Park planning, activation & renewal Queens Domain - Hobart
Open Space Planning Team Parks and Customer Services Division
view north west – Cenotaph in foreground
soccer
athletics
TCA – cricket & footy
the bushland hill
soldiers memorial avenue
pinetum
Botanic Gardens
Beaumaris Zoo
Government House
public space
“defining attributes�
CIVIC EVENTS_ cenotaph _ Regatta Day 1960s
MAJOR EVENTS – circus and Soundscape music festival
landscape
LANDSCAPE _ landmark
LANDSCAPE _ natural indigenous character _ grassland
LANDSCAPE _ Aboreta _ oak at Government House
PUBLIC SPACE _ waterfront
built form
BUILT FORM _ Government House _ 1850s
BUILT FORM_ industrial_ slipyards_ 1850s
H.M. Powder Magazine & Guard House cottage (1851)
BUILT FORM _ objects / monuments _ hobart rivulet confluence _ 1916
managing what is there
the planning process RESEARCH and ANALYSIS
UNDERSTANDING VALUES
DEVELOP and TEST
MANAGEMENT PLAN DEVELOPMENT
the VISION
INVENTORY:
VALUES:
VISION:
PLANNING:
compile & analyse all relevant work
the basis for management
a shared view of the Park’s future
identify, collate and gain consensus on park values
collaboratively develop and test the vision
a comprehensive plan for management
Discussion PAPER values focussed informs the master plan
ACTIONS – starting now and running continuously throughout the planning process. Ongoing.
MASTER PLAN
bring s all project components together into one planning document
FINAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
ideas forum _context _attraction
_access _design
_governance _funding
ideas forum - impact issue
BEFORE
AFTER
perception
by interest or use
Tasmania’s premier city park
identity
many places separate from city
one place part of city
value
disparate – unknown?
$ 70 million assets 2 million visitors > 100 jobs
level of significance project management
more emphasis on regional, state &national a planning exercise
planning, action, resourcing and integration
moving forward
_tidy _edit _implement _improve
action
sub projects precinct planning happening now
planning (whole park)
_master plan _management plan
ideas forum - wrap up _fresh eyes help
peer review was invaluable
_up front
do it early in the process
_respond
to the independent advice
_master plan
key body of work
master plans
the master plan brief • presentation and appearance
• access and circulation • use and activity
Cruise ships
TTIC
CBD - Mall
Botanic Gardens
HISTORIC_ zoo
Railyards area to be redeveloped into a mixed use development
Cruise ship – 62,000 visitors spent 9.3M in 2007/08
Sullivans Cove tourist precinct
Cenotaph area – war memorial
Tasman Hwy Main entry to Hobart
Queens Domain
Soldiers Memorial Avenue
Cenotaph and regatta waterfront
principle conclusions _status
Tasmania’s premier urban park
_perception
manage as “one” place
_mix it up
integrate planning with action
_fresh eyes help
the peer review was invaluable
_design
is it good enough for the Domain?