IMPORTANT: The ICTC Society will not be providing abstracts in paper format at the conference. Submission of full papers is optional for presenters and these will be placed on the web post conference and delegates will be given a password to access full papers. This Book of Abstracts is based on the Final Program revised 4th October, 2011.
ICTC 2011 Final Book of Abstracts For Oral Presentations
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Oral Presentations Abstracts – Wednesday 26th October, 2011 Session 1 Official Opening Session 1: Keynote Presentation
0900 - 0920 0920 - 1020
Life Between Buildings: People Places are Sustainable Places David Sim Senior Consultant and Director, GEHL Architects Copenhagen, Denmark david@gehlarchitects.dk
Abstract To be provided
Session 2A:
BIDs/Town Centres
1020 - 1050
Auckland Region: A tale of 47 BIDs Partnering with One Council Annie Inwood Economic Development Advisor / Auckland Council / New Zealand Phone +64 9 307 7687; Fax +64 9 369 5484; annie.inwood@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Following a central government review, the Auckland region has gone through a massive governance change with eight councils combined into one – Auckland Council. The Mayoral Vision is for Auckland to be the world’s most liveable city and the Auckland Council draft Economic Development Strategy mirrors that with its primary goal aimed at Auckland being a business friendly and well functioning city. We look at the implications of the amalgamation and Auckland Council’s future goals for the 47 business associations in the Business Improvement District (BID) programme and the challenges this presents for these organisations in their partnership with Council. To enable this partnership to grow and evolve, a new regionwide BID Policy is in development and this raises questions about how the BIDs in Auckland will look and operate in the future. The BID Policy is only the first step as Auckland Council works towards building a stronger partnership with the business associations. It needs to be part of a toolbox of local economic development approaches which could be used to enhance the economic success of Auckland’s business areas.
Revitalising the Retail Sector from Within with Visual Merchandising Makeovers & Marketing Mentoring Incentives Bronwyn Clarke Project Manager / Lane Cove ALIVE/ Australia Phone 02 9428 5755 Fax 02 9428 5755/ bronwyn@lanecovealive.com.au
Lane Cove ALIVE is the organisation charged with being the catalyst for the revitalisation of Lane Cove Village. Over the past 3 years, 30 businesses have had the good fortune to have had the assistance of Ching Ching Lee, Visual Merchandising Makeover Specialist and Linda Hailey, Marketing Mentor Specialist, working with them on a one on one special program. Lane Cove ALIVE has provided businesses with consultancies designed to capture the essence of their individual business and bring it to the fore either visually or through strategic marketing. By investing in their business makeovers and marketing programs they and Lane Cove ALIVE are ‘Place Marketing’ the whole Lane Cove Village. The word ‘Inspirasi’ comes to us from Indonesia and has been used in a unique way to encourage the participation of local businesses in refreshing their businesses. Following the ‘Inspirasi’, an evening of inspiration and gorgeous food and refreshment, businesses are invited to put themselves forward to undertake design and business audits which will form the
basis of their individual revitalisation programs. Bronwyn will present before and after case studies demonstrating the dramatic positive impact that can be made, often using very simple and low cost methods. The presentation will be highly visual and will include captured videos of the appreciative businesses. KEYWORDS: Marketing Mentoring, Visual Merchandising Makeovers, Place Marketing
Rebranding and Repositioning Business Precincts in the City of Newcastle Greg Fenwick Economic Development Coordinator / The City of Newcastle / Australia Phone 61 3 8317 3472 Fax 61 3 8317 3666 daniel.khong@vicurban.vic.gov.au
Recent research undertaken by VicUrban suggests that there is a large gap between what we need in activity centres, and what is actually being delivered. The research draws on expertise including – economics, development, retail tenanting, place management, architecture, urban design and planning. For many years there have been calls for mixed-use activity centres to be developed with fine-grained, street-based, activefrontage. However, these terms alone are not sufficient to define ‘real’ places which foster local communities, lifestyles and economic opportunity. Most new activity centres have four characteristic failings: 8 Limited and formulaic use mix, with standard tenancy listings; 8 Ownership in the hands of few, and often only one entity; 8 Privatised open-space masquerading as public realm; and, 8 Absence of significant and diverse employment opportunities Studies of several activity centres in Melbourne reveal that there are a consistent set of attributes for successful places, regardless of when they were developed. These are: 9 Density of Tenancy 9 Diversity of Tenancy Type 9 Density of Business Ownership 9 Density of Tenancy or Building Ownership 9 Diversity of Delivery Participants The presentation will outline the analysis, how conclusions have been drawn, and new strategies for the design, development and governance of mixed-use activity centres. KEYWORDS: activity, centre, local, economy.
How can real world places compete in the age of the Internet? Understanding the value of authenticity, relationships and exchange. Sunny Haynes Village Well phone: +61 3 9650 0080 fax: +61 3 9949 0439 / sunny@villagewell.org
This presentation will highlight the changing expectations people have about their real-world shopping experiences in the age of the Internet. The session will highlight the ways in which technology has transformed the way we live, shop, work and socialise and what this means for our main streets, shopping centres and neighbourhoods. As activities break free from the confines of proscribed locations such as the office, the home or the classroom, we need new dynamic and multifunctional spaces that respond to this transformation. We are moving from a world of nouns to a world of verbs, where activity can take place any time and anywhere. The value of authentic local experience and relationships will be presented as a key way in which the real world can compete against the convenience and value for money of the online world. Participants will be asked to consider what authenticity means to them and results from action research by members of the Village Well team will be presented.
Session 2B:
Community Building & Consultation
1050 - 1230
yourplan | Callan Park masterplan interactive web consultation tool Adrian McGregor McGregor Coxall Australia P +61 2 99773853 / adrian.mcgregor@mcgregorcoxall.com
In the early 1800’s landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead helped select the site for the McLean Hospital in the Boston area of Massachusetts, now a world leader in the treatment of mental illness. Modern psychiatric care has undergone major shifts due to clinical and human rights advances with the healing aspects of landscape becoming increasingly understood by the community. This paper will investigate the community led transformation of the 60ha Callan Park site in Rozelle, a site of significant historic and ecological value to Sydney. In the late 1800’s Kirkbride was designed by the NSW Government Architect to be a leading international facility for mental health treatment. 100 years later in 2003, mental health facilities were moved off the site and the community fought to have an Act of Parliament created to ensure it is protected from development. After two government led masterplan proposals failed due to protests by the local community, Leichhardt Council engaged the McGregor Coxall team to begin a new process in 2010. A custom interactive web 2.0 consultation tool called ‘yourplan’ was specifically designed by McGregor Coxall for the project to harness interactive community feedback in a transparent way. The tool attracted more than 1,500 users who created around 80,000 page views over a six month period. The consultation process created an innovative mental health framework to deliver a successful masterplan. The stage is now set for Callan Park to regain its former role in community health as a modern ‘Wellness Sanctuary’. KEYWORDS – Community, Consultation, Wellness, Mental Health
Who’s a Friend of Callan Park? Ilona Van Galen Director / City Marketing
Abstract to be provided
Late Night Economy: Listening To The Community Sider, Daphne Communications Director/ KJA
How do you craft a strong Night Time City Policy? For the City of Sydney, commissioning local and international experts to undertake research to discover what works was a key element. Equally important, however, was engaging with a broad spectrum of Sydneysiders to find out what they want from their city at night. The City commissioned KJA to undertake a wide-ranging engagement program with a difference: the results of this program would be used to actually shape the policy, rather than feeding into an already-developed draft policy. KJA’s challenge was to ensure that all stakeholders – from resident and workers to business and government agencies – had the opportunity to participate. Our engagement program included a range of activities tailored to specific community sectors, from a high-level sector roundtable geographically-based forums and focus groups tailored to specific interest groups. Additional activities, such as the City of Sydney’s first-ever online forum and a street outreach program, ensured that voices from across the community were able to contribute to the development of the policy.
The Diminished Community Voice in the Non-Government Welfare Sector? Dr Sue Mutton University of South Australia Phone: 08 87 252470 / Fax: 08 87 351 460 / Suzanne.mutton@unisa.edu.au
Single stand alone non-government charitable welfare organisations that were established in the 1970s as a result of the Whitlam government’s push to establish community control of community issues are now particularly vulnerable because of the economic rationalist policies of successive governments. The boards of management of these organisations were drawn from the community who had a particular interest in their community and the issues that were facing it. However, in recent years, these organisations have been faced with government requirements such as competitive tendering, top down managerialist policies and rigorous reporting requirements. Such government policies have made the role of these boards of management tenuous and have wrested control from the community back to the government funders. The small single issue welfare organisation is now disappearing, being swallowed up by the large, often faith based, organisations who are favoured by the government funders as service providers under the funder, purchaser, provider model. The notion of community control of community issues is rapidly disappearing. The presentation will look at a unique exploratory study carried out in South Australia that looks at the issues for small, single issue, non-government community organisations from the boards of management’s perspective. The study highlights the changes that have occurred in recent years for both the organisations and the board members concerned. The findings of the study will show that the small, single issue welfare organisation is rapidly disappearing, being replaced by the very large, often faith based organisations The notion of community control of community issues has disappeared. .KEYWORDS: charitable welfare organisations; boards of management; competitive tendering; economic rationalism; community control.
