presenting the final year projects of their undergraduate studies on November the 16th 2012. Thankyou also to Eladio Hernandez, for a generous tour of Madrid’s peripheral housing estates. In Sydney thank you to the following jury members for providing a thoughtful critique on the students’ final presentation: Eladio Hernando, Landscape Architect; Associate Professor Linda Corkery, Jan McCredie; Kevin Hoffman; Professor Bruce Judd; Jane Irwin and Linden Crane of Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture; and Emeritus Professor Jon Lang. On behalf of the Barcelona Studio, Professors Michael Neuman and James Weirick would like to thank many people. In Barcelona BAC Director, Miguel Roldán, who arranged the following impressive lineup of scholars and professionals to critique the student’s work: Jennifer Schildecker, BAC Program Coordinator; Zana Bosnic, Roldán + Berengué arqts, BAC Academic Coordinator; Maria Buhigas, Barcelona Regional; Enric Lambies, Barcelona City Hall, Urban Planning Legal Head; Joan Llort, Government of Catalonia, Director General of Land Use Policy; Jordi Badía, Baas Arquitectes, professor at the UPC; Jaime Coll, Coll-Leclerc arqts, UPC-ETSAB Design Studio coordinator; and also to Jennifer and Zana who provided highly valued administrative support throughout. The following distinguished critics commented on the student work back in Sydney: Peter John Cantrill; Jan McCredie; Kevin Hoffman; David Dack, ARUP; Diana Griffiths, ARUP; Emeritus Professor Jon Lang; Professor Bruce Judd; Professor Alec Tzannes; Visiting Professor Nigel Dickson, Director Dickson Rothschild; Dr Gethin Davison, City Futures UNSW. For the Randwick Knowledge Cluster Studio Dr Scott Hawken and Dr Gethin Davison would like to thank: Gary Mulligan, Manager for Buildings and Grounds Facilities Management, for a rollicking tour of Randwick Tram sheds, Matthias Irger for speaking on micro-climate and the environmental performance of urban form; Dr Harry Margalit, Program Head of BE Architecture for speaking on density and housing in Sydney from a metropolitan perspective; Philip Thalis, Hill + Thalis Urban Projects and David Chesterman, Jackson Teece, for speaking on their role in the development of the UNSW campus; Joanna Hole and Karen Armstrong of the Strategic Planning team for Randwick City Council for their participation and presentations; David Goodwin, Kuhu Gupta and Nate Bettini of UNSW’s Facilities Management team for their presentation on the development options for UNSW’s Randwick Campus. Many of the above speakers were also members of the Steering Committee which guided the class throughout the studio process. For the Wuhan Studio Visiting Professor Nigel Dickson would like to thank the Wuhan Planning Bureau and the Wuhan Land and Spatial Planning departments of the Wuhan government, firstly for their gracious invitation, and secondly, for their support throughout the studio. Sincere thanks are extended to the sessional staff of 2012-2013: Visiting Professor Nigel Dickson for leading the Wuhan studio, Anne Warr for her lecture series on Urban Heritage Conservation in UDES0009 Urban Landscape and Heritage, and Jodi Lawton for her tireless support for the creative and technical challenges of UDES0010 Communication in Urban Design. We thank Emeritus Professor Jon Lang, one of the founding members of the MUDD program, for his invaluable contribution to various design juries but especially to his contribution to UDES0006 Case Studies in Urban Design. Special thanks go to Jodi Lawton of Lawton Design and MUDD17 alumni William Robertson and Chung Hao Ting for their enormous contribution to the LuminoCity exhibition in November of 2012. We learned from a diverse range of dynamic and informative lectures in 2012-2013. We thank: Christian Borchert for speaking on the water sensitive urban design and sustainability components of McGregor+Coxall’s many projects; Bob Perry for speaking on the “Agoradynamics” of cities around the world, and once again for giving a guided tour and lecture on his recent projects for Wentworth Point, Homebush Bay; Jan McCredie for her twenty year review of the Pyrmont Point Urban Design Strategy, Helen Lochhead Assistant Government Architect & Jesse McNicoll, Urban Designer, City of Sydney for their lecture on urban design as public policy and the Alfred/ Pitt/ Dalley/ George Streets Project; Greg Deas on his talk about his experience as Chief Architect of the Lend Lease London Olympic Village; Arlene Segal for her talk on Modi’in New Town & Mamilla Alrov Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Darlene van der Breggan, Executive Manager Design, Sydney Olympic Park Authority, for her talk on the various Sydney Olympic Park Master Plans; Philip Thalis - Principal, Hill+Thalis Urban Projects for his talk on the Rhodes Peninsula Urban Framework Plan, Development Control Plan & Public Domain Plan, 2003; Brendan Randles, Principal. Randles Straatveit for his continuing contribution as guest critic in Studio 1; Boris Kazansky, Principal, Kazansky Keilhacker Urban Design Architektur, Berlin for briefing the Bayshore City Studio on current airport development controversies in Berlin; Alexandros Washburn, Chief Urban Designer, New York City for an outstanding public lecture on our field as the fusion of politics, finance and design. Also thankyou for the extraordinary occasional lectures by Emeritus Professor Jon Lang, John Zerby, Professor Peter Droege, and a three part tour de force by Professor Alexander Cuthbert. Thankyou all. We acknowledge the assistance of the Australian Government in providing travel grants in support of the International Studios in Spain, facilitated at UNSW by Michelle Kofod of the International Office and Janina Jancu at UNSW Scholarships. Finally an especially important thankyou to Professor Alec Tzannes, Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment; Professor Alan Peters, Director of the Graduate School of Urbanism; Professor Bruce Judd, Director Australian School of Architecture and Design; the BECU team; Cassandra James and the EEU team; and administrative assistants Kathy Argyropoulos, Lisette Araujo, Cheryl Brown and Vanessa Blount; for their dedicated support and general goodwill for the MUDD program.
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