Session 2C:
Sustainable Cities & Towns
1050 - 1230
Canberra – Strategic Planning For The Second Hundred Years Catherine Keirnan
AILA, RLA /Directorate of Environment and Sustainable Development/Australia One hundred years ago, Australia celebrated Walter Burley Griffin’s visionary plan for Canberra, a capital city anticipated to accommodate a population of 75,000 citizens. The city is now home to around 350,000 people, and population projections indicate an increase to 500,000 by mid century. How and where should people live, work and play in the national capital in the 21st century in response to local, national and global challenges? Canberra has to face up to sustainable development issues such as carbon neutrality, housing affordability, transport, health and economic viability. How can current planning respect the planning legacy from the last 100 years whilst adapting the city to meet future needs? And most importantly, what voice do the people have about the planning for the city they live in? The ACT Planning Strategy, a strategic plan for Canberra which is currently being developed by the ACT Planning and Land Authority, (now part of the Directorate of Environment and Sustainable Development) seeks to address these questions. This ambitious and important plan is the product of extensive research, investigation and community engagement. By understanding the existing city, establishing clear objectives for managing its growth and adaptation over time, and engaging Canberrans in an ongoing conversation about the city’s future, the strategy combines expert knowledge and community aspirations. This paper reviews the processes and the outcomes of the ACT Planning Strategy, illustrating how a designed city can be adapted with the involvement of its citizens. This abstract will only be used for consideration for selection as part of the conference program and should be submitted together with the Abstract Submission Form. Full papers are not compulsory, however we request that presenters strongly consider expanding on their abstract and submitting this prior to the conference. A book of abstracts will be placed on the ICTC website. Expanded abstracts and full papers will also be placed on the ICTC website but will only be able to be accessed by delegates who attend this conference. KEYWORDS: ACT Planning Strategy, increasing population, citizens involvement
When Bigger Isn't Better - A Case For Small Houses Lea Durie Land Development Agency / ACT/ Australia 02 62050477 lea.durie@act.gov.au
A 2011 article in the Weekend Australian highlighted the perverse size of Australian houses in comparison to those in Europe and, even more alarmingly, North America. While our building codes are moving towards developing houses which are considered sustainable, demonstration villages around Australia are still showing houses, which may rated up to 8 for energy efficiency, but are often in excess of 200m2. Architecture magazines are filled with examples of stunning ‘sustainable’ renovations which double the floor of a modest sized home perfectly acceptable to house a large family a generation ago. Can this amount of space and consumption really be considered sustainable? How much space does a household really need to be comfortable? In some pockets there is a move to a more compact house, usually to meet a level of housing affordability. The ACT Land Development Agency is developing a demonstration precinct of compact houses which are designed with sustainability in mind and intended to be delightful to inhabit. This paper will explore some of the examples in Australia of well designed and desirable small houses and investigate any evidence of a rumoured trend away from bigger and bigger houses. It will also discuss why smaller houses make sense and what it takes to makes a small house immensely liveable and more sustainable. KEYWORDS: Sustainable, architecture, houses, compact, liveability
A ‘Quality of Life’ Master Plan Approach for Australia’s Regional Cities and Towns Brigitte Buchholz MPIA/Arup/Australia Tel: +61 2 9320 9225 Brigitte.Buchholz@arup.com
More than a quarter of Australia’s population lives outside capital cities, a fact that highlights the importance of regional centres as the focus of civic, health, education, culture and local identity for many people. Despite this, there seems to be a focus on the planning and development of our major cities - and while regional centres face equally challenging planning issues, they tend to receive less attention and often have limited staff, budget and other resources to support holistic planning policies or inclusive consultation processes. This presentation will outline an approach to sustainable master planning, developed for the Nowra CBD, which focuses on strengthening the existing community through “easy win” projects, covering physical initiatives as well as behaviour-change strategies that are fundable under local council budgets. An integrated team of urban designers, engineers, economists, sustainability experts and transport and urban planners worked closely with council staff and community representatives to create an inclusive, well-informed master plan which seeks to address the high expectations and challenges of urban renewal. Does this ‘Quality of life’ approach have the potential to become a blueprint for master planning regional centres? The presentation will assess whether the proposed strategies provide useful guidance on how to deal with climate change and population growth; how the master plan seeks to reduce car dependency and counteract social isolation; and the likelihood of the proposed initiatives and actions to become catalysts for positive change – aiming to unite community members to participate, encourage politicians to take bold decisions and convince private developers to invest.
KEYWORDS: masterplan, holistic, strategy, regional, renewal
Session 2D:
Urban Lifestyles/Revitalisation
1050 - 1230
Delivering a New Town Centre Nick Tobin General Manager, Willoughby City Council Phone: (02) 9777 1010 Fax: (02) 94196644 / Nick.Tobin@Willoughby.nsw.gov.au
The City of Chatswood was described as a City with no heart and soul. After 6:00 p.m. it was a ghost town. Vacancies in commercial office towers were increasing as tenants moved to outer lying suburbs. With excellent transport options, Chatswood could have it all but Council needed to bring about change to the City which would create the heart and soul. The development of The Concourse, a $172M Cultural and Performing Arts Precinct, funded by a medium sized metropolitan Council, will deliver when it opens in September 2011: o o o o o o o o
a 1,000 seat Concert Hall a 500 seat Theatre a 5,000 sq m City Library a 500 sq m exhibition hall 2 studios 3,000 sq m of complimentary retail space 400 parking spaces; and associated support facilities
In 2001, Willoughby City Council presented a paper on this topic at the ICTC Conference in Hobart presenting the vision. The vision has now been realised. This presentation will detail the long road to achieve the rebirth of Chatswood. View the website: www.TheConcourse.com.au KEYWORDS: Revitalisation, Cultural, Vision rebirth
Green Park, Brown Park, Future Park – the third wave of city park making Amalie Wright AILA, RAIA/Senior Associate, Hassell/Australia Phone +61 7 3914 4000 Fax +61 7 3914 4100 Email awright@hassell.com.au
This paper draws together contemporary explorations in city park making, identifying an emerging ‘third wave’ that enriches current approaches. First wave Green Parks vary in form but share one purpose: to provide a place of refuge away from the everyday. Refuge is articulated by creating the park as a piece of nature; sanitised, well maintained, but undeniably not city. The desire for a park comes first, and the land needed for its establishment identified, often before a supporting population exists. Opposingly, second wave Brown Parks are distinguished by their existence in locations where parkland use was neither contemplated nor planned. As cities have depleted their green landbanks, Brown Parks have emerged opportunitistically, on the parts of cities that have outgrown their previous role and usefulness. Responding to contemporary complexities and contradictions of creating inclusive, accessible, resilient urban places demands more than two ways of making parks. Recent explorations have coalesced around four broad themes: ⁄ Linkages: city- or region-scale initiatives linking disconnected land parcels to form continuous and varied parkland systems; ⁄ Obsolescences: assessing projected lifespans of existing and poorly functioning landuses and infrastructure that could be transformed; ⁄ Co-locations: enabling parks in conjunction with other land use functions; ⁄ Installations: exploring alternatives using temporary or seasonal parks. Each approach requires both a particular insight into public space opportunities, and a collaborative, empowered regulatory environment to realise the potential benefits. Third wave exemplifies an increasing agility in responding to the urgent challenges of global urbanisation, mobility, changing demographic profiles, carbon dependency, resource depletion, and the disconnect between market and stewardship imperatives. KEYWORDS: city parks, linkages, obsolescences, co-locations, installations.
Smoke Free Public Places – A Healthy Challenge for Local Government Mark Dwyer Manager Environmental Health / Hobart City Council Ph; 03 6238 2737 Mobile: 0418 138 805 Email: dwyerm@hobartcity.com.au
Tobacco smoking remains the single greatest preventable cause of illness and death in Australia and the prevalence of smokers in Tasmania is higher than the national average. Research shows that there is no safe level of tobacco consumption and no safe level of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). The Hobart City Council has taken a local government leadership role and introduced smoke free public places in Hobart’s central business district after undertaking a comprehensive business and community survey on the issue. The smoke free areas include Hobart’s two pedestrian malls, incorporating businesses with alfresco dining facilities, and the bus mall. The challenges for the Council were how to effectively publicise and introduce the smoking bans and then how to effectively police and enforce the bans given the significance of the changes expected in local community standards and behaviours. There are some essential steps for councils to consider in order to successfully introduce and police smoke free public places. KEYWORDS: tobacco, smoking bans, survey, introduction, enforce.
Perry Lakes – The Renewal Project Ross Holt Chief Executive / LandCorp/ Western Australia T: 08-9482 7426 – E: ross.holt@landcorp.com.au
Demolishing an iconic sports stadium and replacing it and the surrounding site with a modern, mixed density housing development is always going to present challenges. Add the sensitivities of the development being in the middle of a wellestablished, green and leafy suburb and the challenges are magnified. That was the situation the Western Australian Government faced when it announced plans to redevelop Perry Lakes Stadium in Floreat Park. The ageing stadium had held special meaning for many Western Australians since 1962 when it was built for the VII British Empire and Commonwealth Games and had later been the venue for major events from international sports to concerts. The Perry Lakes redevelopment, just seven kilometres from Perth city and close to the beach, shops and other amenities, sees the precinct taking shape as a hub of housing diversity. It will have up to 600 homes including detached homes, town houses and small apartments and extensive open space areas. Following an Act of Parliament in 2005 enabling the redevelopment, the State’s property developer, LandCorp, has taken the project through concept planning, extensive community and stakeholder consultation, structure planning and subdivision design. Work on the 15.6 hectare site is now well under way with a strong focus on incorporating the history of the site in the landscape including retaining the stadium scoreboard as an architectural feature. There is keen interest in the opportunity to establish new homes in the highly-valued suburb with the first lots selling quickly at auction in December 2010. KEYWORDS: Perry Lakes, redevelopment, housing, diversity
Session 3A:
Place Making
1330 - 1510
Safety Strategies in Central Geelong – Beyond CCTV Cameras Steve Bentley Manager - Events Central Geelong & Waterfront / City of Greater Geelong sbentley@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
Due to Federal and State Governments handing out significant amounts of funding to local authorities there has been an influx of CCTV cameras in cities and towns over the last 3 years. Along with this is an increased interest (mainly from Councillors) at other local Government areas who are thinking “Should we go down the CCTV path or not?” This presentation is from a regional city who took the plunge into CCTV 7 years ago. Starting with 6 wireless cameras and now with 27, Steve will talk of the lessons learned and what Geelong would do differently if they had their time again. But more importantly this presentation will talk of all the other Safety Initiatives that the City of Greater Geelong has trialled and implemented along the way…..and there are many. This is an opportunity to learn from a regional Council, with a significant city centre, which has been willing to explore a broad range of safety initiatives. Not all have worked and some are doing just fine. Come along hear the good, and the bad, to gain some appreciation and learnings to take back for your own safety plans.
‘Making your Place’ – Turning a Red Light District to a Green Light Susan Denholm Place Making Facilitator / Newcastle City Council sdenholm@ncc.nsw.gov.au
This presentation tells the story of how working with local people can generate many benefits. It outlines what steps were taken along the way. The process may appear more time consuming initially, however it makes for better planning, increased community satisfaction, on-going commitment and less likelihood of issues when it comes to implementation. There are physical place-based outcomes of an improved place which works well for the community and reflects the ‘personality’ of the place as best known by those who use it. There are financial outcomes of attracting grant funding due to the demonstrated community support and passion for the project as well as in-kind contributions. And, perhaps most importantly, there are people outcomes; mutual respect as well as increased understanding and appreciation of those mystical Council processes. The development of new friendships between those who live as neighbours but have rarely interacted and the fostering of community enthusiasm to get out and be involved in making a positive difference to a place. Citizenship is still alive, but searching for a way to work in our society layered with ‘red-tape’.
KEYWORDS: placemaking, masterplanning, citizens, community, playground
‘Crowdsourced Placemaking’ Kate McMahon Director of Placemaking/Village Well/Australia T: 03 9650 0080 / F: 03 9949 0439 / E: kate@villagewell.org
Over the last half century the process of designing and planning places has increasingly become the work of built environment professionals – architects, planners, landscape architects, retail and leasing specialists, developers and urban designers. But if you ask any of us to name our favourite place, a place where we go to drink coffee, to people watch, relax, shop or just hang out; if you ask us to name a place we care about, rarely will any of us nominate anywhere designed or built in the fifty-five years since the first Urban Design Conference at Harvard in 1956. What has changed since the 50s? Of course, we can point to the rise of the automobile, and the influence of Modern planning, but it seems unlikely that these factors alone account for the fact that as a culture we seem to have lost the art of making great places. Increasing professionalisation and specialisation, and a concomitant hierarchisation have increasingly excluded the people being designed for from the design process. Placemaking as a movement seeks to return part of the work of making our places to the traders, the residents, workers, business owners and small scale property owners who understand and care about their place. Placemaking seeks to strengthen the powerful bottom up design processes, and balance out the necessary top down masterplanning processes. A key strategy for this process is ‘crowdsourced Placemaking’ Crowdsourced Placemaking is not new; it’s a traditional way of creating places which is as old as our villages and towns. There are many approaches to crowdsourcing in Placemaking, this presentation will cover some current Village Well projects as well as the use of geolocation technology and social media to achieve today some of the social and place based benefit that a barn raising did historically.
KEYWORDS: placemaking, planning, developing, urban design
Lismore - People with a city in mind? Isaac Smith Councillor/Lismore City Council/Australia (ph) +61 2 6621 6694 (fax) +61 2 6621 6654 isaac.smith@lismore.nsw.gov.au
This is a case study on Lismore, a regional service centre in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales. Like all regional service centres its CBD was developed on a much wider catchment and is facing the dual pressures of a declining urban centre and booming coastal develop. Council, partnering with commercial operators, acknowledged the need to stop doing “business as usual” and focus on returning the City of Lismore to its position of regional leadership in the hearts and minds of residents and visitors. Presented from a staff and councillor perspective, we will provide an insight into how place making and BID management has revitalised Lismore's CBD. This includes how a City Centre Manager role was established, the importance of creating a new powerful 'come to the heart' brand and the pivotal role of creating a raft of CBD activities. This new “Private/Public” partnership allowed us to focus on our acknowledged strengths which include local farming businesses, creative industries and service centre pursuits. Through these changes, Lismore is once again becoming the heart of the Northern Rivers. KEYWORDS: Lismore, Placemaking, BID Management, Revitalization, CBD
Session 3B:
Community Building & Consultation / Managing Growth / Infill & Redevelopment 1330 - 1510 Western Sydney Parklands: Your Parklands, Your Plan David Robinson Communications Project Manager / KJA Yolanda Gil Manager, Place and Programs, Western Sydney Parklands
The Western Sydney Parklands covers 5,280 hectares and stretches along a 27 km corridor across three local government areas. Over the past three decades successive NSW Government’s have invested more than $400 million to acquire the land to make up the Parklands. In 2006 the Western Sydney Parklands Trust was established to oversee future development and management of the Parklands. The scale of the Parklands and the diverse range of stakeholders posed a complex and significant challenge in developing a cohesive framework for the Parklands ongoing management. In 2010, the Trust in conjunction with KJA undertook a broad program of consultation to develop a 10 year Plan of Management to set the vision and strategic direction for the Parklands future. The consultation program needed to consider a vast array of diverse interests, including small agricultural land holdings, major sporting venues, large infrastructure requirements and the necessary transport corridors that already existed within the Parklands. Faced with these challenges, the Trust was also required to develop a self funding model for future management and also secure open space within the Parklands to cater for the recreational requirements of western Sydney’s growing population. The communications and consultation program developed by KJA covered a broad range of tools and activities to engage with Parklands stakeholders and the community. The results of this process contributed to a Plan of Management that was supported by all major stakeholders and was endorsed by the NSW Government in January 2011.
2029 and Beyond - A Vision by and for the Community of the Greater Geraldton City Region Andrea Selvey City of Geraltdon-Greenough, Australia Ph: +61899210528; Fax: +61899566674; andreas@cgg.wa.gov.au Phil Melling City of Geraltdon-Greenough, Australia Ph: +61899566600; Fax: +61899566674; philm@cgg.wa.gov.au
There is extensive evidence of the serious impacts on local communities servicing major mining regions where a lack of visionary planning coupled with rapid population growth and large ‘fly-in-fly-out’ workforces, have seriously reduced the liveability of communities. There are examples that demonstrate that conventional planning approaches have failed. Armed with this evidence along with increasing community apprehension at the potential loss of identity, lifestyle and impacts on the natural environment that could come with rapid growth, the City of Geraldton-Greenough launched an innovative community engagement process. The aim of the process was to bring everyday citizens together with decision-makers, in joint learning about the best way to co-create the desired future for our community. The process to-date has included: • World Cafes run by 30 volunteer community ‘champions’; • Civic Evolution, an online platform for community ideas to be progressed; • A survey of 3000 randomly selected individuals; • Deliberative Forum large scale deliberative forum in which randomly selected participants were surveyed at the start of the day, provided with an opportunity to hear from guest speakers, ask questions of them, discuss issues with other participants and then re-surveyed to see if there had been any chance in attitude on key challenges facing the community; • An Enquiry by Design Through this innovative planning project, Geraldton 2029 and Beyond, the community is being engaged in understanding the challenges and opportunities facing the region, collaboratively making decisions and taking action to guide the future sustainability of the region. The 2029 project is; • Developing an effective framework to engage the community in long range planning particularly in resource based communities; • Ensuring that mistakes associated with rapid development are avoided; • Avoiding the adverse impacts/costs of dealing with important issues on a case-by-case basis; • Minimise the risk of community backlash and stalling of key decisions;
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Developing our capacity for ongoing civil discourse on important community concerns; and Building greater consensus on strategic directions for our community.
KEYWORDS: Community Engagement, Deliberative Democracy, Regional Planning
Liveable Compact Cities – Meeting The Medium Density Challenge In South East Queensland Fran Toomey Council of Mayors (South East Queensland) T +61 7 3040 3480 / F +61 7 3211 5889 / E fran.toomey@seqmayors.qld.gov.au
Over the next 20 years, the South East Queensland Regional Plan provides for 754,000 additional dwellings to house an expected 1.5 million new residents. About 50% of these are expected to be medium or high density infill housing. While infill targets are being met, half the approvals are for detached, rather than medium density, dwellings. The aim of the Liveable Compact Cities Project, funded by the Australian Government’s Housing Affordability Fund, is to identify the policy, regulatory and market barriers to medium density development and propose some practical solutions. A SEQ wide community survey showed that a quarter of respondents are thinking of downsizing in the next ten years, while 52% want to remain in their local neighbourhood. Affordability, ease of maintenance and access to amenities and services are the key factors in choosing a smaller dwelling and proximity to neighbours and body corporate costs are the key detractors. The two planning standards that most affect viability of medium density developments are plot ratio and car parking. Consultation with the community and the development industry indicates a need for much greater diversity of smaller dwelling types. The experience of the development industry representatives we spoke to is that current restrictive lending practices are hindering development of new and innovative forms of smaller dwellings. Outputs include a Lifestyle Index that evaluates the relative costs and benefits of inner and fringe housing; guidelines illustrating the influence of planning provisions and development size on project viability, and further development of models of freehold title for attached dwellings. KEYWORDS: Infill, medium density, community, liveability
Park Planning, Activation & Renewal at Queens Domain, Hobart Greg Milne Hobart City Council
(03) 62 382 185 or 0408 552 743 / milneg@hobartcity.com.au The “Queen’s Domain” is Tasmania’s premier urban park incorporating more than 200 hectares of parkland directly adjoining Hobart’s CBD. It is one part of Hobart’s striking array of natural features and a cornerstone of the arrival sequence into Tasmania’s capital city. Each year almost 2 million people visit facilities and settings within the Domain’s bush land and riverside setting - all within easy walking distance of the CBD. The City of Hobart is actively seeking to improve the Domain and enhance its contribution to Hobart’s civic life. The Domain is used as a case study to outline the process being applied broadly across Hobart’s park and bushland estate to activate and upgrade the park facilities. Key components of the presentation include: • the Council’s approach to management and master planning - establishing a shared vision for the Park’s future • the engagement process (particularly the process used to reach consensus on the Park’s key values as a basis for management) • a peer review process Key challenges the park faces include: • understanding, respecting and revealing the past • character - improving the Domain’s identity as ‘one’ place with many things to do • improving access to the park and it’s key settings and views • regeneration - modernising facilities in a place steeped in heritage and catering for contemporary recreational trends • adaptive re-use - finding compatible uses for heritage places • programming - maximising community access and benefit and making the park more active across daily, weekly and seasonal cycles
KEYWORDS: Park planning, renewal, place making, public space
Session 3C: Sustainable Cities & Towns
1330 - 1510
YEERONGPILLY TOD, Brisbane Australia's Next TOD Soon To Be Tested On Humans!!! Phil Smith Associate Director/ Deicke Richards / Qld 0408 721 339 phil@deickerichards.com.au
By the time ICTC2011 starts, construction will have already commenced on the early release stages of Australia’s next TOD at Yeerongpilly in Brisbane. A joint demonstration project by the Queensland Government and the Brisbane City Council, Yeerongpilly TOD is intended to set the bar for development in the Sunshine State. Located on a bend of the Brisbane River, the heritage listed site once housed the Tennyson Power Station and the innovative Animal Research Institute but is now home to Pat Rafter Arena. In coming years the site will also accommodate around 2000 residents and 700 workers within a 10 minute train ride to Brisbane Central. As project leader of the Yeerongpilly TOD design consortium, Phil Smith will present the key ideas in the Concept Plan and discuss the proposed delivery mechanisms. He will ask if the low bar on sustainability currently set by state and federal legislative frameworks hampers innovation in ESD or whether it will encourage early-adopters in the market to jump higher. Either way, the timing of the Yeerongpilly project might just be right to show Brisbane the sustainable, sexy potential of TOD. KEYWORDS: TOD, Deicke, Brisbane, sustainability, design
The Universal Mobility Index: A New Tool To Measure, Compare And Track Equity Of Access Across All Parts Of The Built Environment Ralph J Green Director of Research / Visionary Design Development / Melbourne Australia Phone +61 3 9372 5651 Fax +61 3 9376 6020 / Email Ralph@vdd.com.au Mary Ann Jackson Managing Director / Visionary Design Development / Melbourne Australia Phone +61 3 9372 5651 Fax +61 3 9376 6020 / Email majarch@vdd.com.au
A new composite human development indicator – the Universal Mobility Index (UMI) – is introduced. A methodology is developed for the operationalisation of the index. The UMI comprehensively interlaces at the node formed by the intersection of current social understanding of disability and policy affecting physical access in the built environment. The Index quantitatively measures, comparatively rates and longitudinally tracks, equity of access. It is the first and only tool that measures the lived experience of physical access across all parts of the built environment; illuminating how barriers to mobility discriminately constrain the autonomy of PwDs to exercise their full human capabilities. The UMI empowers people with disabilities (PwDs) by incorporating their own assessments of barrier severity and prioritisation. A policy environment component scrutinises the inclusion of PwD opinions in the policy making processes affecting the built environment. Adoption of the UMI by government and non-government organisations can address the current fragmented nature of current access considerations across the built environment and the exclusion of PwDs in the policy process that shapes this environment. Results from piloting of the UMI at sites within Australia and the Asia-Pacific are presented. KEYWORDS: Access, built environment, equity, people with disabilities, universal mobility index
Community-Based, Social And Societal Entrepreneurship In International Cities, Town Centres And Communities Vanessa Ratten Deakin University/Australia Phone 92445046 Fax 9244 5533 / vanessaratten@gmail.com
Community-based, social and societal entrepreneurship have increased in importance in the past decade as globally more international cities, town centres and communities are interested in issues related to how to encourage a sustainable world for future generations. The aim of this paper is to discuss the importance of community-based, social and societal entrepreneurship by focusing on the most cutting edge research in the field. Both community-based and social entrepreneurship involve cooperative relationships in which resources are exchanged to create beneficial value for all parties involved. The objective of this paper is to discuss how many governments around the world encourage community-based and social entrepreneurship because of its ability to transform society. Society is changed as the notion of entrepreneurship is embedded within societal expectations about how constituents should behave. Existing norms within business and society mean that entrepreneurs
should be good citizens and focus on community initiatives. Both community-based and social entrepreneurship have received increased recognition as being part of contemporary society. Therefore, the studies of community-based, societal and social entrepreneurship deserve special attention as they are distinct forms of entrepreneurship that are integral elements of a global society. The conclusions of the paper is that community-based, social and societal entrepreneurship provides an opportunity for society, individuals, corporations, organizations and the government to address any unmet social issue. The main finding of the paper is that international cities, town centres and communities can achieve this through both philanthropic and government expenditures that involve the public and private sector.
KEYWORDS: entrepreneurship; societal trends; community initiatives
Stewart Island (NZ) – Towards Sustainability William J Watt William J Watt Consulting Ltd, Invercargill NZ (64) 03 2170114 / williamwatt@ihug.co.nz
Stewart Island (Rakiura) is New Zealand’s southernmost island. An important area in Maori legend and held in high regard for th the beauty of its natural environment since the early 20 century, it is the site of New Zealand’s latest National Park which covers 85% of the land area. The settlement of Oban (population 350) occupies part of the remaining 15%. The Island has an interesting history. European occupation has been characterised by periods of resource exploitation starting with sealing and whaling, some mining, milling of indigenous timber, and most recently, fisheries. All have brought prosperity to the inhabitants of Oban. All were unsustainable. Over the last 25 years the community has had to move from primary dependence on an unsustainable fishery, to dependence on a more diversified economy based on a managed fishery regime and a niche market visitor industry. In the process the community has also had to embrace, sometimes reluctantly, the new concepts of environmental responsibility and presenting a ‘clean and green’ image. The paper will outline the epochs of resource exploitation in the Island’s history. It will identify the changes that have taken place in moving to a more sustainable economy. It will discuss the challenges that have been faced by the community and the ways the community has responded to those challenges, in some cases with outstanding success and innovation. The conference presentation will feature images of this beautiful and very special part of New Zealand and present an overview of its scenic and environmental values. KEYWORDS: Sustainable communities, environmental tourism, community resilience and innovation.
Session 3D:
Development Challenges
1330 - 1510
Procurement Framework For Major Property Redevelopment Projects Guy O'Connor Partner, Maddocks Lawyers, Australia Phone +61 3 9288 0522 Fax +61 3 9288 0666 Email guy.oconnor@maddocks.com.au Marine Nincevic Partner, Maddocks Lawyers, Australia Phone +61 3 9288 0583 Fax +61 3 9288 0666 Email marine.nincevic@maddocks.com.au
In the current political climate there is increasing pressure on government land owners to increase the utilisation of their assets, in order to generate urban renewal. To achieve this, governments need to establish effective procurement processes and governance arrangements able to withstand the increased scrutiny of government regulators. Proper project assessment and planning of the procurement process are critical to the success of major property redevelopment projects and assist local government in extracting the best value for money and meeting project objectives. Taking into account the unique financial, statutory and political constraints on local government, this paper provides an examination of what constitutes best practice in developing a procurement framework and explores the effectiveness of various approaches taken by local government when dealing with large, complex and/or innovative property redevelopment projects, including: ♦
identifying project need and defining the project objectives
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business case development
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developing council's 'offering'
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specific property issues including site assembly and readiness for market
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assembling the team and governance structures
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market engagement
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key probity issues
A practical insight into some of the recent practices of local government and the lessons learned, through the use of case studies and the Ombudsman's investigations, will be discussed to assist local government and their advisers with identifying the key issues that need to be considered for the purposes of achieving a procurement framework tailored for local government major property redevelopment projects. KEYWORDS: property, development, procurement, tendering, projects.
Participatory Urban Design in Kiribati – A Community Driven Solution John Tocker Director / Jerram Tocker Barron Architects Ltd john@jtbarchitects.co.nz
Kiribati comprises 33 islands spread an exclusive economic zone of 3.6 million km2 of the central Pacific. The land area is only 816km2, and the population is approximately 100,000. South Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, has a population of nearly 50,000 on a string of islets 19km long & averaging 250m wide. The highest point is 3.6m above mean sea level, the population density is extremely high and is the fastest growing urban population in the Pacific. This paper examines the “Sustainable Towns Programme” for South Tarawa, Kiribati, through a case study that outlines the challenges facing the expanding population significantly affected by climate change and consequent sea level rise. Consultation between local residents, government stakeholders and independent experts indicated an “enquiry by design” approach allowing for direct input from all key stakeholders. Inclusive, “enquiry by design” charettes were undertaken involving local residents as well as Government officials and technical experts. There was a real need to understand climate change and culturally specific requirements, as well as accepted Urban Design tenets. Lessons learnt are the benefits of an inclusive approach, how graphic techniques in charettes break down cultural and language barriers, the need to understand local settlement patterns, and the necessity to avoid solely skills based approaches when dealing across geographical and cultural boundaries. KEYWORDS: Urban Planning, Pacific, Climate Change, Public Participation, Sustainable Development.
Challenges For a Bypass Village – (or “Nothing But Flowers). Tarcutta NSW Edwina Marks / Lindsay Tanner Wagga Wagga City Council
Abstract to be provided
Session 4A:
Place Making
1540 - 1655
Hobart History-Hobart Today Alderman Marti Zucco and Alderman Ron Christie Hobart City Council 0414 444 414, ronchristie@netspace.net.au
Hobart was settled in 1804 when Governor Philip Gidley King sent Lieutenant John Bowen, with a party of 49 including 35 convicts, to establish a settlement on the River Derwent fearful that the French might try to establish a colony on the island. It is unique amongst Australia’s state capitals in that it continues to have a strong sense of its colonial, nineteenth century heritage and yet still happily enjoys the notion that it is nothing more than a big country town. This presentation by Hobart City Council Aldermen Marti Zucco and Ron Christie will provide delegates with an insightful look into Hobart’s past and the City’s diverse economic activities it undertakes, from the nationally renowned Taste Festival, the weekly Salamanca Markets, its internationally significant role in Antarctic research, to its role as the economic and services hub of Tasmania. Aldermen Zucco and Christie’s presentation will provide delegates with an insight into the strengths and challenges Hobart, as a capital city in a regional context, exerts and faces.
A Tale Of Two Cities – With People In Mind Bernie Cronin Director Community Development / Wyndham City Council / Australia Ph: +61 (03) 9742 0709 Fax: +61 (03) 9742 8103 Email: bernie.cronin@wyndham.vic.gov.au
AIMS To present two approaches to Placemaking and Community Development in Australia’s fastest growing city, Wyndham, Victoria. To inform on a range of strategies to: 1. 2.
‘Create’ new communities in growth areas – the fast approach; ‘Renewal’ of communities in older areas – the slow approach.
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Context: o Australia’s Population Policy o Victoria’s Urban Growth Boundary changes o Wyndham City Council’s Precinct Structure Planning and Neighbourhood Renewal • Objectives: o Create healthy, productive and liveable communities and town centres • Strategies: o Precinct Structure Planning o Social Infrastructure Planning o Community Development / Placemaking • Methods: o Evaluation of successful methods o Presentation of a matrix framework to implement Placemaking and Community Development initiatives in new and old neighbourhoods. CONCLUSION • •
Summary of a Framework for a Community Development Approach to Placemaking for ‘Greenfields’ Sites as well as ‘Renewal’ effectiveness of various methods in different neighbourhood locations
KEYWORDS: Placemaking, Community Development, Liveable Communities, Create, Renew.
Collaborative Urbanism; Cities Brought Back to Life By Their Communities Kylie Legge Place Partners
Abstract to be provided
Session 4B:
Mixed Use
1540 - 1655
The Why and How of Mixed Use Developments Susanne Pini Director- Head of Retail + town centres / Rice Daubney T:(02) 9956 2666, F:(02) 9959 3015 E:spini@ricedaubney.com.au
Why are mixed use developments seemingly the development mode of the moment? Are they just the latest planning phenomenon or do they respond to larger concerns of sustainability and community? Are we equipped as an industry to respond to the challenges of this model? This session aims to firstly establish the factors which have influenced mixed use developments with a view to understanding why this model is even a consideration. On the surface it is fraught with risk – development, design, commercial- with not many entities able to bring different uses to the table even as part of their portfolio structure let alone then juggling the seemingly contradictory objectives each use presents- the up side is a model which theoretically spreads the risk across different economic models and deals with a plethora of planning issues like connectivity, permeability, sustainability and activation. Secondly the session will look at the ingredients necessary for a successful mixed use development – what makes them work, how do you juggle competing interests, multiple stakeholders and multiple objectives? This will be explored by examining benchmark developments from around the world looking at the key design and planning elements to understand what makes them successful, interesting and or challenging KEYWORDS: mixed use, design
Economic Implications of Higher Density Living on Town Centre Sustainability Greg Davis Taktics 4
Abstract to be provided
Feeding Mixed-Use Regeneration: The role of food stores in delivering major town & city centre schemes Jonathan Knapp Director / SJB Urban Phone: 61 2 9380 9911 / jknapp@sjb.com.au
Food stores (supermarkets) will continue to feed the regeneration of our town and city centres as part of complex mixed-use schemes that will test their conventions and our appetites for ‘step-change’. For too long the major food retailers have relied on the big box, surface car park, edge of centre solution, which has destroyed existing centres. Over the past decades UK supermarkets such as Tesco and Sainsbury’s have reacted to the growing public backlash and media vitriol by delivering new store formats as part of mixed-use regeneration projects. Pushed by the planning system, Councils and community expectations the food stores are forced to shoulder more responsibility and pay greater consideration to their role in the function and prosperity of an urban centre. During my 8-years working in the UK I prepared a number of master plans for Tesco which sought to transform the quality, scale and function of town centres throughout the UK, particularly in the Home Counties (Essex and Kent). Despite the food stores serving as the catalyst for major urban change the community and media branded these schemes ‘Tesco Towns’, building further the argument against the ‘Tescopoloy’. In Australia we are already witnessing a change in business of Woolworths and Coles, and their second tier competition, as they increasingly alter the standard food store operation to occupy a central role and focus of urban regeneration projects throughout our suburbs and regional centres. But this is just the beginning and they can be pushed further. KEYWORDS: Mixed-Use, Regeneration, Supermarkets, Retail, Centres
Session 4C:
Regional Strategic Planning
1540 - 1655
Provincial Urbanism -Growth Planning for Small Urban Settlements Wayne Bredemeijer, MSc (Urbanism) Senior Urban Designer, Urbanismplus Ltd, New Zealand Phone: +64 9 3022488; Fax: +64 9 3022489; wb@urbanismplus.com
‘Provincial Urbanism’ is pioneered through an award-winning urban design and growth planning project underway in the worldclass wine and tourism region of Marlborough, New Zealand. Growing Marlborough is unique in that it is largely designed from the ‘bottom up’, consisting of individual town plans which respond to public space, traffic, land use and infrastructure provision issues in a practical and integrated way. A District-wide ‘top down’ reconciliation of growth distribution and public investment translated the individual growth plans into a coherent strategic vision. This is in stark contrast to conventional approaches, which often deliver less implementable outcomes, resulting from piecemeal settlement plans and infrastructure plans that are not aligned with growth strategies. The strategy is formulated in response to issues facing most provincial areas in Australia and New Zealand, including significant economic challenges, demographic shifts, small budgets, and looming energy and sustainability imperatives. Characteristics of this non-conventional approach to be presented include: Connecting the smallest communities and their needs with the big picture. New techniques to produce strategies in-situ and at high speed. Reconciling region-wide sustainability aims with the needs of local communities, places and environments. Gaining community and stakeholder input and unanimous support.
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The design of the strategy was led by Auckland-based urban design consultants Urbanismplus. The presenter has been the project manager of the strategy and will also draw from involvement in similar projects. Growing Marlborough was recognised by the New Zealand Planning Institute with a ‘Highly Commended’ award in March 2011. KEYWORDS: growth planning, strategic urbanism, rural towns, urban design.
Strategic Planning - A New Approach Using Modern Technology Alex Leith Spatial Analyst, Lester Franks +61 3 6231 2833 aleith@lesterfranks.com.au
Lester Franks is pioneering a new approach to strategic planning. The key elements of this approach are that it is rational, evidence based and policy driven. Through collaboration with the University of Tasmania Lester Franks has applied state-of-art four dimensional GIS software to characterise current land use patterns and use this to project a trend forward in time. Extensive research identified the forces that act on land use patterns and the relative influence of those forces. By quantifying the effects of the forces it is possible to build them into mathematical algorithms. In this way the impact on future development patterns of varying these forces on can be modelled. For example, an urban housing growth model has been developed that is sensitive to changes in infrastructure and can take into account current land-use planning. Current house locations are used to derive an empirical model to project future housing across a sequence of time periods based on parameters such as availability of infrastructure, proximity to public facilities, commuting times, and topographic position. The resulting tool allows strategic planners to model soft and hard infrastructure requirements and the impact of the provision of public and private facilities in development so as to better appreciate the impact of decisions. It allows strategic planners to develop a range of scenarios for policy makers to consider, and it allows policy makers to make rational decisions based on evidence. KEYWORDS: Urban Growth Modelling, Strategic Planning, Spatio-Temporal GIS, Participatory Planning Support Systems.
Session 4D:
Carbon Neutral Cities
1540 - 1655
Carbon Neutrality - China Style. A Presentation of Exciting New Approaches to the Design of Carbon Neutral Cities in China Robin Bradley Director, Urbanix Design Australia 612 80121512 / brd@ozemail.com.au
Discussion of recent proposals for carbon neutral cities in China with particular reference to projects which the author has been involved with. Specific reference to one particular project which will be discussed in detail. China is experiencing an unprecedented rate of growth in urbanisation. According to predictions, nearly 70% of the population will live in urban areas by 2035. China's urbanization rate will reach 48 percent in 2010, according to the Blue Book on Chinese Society released by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The need for new carbon neutral urban environments has never been greater and there has been a desire at central government level to achieve a level of carbon neutrality for new urban developments. The author will discuss some exciting new proposals to integrate: • Renewable Energy • Integrated transportation systems • Building technology • Urban farming KEYWORDS: New Carbon Neutral Cities
From Conventional Street to Naked Street Charles Nilsen City of Monash
Abstract to be provided
Oral Presentations Abstracts – Thursday 27th October, 2011 Session 5:
Keynote Presentation
0900-1000
The Power of Partnerships: Public-Private Partnerships and the Managed Business District Movement Mr Seth Grossman Director, Institute of Business District Management / Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
Throughout the world Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are challenging and re-shaping traditional assumptions of public management--its promises and performance--at the most local of government levels, the neighborhood and town centre. Key to this metamorphosis is the concept and application of public-private partnerships that merge public and private management technologies, public entrepreneurship, and social capital. This merger forges a distinctive form of public management-- publicprivate partnership management--an expertise within public administration--that brings together the knowledge and skills of business, government, planning, and community development in a collaborative manner and achieves a form of citizen-driven governance. When we look world-wide, the BID model is becoming a mainstream policy and management tool for local governments in collaboration with their business districts to apply entrepreneurship, social capital, and the management of public-private partnerships at the heart of community revitalization and development. We are challenged to examine how and why publicprivate partnership management is a distinct professional field, and further understand the role of business improvements districts in an evolving application of public-private partnerships that build local management capacity for community and downtown revitalization.
Session 6A:
1000 - 1030
Victoria Harbour - Creating Melbourne's Newest Square Luke Norden Development Manager, Urban Design Development / Lend Lease Phone: 03 9643 0015 luke.norden@lendlease.com.au
A city comes alive through its great civic places. World class cities have vibrant public spaces that pulsate with energy, promote sociability and buzz with interaction. They add character and soul to a city. As public stages, they provide the opportunity for magic making. A true civic space will be a magnet attracting celebrations, encouraging spontaneity, prompting a mixing of cultures, and, importantly, creating a sense of community and a feeling of belonging. The location of Dock Square being at the intersection between Collins Street and Bourke Street is significant in its own right. In the great tradition of Melbourne, Docklands deserves a great public place like Dock Square Lend Lease wishes to create that space. My presentation will explore the Master plan and the design concept work that has been done to date. We plan to have Dock Square delivered March 2013. Should you wish to discuss this further please contact me on the details above.
Session 6B:
1000 - 1030
TO BRING NEW CREATIVE PEOPLE TO LEARN, LIVE AND GROW NEW ENTERPRISES IN TASMANIA Peter Poulet Tasmanian State Architect Phone: 03 6233 8735 Fax: 03 6233 5400 Email: state.architect@justice.tas.gov.au
We can have sustainable and liveable communities in Tasmania. With careful planning and design of our cities and towns we can make improvements to the health and wellbeing of all residents. Our built environment can enhance our quality of life, economic prosperity and attract newcomers. Yet we need to start by growing our productive capacity – the ability to generate wealth, including social, environmental, intellectual, cultural and economic – as generators of shared value. By encouraging the education sector and its links to research our productive capacity along with our population can grow. Creativity and innovation will be valued and taught because education and its institutions help develop our shared values. In turn, this will have profound and positive effects on our city as we seek to mend and change the cultural fabric of our place to be more sustainable, liveable and robust. We will need to reinvent our settlement patterns, our transport, our educational provision and our social contracts. 1. CAPITALISE ON OUR GEOGRAHIC AND PHYSICAL ADVANTAGE… a. b.
Make Hobart Australia’s gateway to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica Strengthen linkages between education and research
2. CAPITALISE ON OUR SCALE AND CREATIVE CONNECTIONS… a. b.
Make Hobart a creative and entrepreneurial city Create an incubator for new ideas
3. CAPITALISE ON OUR PEOPLE AND ESTABLISHED INFRASTRUCTURE… a. b.
Make Hobart attractive to people learning and living in the city Establish a liveable community
4. CAPITALISE ON OUR NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT… a. b.
Make Hobart a carbon neutral city Establish an environmentally sustainable city
Session 7A:
Place Making
1100 - 1240
Public Art Planning and Policy Richard Brecknock MPIA [SU] Director, Brecknock Consulting P/L
Public art has long been recognised as an essential contributor to the physical expression of culture and creativity in the public realm. The presentation will consider the factors that encourage and nurture the development of a creative milieu and conversely the barriers that can so easily restrict creative thinking and cultural life. Richard will explore the role and potential of public art as a diverse area of cultural practice within this creative milieu. In countless cities around the world there are wonderful examples of public art that tell the story of the people, their histories and their aspirations, but do they just happen or are they the result of city policies and careful planning? The presenter will draw upon his twenty years as a public art consultant and cultural planner to explore the context in which public art is planned, conceptualised and executed. He will review the many policy and planning platforms that support the contemporary commissioning of public art in Australian cities, including government policies, percent for art obligations on the private sector and the role of art in plot ratio bonuses considerations. The presenter will provide a visual insight into contemporary practice and the incredible diversity of public art. He will show examples of permanent, temporary and ephemeral artworks from cities around the country.
A Tale Of Two Visions; The Challenge Of Retaining A Small Coastal Village, The Case Of Hastings Point Noni Ruker Director Ruker Urban Design/Sydney, Australia 61 2 95546995 & 61 2 95546998 noni.ruker@rukerurbandesign.com
Since 2007 Tweed Council on the far north coast of NSW has been working hard to resolve a bitter battle fought over the future of a small coastal settlement (Hastings Point) located between two beautiful natural coastal creeks and the ocean. The primary problem; polarised by landholders who were in favour of development and those that were not, was whether the settlement should be developed as allowed under the zoning or left totally unchanged. After years of the problem escalating, Council’s lead strategic planner; Iain Lonsdale, initiated the preparation of an urban design plan; a decision that was strongly supported by the community. Ruker Urban Design prepared the plan. The process uncovered that central to finding a solution was the misconception that all residential flat buildings by their very nature were poorly designed and that if buildings were of low height then all design problems would disappear. The process also uncovered that a lack of design guidance specific to the character of such a beautiful and unique place did invariably lead to architects and developers ‘importing’ designs from elsewhere with little regard for contextual issues such as the scale of the settlement, indigenous vegetation and existing mature trees, carparking, building length, streetscape character, privacy, overshadowing, material selection and building forms. It was central to the plan that such contextual issues were modelled to provide development controls for both small and medium sized buildings reflective of Hastings Point’s character that would define it as a beautiful and unique small coastal village nestled within the landscape. Such a tale is not unique to Hastings Point and is readily applicable to other small coastal and inland places both in NSW and abroad.
KEYWORDS: Managing growth, coastal urban design, place making, development challenges
Place Making Is Not (Just) Public Art Nicole Dennis PIA Member/AECOM/Australia Phone: +61 2 8934 0206 / Nicole.Dennis@aecom.com
What is place making? Place making is appearing more and more in planning and design dialogue, articles, blogs, conferences, briefs, tenders and now even policy. It is not a new phenomena, however, it is being pushed to the forefront of development debate as professionals and government planners and officials struggle to ensure successful ‘new’ and revitalised places. This paper seeks to provide a quantitative data set to inform a measurable framework for the design and planning of successful and active town centres. Whilst many great planners and designers have the ability to rely on their experience and intuition to make great places, there is still more to be learned from in depth measurable and quantifiable place study and analysis. KEYWORDS: place making, place making data, place attachment, new places, town centres, urban renewal, community building, planning and design, sense of place
PROSPECT and LOCATION: NATURAL and MAN MADE PLACES ON THE GOLD COAST Professor Gordon Holden Head, of Architecture / Griffith University, Queensland, 4222 Ph 0407965046 / g.holden@ griffith.edu.au
Gold Coast City is naturally endowed with a beautiful sea and land–scape. Its visual prospect is so ever-present and commanding that adjoining human-made places could be forgiven for falling short of the standards set by nature. But built places need not be overwhelmed. As we know from great towns and cities of the world they have the potential to lift to a comparable level of significance to that of natural places. When both are in harmony something very special happens. The natural environment can be discussed in terms of ‘genius loci’ or ‘spirit-of-place’ theory, while made places are appropriately discussed under ‘sense-of-place’ theory which premiates the human mind and hand in the making. When ‘senseof-place’ deteriorates to the level of a place having no distinguishing characteristics, then ‘placelessness’ is an appropriate way to describe the scene. With the Gold Coast rapidly growing and the city maturing as Australia’s sixth largest population, while it’s ‘spirit of place’ remains ever-present, in parts of the Coast transitional tensions have developed as a result of sense of place and spirit of place balance. Placelessness exists. Several milestone initiatives in strengthening sense of place are discussed in terms of fixed, semi-fixed and un-fixed elements of built places as well as in terms of their symbolism, functioning and contribution to the city’s urban vitality. Speculative interventions are also discussed that could steer Gold Coast to a healthy harmony across urbanisation, sense of place and spirit of place. KEYWORDS: Spirit-of-place, Sense-of-place, Placelesness, Urbanisation.
Session 7B:
Transport & Urban Communities
1100 - 1240
Generating and Accommodating People Trips not Vehicle Trip Timothy Cupitt Consultant, MRCagney Pty Ltd, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA +61 7 3320 3621 tcupitt@mrcagney.com
The current lack of appropriate trip generation data for Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and mixed use precincts has often led to these developments experiencing an oversupply of private vehicle infrastructure. Often this oversupply is at the expense of active and public transport infrastructure, leading to a degeneration of the urban environment. This has been diminishing our ability to deliver active vital mixed use places. This presentation examines the current methods for determining traffic and transport impacts of TOD and mixed use precincts and their shortfalls. Alternative methodologies and approaches currently employed locally and internationally have been investigated with the aim of identifying a way forward for Queensland. This way forward derives more appropriate transport provision, encouraging sustainable development and movement patterns as well as ensuring the provision of fair and appropriate transport infrastructure. KEYWORDS: TOD, Traffic Generation, Infrastructure
Rethinking Public Transport Facilities – Design With Passengers In Mind Andrew Batts Associate / Arup Pty Ltd / Australia (07) 3023 6155 (Ph) / (07) 3023 6023 (Fax) / andrew.batts@arup.com.au
If public transport is to become an attractive alternative to the motor car in Australia’s cities, the trip and the environs in which it is taken must offer an experience to passengers that they cannot get within the confines and flexibility offered by their private vehicle. Whilst efficiency and timeliness of services are generally the key attractors for people to make a modal switch, a significant opportunity to draw people to public transport, one that many do not recognize, relates to the potential for stations to provide a range of facilities and amenities that enable passengers to address multiple functions in the one trip. The station can therefore be designed to be a hub which provides both access to the public transport network and supports the daily convenience and personal needs of passengers. This paper will commence with a review of contemporary transport station design practice in Brisbane and consideration of the multiplicity of daily activities which passengers must address. From there, the paper will review examples of best practices in station design from other localities and finally identify the key opportunities for redesigning stations with the needs of passengers in mind in the Australian context. KEYWORDS: Public Transport; Transport Experience; Transit Oriented Design/Development.
The Transformation from Fossil Fuel Powered Urban Transport to an all Electric Transport Future: Electric Cars, Trams and Rail. Andrew Allan Senior Lecturer / University Of South Australia
Abstract to be provided
Transport Challenges of the Gosford Challenge City Centre Revitalisation Stephen Fairnham Manager, The Gosford Challenge / Gosford City Council
The Gosford Challenge Revitalisation Gosford is an important Regional City with a remarkable waterfront but it faces significant challenges as a legacy of the past piecemeal approach to planning. Unlike planning studies that have come before, this program is designed to lead to real projects, which will emerge from a masterplanning process. The Masterplan will not be piecemeal, and site by site. It will take an holistic view. A whole-of-Gosford view. The right buildings, for the right purpose, in the right places. There is unity of purpose behind the Gosford Challenge. Council, Lands and all state government landholders in the city centre are allowing their land to be used in the Masterplanning process. This is more than 150 hectares. The amount of land available means the Gosford Challenge has the critical mass required to make it feasible. Transport Challenges Historically, due to geographic constraints much of the arterial road network tends to travel along valleys and around water bodies and actually passes through the city centre local streets. This results is excessive traffic volumes and severe congestion at peak times. This extra traffic burden of through traffic is contradictory to the revitalisation objectives of the Challenge in terms of creating active spaces and promoting sustainable transport modes of cycling, bus and train. To address the challenge an innovative Gosford Transport Mobility and Accessibility Plan (TMAP) was completed with all transport agencies to develop an integrated approach and solution.
Session 7C:
Collaborative Design Processes /Infrastructure Planning & Development 1100 - 1240
The Use of Expert Design Panels to Improve Design Quality in Cities and Towns Elisabeth Peet Associate urban design/Arup/Sydney, Australia Phone 612 9320 9921 Fax No 6129320 9321 Elisabeth.Peet@arup.com
Consent authorities are frequently put in the position where they have no choice but to approve a proposed development which, whilst meeting the relevant planning controls, does not demonstrate appropriate design quality or capitalise on available opportunities to create better urban design outcomes. In the past, some consent authorities have attempted to address the issue of design quality through planning controls. The result has been instruments, plans and policies that are unwieldy, unreasonably onerous and without suitably qualified staff to interpret them, un-implementable. Architects and designers have complained that innovation and creativity has been stifled by overly prescriptive planning controls. In recent years, many local councils and some development agencies have put in place expert design panels. Whilst they do not ultimately give consent to development, they are able to influence the outcome, achieving better designed developments that have a positive impact on the public realm. This paper will examine the types of expert design panels that can be applied to development and the advantages of this process for consent authorities, proponents, and the general public. It will present a series of case studies which demonstrate how a proposed development was improved through the expert design panel process resulting in a development that exhibited higher architectural and urban design merit, contributing to a better urban environment.
KEYWORDS: expert design panels, urban design quality, architectural design quality, design quality and development consent.
The Design Charrette - A Community Design Solution Ms Colleen Worthy-Jennings Gosford City Council - Australia Tel 02 43258313 Fax 02 43232477 / colleen.worthy-jennings@gosford.nsw.gov.au
Gosford City Council successfully utilised a design charrette to guide and direct the development of the Gosford City Centre Masterplan. The Masterplan is an implementable design document that will guide the revitalisation of the Gosford City Centre. This presentation will outline the strategies and steps taken to ensure the community as well as government and business stakeholders were not merely involved in a process but actively led and owned the process and final outcomes. It will detail the intense preliminary work that is required to ensure the final charrette can be successful and the results are truly representative of research and deliberations of the participants.
KEYWORDS: Revitalisation of a city, community engagement, whole of government involvement, goals and objectives workshops, design charrette.
Car Parking Management: A Paradigm Shift Away from Supply and Demand Robert Boardman Director Development Services / City of Vincent Phone: (08) 9273 6004 & fax: (08) 9273 6099 / Rob.Boardman@vincent.wa.gov.au
The Town of Vincent is a vibrant inner-city local government authority, which is experiencing high levels of commercial development and infill residential development. With this growth, pressure is being placed on all facets of urban infrastructure. This presentation will explore the pressure such growth is placing on the Town’s existing car parking infrastructure (on-street and public car parks) as more people are expecting and vying for cheap, convenient car parking close to their destination. The approach to parking in the Town has been to ‘predict and provide’. However, due to the age and established nature of the Town, there is limited opportunity to provide more car parks or to increase the level of on-street car parking to satisfy growing parking needs. This current demand satisfaction policy is unsustainable and a paradigm shift in approach is necessary.
In 2010, the Town of Vincent adopted a revised Car Parking Strategy prepared by Luxmoore Parking Consulting, which examined and made recommendations on the existing and future car parking supply, demand and management. Supplementary Precinct Parking Management Plans were prepared for the Town’s five high activity centres, these provide recommendations to better support businesses in each area, improve utilisation of existing spaces and make it easier for drivers to find a space, whilst minimising the impact on adjoining residential areas. This presentation aims to highlight some of the issues associated with car parking demand and management and to identify some of the actions which are currently being implemented by the Town to ameliorate such pressure. KEYWORDS: Parking, infill, infrastructure, strategy
Mandurah Ocean Marina – Building A World-Class Facility Ross Holt Chief Executive LandCorp, Western Australia T: 08-9482 7426 / E: ross.holt@landcorp.com.au
The Mandurah Ocean Marina opened in 2001 as Australia's first fully integrated marina, seamlessly combining maritime, residential, commercial, tourism and recreational areas. The development, 70 kilometres south of Perth in Western Australia, has attracted international interest and received worldwide acclaim. This includes this year’s Marina Excellence Design Jack Nichol Award presented by the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses (PIANC) at the ICOMIA World Marinas Conference in Singapore in May. Fulfilling a 30-year community vision, the Marina was created on a strip of under-utilised and, in some areas derelict, crown land. It has twin harbours, North and South, which now host a range of lifestyle options including luxury resort accommodation, residential apartments and townhouses, restaurants, cafes, entertainment venues and a host of activities for boating and fishing enthusiasts. The development of the Mandurah Ocean Marina achieved a delicate balance between environmental and social objectives while creating world-class facilities and the foundation for ongoing financial viability. It has been the catalyst for phenomenal growth in Mandurah’s housing and tourism markets. In addition to more than 100 jobs created during the infrastructure phase, the development has created more than 600 ongoing employment opportunities and will have injected more than $900 million into the local economy by 2016. The development is a stand-out example of how regeneration can transform the character and appeal of a locality. It also highlights the results that can be achieved when the public and private sectors adopt a collaborative, team approach. KEYWORDS: World-class, regeneration, lifestyle, appeal, collaboration
Session 7D:
Housing Affordability Affordable Housing – We Know We Need It But Can We Accept It? Gabrielle Morrish GM Urban Design & Architecture
Abstract to be provided
1100 - 1240
Possibilities: Local Government and Affordable Housing Anne Gartner Moreland City Council / Moreland VIC
Drawing on examples from a decade's work in affordable housing this paper will focus on ways to preserve existing affordable housing and how to develop new stock options. Key areas to be explored include: -
signs of an escalating affordability crisis the rationale for local government to be involved in affordable housing how to effectively work across the community/private sectors working with Housing Associations the broad research base required; diverse communication approaches to engage with 'mums and dads', the tertiary educated, difficult to reach communites, passionate objectors and Councillors; and innovative designs.
It All Adds Up To A New Way Of Life Cr Anna Grosskreutz & Ms Robyn Douglas Sunshine Coast Council
In August 2000 the Sunshine Coast Council adopted an innovative and contemporary policy position in relation to housing affordability. The “Affordable Living Strategy” , the Strategy is considered to be the first of its kind in Australia. The policy position approaches “affordability” in a much broader integrated policy context – concluding that a new way of life is needed if in fact the Sunshine Coast is to be a more sustainable, affordable and inclusive community. The presentation will provide an informative insight to the audience in regard to how the policy evolved and the challenges and opportunities that have occurred in the first twelve months of implementation. The implementation of policy is often the biggest challenge and the Sunshine Coast Council has identified the need for behavioural change and a new way of thinking as a key for all stakeholders including government, industry and the community. The formation of the “Affordable Living Alliance”, development of a training package and youth engagement program, are a few of the initiatives to be discussed. An on the ground ‘green field project at Palmview on the Sunshine Coast will be utilised to showcase the opportunities. The presentation seeks to stimulate further debate at a National level to consider opportunities for “affordable living” and why this approach has been embraced as a way forward. “It all adds up to a new way of life”.
Are We Designing Mixed Tenure Developments Where People Want To Live? Eloise Atkinson Director / Deicke Richards 07 3852 8700(t) 07 3852 8701(f) / eloise@deickerichards.com.au
Federal Government funding under the stimulus package has encouraged mixed tenures in order to provide a social mix and reduce the concentration of disadvantage. This aligns with the direction of housing policy in both the UK and the USA. There are now a number of not-for-profit housing providers in Australia that have an asset base. Unlike state housing authorities, these housing providers have the opportunity, the capacity and the flexibility to leverage these assets with debt funding to provide new models of affordable and mixed tenure housing. These projects have a mix of social rental, affordable rental, market rental and market for sale units. There are numerous economic and design arguments for encouraging a mix of tenures and these go beyond the worthy pursuit of reducing the concentration of disadvantage. This presentation will explore how these project are performing financially and socially and look at whether they are places that renters and purchases what to live. Through the use of plans and images of case studies in Australia, the UK and the USA the presentation will explore what good design has to offer this new direction in housing. KEYWORDS: Affordable Housing, Social Diversity, Design, Architects
Session 8A:
Place Management & Place Marketing
1340-1520
Place Management in the Inner City; Why & How? Case Study Brunswick, Melbourne Kirsten Coster Director Economic Development, Moreland City Council, Melbourne Ph +61 3 9240 1248 Fx +61 3 9240 1246 / kcoster@moreland.vic.gov.au William Coogan Place Manager, Moreland City Council, Melbourne Ph +61 3 9240 2221 Fx +61 3 9240 1246 / kcoster@moreland.vic.gov.au
The population of Melbourne continues to grow strongly, both on the urban edge and within established areas. “Activity centres” have been identified in State Policy for over a decade, and most have adopted Structure Plans; however, management of the complex process of urban renewal and Structure Plan implementation has largely been reactive and piecemeal. In 2010, Moreland City Council adopted a comprehensive “Place Management” program to drive implementation of urban renewal in three “activity centres”. This paper aims to describe why Council adopted this approach and how it is evolving to meet the specific “place” circumstances of Moreland’s three activity centres. Place Management has evolved as a response to the perceived or actual inability of a large centralised bureaucracy (Council) to adequately respond to, and effectively lead, complex and dynamic processes of place-specific urban renewal. It is an attempt to reform local governance from a functional or “silo” service delivery approach to a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder collaborative approach. This paper will explore the case study of Brunswick, one of Melbourne’s oldest suburbs, currently undergoing profound and rapid evolution. It will explore how the Place Management approach is intervening in the context of local economic transition, population growth, rampant property speculation and a dynamic creative cultural mix.
KEYWORDS: Place Management, urban renewal, economic development, structure plan implementation, change management.
Passion, Pleasure & Pain in Place Marketing Nicole Sheridan & Ilona Van Galen City Marketing Pty Ltd / NSW
Abstract to be provided
Delivering Mainstreet Activities that Provide Benefit to Professional Services too! Jodie Smith-Reyntjes Executive Officer/ Central Geelong Marketing – City of Greater Geelong/Australia (03) 52724769 (phone)/ (03) 52724860 (fax) / jsmith-reyntjes@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
Professional services are essential to main streets. They provide employment, contribute to the mix of products and services on offer and provide essential business to business expertise. Some professional service businesses claim main street programs or special rate schemes are too retail focused and do not address their specific needs or provide programs that deliver benefit to them. Main street programs must ensure the needs of professional services are understood and initiatives need to be identified to encourage increased engagement, participation and satisfaction from this important business sector. This paper will outline some positive initiatives undertaken in Central Geelong to encourage increased participation by professional services including networking initiatives, business numbering, park and ride options for workers, parking maps, window theming, visual merchandising for professional services, website opportunities as well as training and professional development programs. This paper will outline the initiatives undertaken, how they are measured to demonstrate benefit and the successes, challenges and opportunities for improvement identified.
KEYWORDS: Main Street programs, Place Management, Place Marketing, Professional Services, Special Rate Schemes, Measurement.
A Federation of Urban Design George Wilkie Hobart City Council, Australia Phone: 03 6238 2907 Email: wilkieg@hobartcity.com.au
Urban design is the emerging profession throughout the World. Cities are being pushed and pulled in every direction to accommodate a contemporary set of big ideas. Cities with people in mind! Jan Gehl’s* team are stretched around the globe from New York to Hobart, influencing city fathers and senior public officers to embrace, Public Space and Public Life. The influence of Gehl in Australia can be felt from the Sunshine Coast, through, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Launceston, Hobart, Adelaide to Perth. In the wake of this influence, projects are being planned and implemented as our capital and regional cities respond to the looming requirements to re-configure to accommodate the needs of the Twenty First Century. Faced with a future with diminishing affordable energy, it is time to look at consolidation, conservation and sustainability. The cheap option of spreading every further into the rural and natural fringes of cities is becoming too expensive. Urban living space is a finite resource and must be evaluated and redeveloped with great care, this is the role for urban designers. What is an urban designer? This increasingly important service provider is very poorly defined. In Hobart an effort is being made to form a Federation of Urban Designers. This is attempting to create a centre of excellence where the urban design community can separate itself from the established professions of architecture, landscape architecture, town planning and municipal engineering; to combine the wide talents available in those professions, to work as federation for the commonwealth of all people living, working and visiting urban communities. *Gehl Architects, Urban Quality Consultants, Copenhagen, Denmark KEYWORDS: Urban design, local government, public space.
Session 8B:
Transport & Urban Communities
1340-1520
Town Centres And Public Transport: New Directions For Integrating Bus Facilities And The Main Street Mr Barry Watkins MRCagney Pty Ltd Ph: +61 7 3320 3600. Fx: +61 7 3320 3636. Em: bwatkins@mrcagney.com
Public transport is a key ingredient in developing vibrant cities and towns, but historically the provision of bus services and their required facilities has often created poor outcomes for the main street environment. The accumulation of buses, particularly outof-service ones, in a town centre can create an unappealing environment and can quickly impact on the functionality of the street and adjacent land uses. Resistance to change and a failure to appreciate the operational needs of bus service providers often leads to sub-optimal outcomes, that has lead some Councils to try and remove buses from their town centres. New approaches to the provision of bus facilities in town centres are focussing on the efficient use of space, whilst yielding attractive outcomes for the street environment. By understanding and balancing the needs of the travelling public, bus operators and other town centre activities, bus facilities that integrate with and activate urban spaces can be developed.
KEYWORDS: Public transport, buses, main streets, urban design, integrated design.
The Borlaug Jeopardy: The Conundrum We Face Mr. Terry J Dodds Group Manager – Public Works / MAIPM CPPD / City of Ryde / Australia Phone Australia 02 99528101 Fax 02 99528138 / tdodds@ryde.nsw.gov.au
My aim is to show planners and legislators that there has been a method of transportation overlooked within Australia. The ‘missing link’ which, when implemented, would substantially free up areas of medium density and: • • • • • • • • •
decrease congestion within cities and the urban environment and, at the same time, increase capacity for commercial and business transport, especially in peak hours (thus reducing the cost to business) allow greater and more seamless use of inter-modal hubs; without the parking conundrum currently faced at every railway station and major interchange encourage ‘single car’ or ‘occasional car’ use households; not through stealth, but because there is no requirement for a second vehicle (option available) reduce the cost of development for medium to high density residential apartments by between $18,000 to $48,000 each (reduction of one basement car space) increase ‘human integration’; the aged, lonely, depressed or less able bodied people would benefit as they would be better catered for with the (extra) transport solution substantially reduce pollution whilst drastically improving the amenity of the urban landscape; by reducing noise and pollution substantially reduce need for ‘end destination’ parking, substantially decrease transportation cost to both the community and individuals; and Decrease asset renewal or replacement expenditure per kilometre travelled.
The paper looks at why planners, strategists and legislators make the same errors around the Globe: continually providing outdated solutions that have a relatively short half-life which inevitably leads to a greater problem in the future. It explains that answers to problems that are evolving exponentially need managing using solutions that can organically evolve just as expediently without constant intervention. These problems haven’t been solved by Public Private Partnerships, and may not be solved by the latest idea by throwing Superannuant’s funds at them. The paper concludes; that with a very small change in one Federal and State regulation, that cities and their inhabitants could substantially improve many paradigms in parallel in a very short timeframe with minimal effort. It also shows that the transition phase, where historically there exists the most conflict, can be seamlessly managed; something that planners and politicians have had extreme difficulty achieving in the past. KEYWORDS: low impact urban transportation improvement amenity
Towards a More Transit Supportive City: Thinking Beyond The Ticket Line Toby Lodge Senior Associate / Hassell Presented by: Neil Hill
Abstract to be provided
Cockburn Coast – Integrated Transport And Land Use Planning Sergio Famiano Project Manager, LandCorp, Perth Western Australia (08) 9400 4300 & 0447 878 885 / Email – Sergio.famiano@landcorp.com.au
The Cockburn Coast is a significant project that will transfer over 143 hectares of former industrial land into an integrated and high amenity residential/mixed use area. Positioned adjacent to the Indian Ocean and just south of Fremantle – The cultural hub of Perth, the project will incorporate approximately 5,500 dwellings, providing a place for 12,000 residents and some 2 125,00m of retail and commercial floor space. As a major State Government Activity Centre initiative under Directions 2031, the project considers significant innovation in transport and land use planning and is working across government agencies to rejuvenate the South Fremantle Power Station site, a potentially major regional tourist and commercial and retail precinct. As the population of Perth is forecasted to reach 2.2 million by 2031, major urban consolidation projects like Cockburn Coast will play an important role in ensuring that Perth meets the demand for housing, jobs and infrastructure expected over the coming 20 year period. LandCorp and the Department for Planning are leading the project and are working across Government and private stakeholders to realise this exiting and landmark development for Perth. This presentation will outline the vision and potential of
the project and will have a focus on the approach taken by LandCorp to successfully undertake integrated transport and land use planning for the project. KEYWORDS: Cockburn Coast, Integrated transport, landmark, Directions 2031.
Session 8C:
Green Building & Healthy Cities
1340-1520
Green and Healthy Communities: A Framework for Successful Change Initiatives Kevin Luten UrbanTrans ANZ Pty Ltd +61 448 710 717 / lutenk@urbantrans-anz-com
If the work you are doing aims to achieve some sort of ‘change’… and if there are people involved in some way… then you are involved in a behaviour change project. Getting people to change habitual behaviours can of course be sticky business. Yet our need to shift behaviours toward greener and healthier communities is greater than ever. This presentation will present a clear and simple framework for thinking about behaviour change initiatives that can be readily used by a wide range of practitioners from a variety of professional backgrounds. The presentation will cover questions such as: • • • • •
How can shifting our thinking from ‘what’s wrong’ to ‘what’s working’ completely reframe our approach to behaviour change projects. Is it possible for programmes to focus on incredibly small changes and yet produce significant outcomes. When are financial incentives appropriate? When are they counter-productive? (Hint: it is more often than you might think.) Should behaviour change programmes focus more on the ways individuals act or on social dynamics? How will this presentation manage to talk about both Homer Simpson and Dr. Spock?
KEYWORDS: behaviour change; sustainability; green communities
The Case for Green, Healthy and Affordable Community Buildings Charles Nilsen City of Monash
Abstract to be provided
Why Quality Green Space Matters Everywhere and for everyone Carmel Boyce Director/Equity Justice Access/Australia Phone +61 3 9383 4659, +61 4 15500110 / Fax No +61 3 9383 6642 / carmel @equityjusticeaccess.com
In ‘Urban Green Nation, Building the Evidence Base’, The Centre for Architecture and the Built Environment found that the amount and quality of Open and Green Space in your local area is predictive of population health outcomes, Compelling it found that the more likely you were to be either an immigrant, or of lower socio-economic status you were the less likely you were to have access to green and open space, and quality open space. Australians relationship with the great outdoors is different. We have more sunlight hours, we spend more time in active pursuits and we like to understand ourselves as a sporty nation. Is the evidence from England on proximity to open space, socioeconomic status and health likely to be borne out in Australia. Although we would like it not to be true, this paper examines the accessible macro and micro indicators in a Victorian context and looks at what is consistently predictive, and hence able to be used to inform population health, planning, recreation and green space decision making.
KEYWORDS: Open space, green space, health outcomes, parklands, parks.
Changing Minds for Changing Cities Jonathan Daly
Team Leader, Behaviour Change for Sustainability / GHD PTY LTD / Australia 0061 (0) 459 827 740 / jonathan.daly@ghd.com
Liveable, Sustainable and Healthy are fast becoming mainstream goals for many cities across the world. The realisation of these aspirations will entail significant changes to the material and social fabric of our cities and as a consequence, a change in the relationship between the city and the citizenry. These changes will manifest in less suburban and more urban living; highER density development; a move from single-use to mixed-use development; less individual space and more shared space; less individual ownership of many resources to shared use of less resources; a stronger focus on how people use and occupy new sustainable buildings; and a new mobility paradigm that focuses more on proximity to goods and services. The transition from the city of today to the liveable and sustainable city of tomorrow will create a new narrative for our urban environments and a change in the identity of the citizenry. The identity of the citizenry often comprises both the good and the bad of the city. It is common for citizens to associate with urban problems, such as car-dependency and sprawl – “it’s who we are”. A proposal to change the status quo can and often is met with significant resistance because the change is perceived with a sense of loss, a partial erosion of one’s identity. This talk unpacks this issue and proposes that urban managers need to consider the collective consciousness of the citizenry and the need to build capacity for change, lowering the perceived risks by empowering the citizenry.
KEYWORDS: Behaviour; Change; Liveable; Sustainable; Cities
Session 8D:
Special Topics
1340-1520
It’s All About People (Social Inclusion in a Local Government Context) Simon Duffy Hobart City Council, Australia Phone: 03 6238 2413 Fax: 03 6238 2124 Email: duffys@hobartcity.com.au
Social inclusion as a concept is not new, however as a refocus of response to human need it is being used as a successful social construct all around the world. Its key point of difference to more traditional government responses to human need is its focus on addressing structural barriers rather than a service provision response. Social inclusion entered the Australian landscape in a variety of political discourse, with both the Commonwealth and Tasmanian governments making strong commitments to a social inclusion agenda. In the melee of thought that followed, in became clear that while social inclusion was being used to group together a range of perennial barriers to people being able to participate fully in the life of their communities, it was also demanding action, particularly at a local level. This need for local action is where the opportunity lies for local government, whose primary responsibility is to respond to the needs and aspirations of its community. KEYWORDS: social inclusion, local government, community
Integrated Vertical Villages for the Elderly; Scott Francis Senior Associate/Suters Architects Pty Ltd/Australia Phone: 03 9418 3333 Fax: 03 9418 3333 Email: s.francis@sutersarchitects.com.au Geoff Troup Senior Associate/Suters Architects Pty Ltd/Australia Phone: 02 4926 5222 Fax: 02 4926 5251 Email: g.troup@sutersarchitects.com.au
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Ageing population Land shortage in city/ inner city/ inner suburban environments Many people keen to maintain the residency in these inner areas that they know and love Integrated Villages present a better outcome o Business service o Community identity o Better coordinated service delivery Vertical Aged cage/ seniors living o What are the advantages? o Why can it work?
Case studies: VIC – Living Carlton, Carlton Wellbeing NSW – Cardinal Freeman
The Ecstasy of Yang: Enhancing Mobility and Creativity in the City Steven Liaros Town Planner / www.polisplan.com.au / steven@polisplan.com.au
The earliest human communities have been characterized as hunter-gatherer societies. The gatherers collected from a sure and steady food supply, while the hunters took greater risks for much richer prizes. Whereas the gatherers stayed close to the protection of the cave, the hunters would seek growth and new ideas as they explored surrounding territories. The rewards of the risk-takers were shared with those who preferred or needed safety and security, while the certainty of a secure home and steady food supply were offered freely to the risk-takers. Communities were composed of members with complementary and equally valued characteristics. Both were necessary for the community to function smoothly. This idea is central to Chinese philosophy through the concept of yin-yang harmony. This describes the earth-bound, homemaker and the heaven-seeking, risk-taker as balancing and harmonising opposites. The idea of the earth-bound ‘yin’ and the heaven-seeking ‘yang’ were referred to as feminine and masculine qualities but it was understood that everything and everyone contained both yin and yang energies within them and the level of those energies changed within the same person over time. Western society, though, is a property-based society. Our social organisation and legal systems are designed to protect private interests and provide security. We encourage home ownership and the anchoring of each person to a place and a job, while we generally discourage mobility. As a consequence many feel trapped by responsibilities and obligations, which develop into routine that precludes personal growth and development. This paper explores the need for change within each of us; from protection and security to personal growth and development and back again; for both stability and mobility through the course of our lives. It will explore ways in which we could restructure our society so as to accommodate both yin and yang energies, considering the opportunities arising through the internet and social networking, with the aim of encouraging greater harmony between individuals and within our communities. The word ‘ecstasy’ is derived from the Greek ‘ec-‘, meaning outside and ‘stasis’, meaning ‘state’, your physical or natural state. So to step outside your home, your comfort zone, is to experience ecstasy. The ecstasy of yang mobility must be encouraged so as to find a harmony with the security of yin stability. KEYWORDS: Mobility, Creativity, Social organisation, Social networking, Property law